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Bryson DeChambeau catches heat from PGA Tour players after WD
So far in 2017, Bryson DeChambeau has been struggling on the course. He’s missed three consecutive cuts and was on his way to a fourth MC when he withdrew from the Genesis Open through 28 holes.
DeChambeau, who received a sponsor’s exemption to play in the event, cited a hand injury as the official reason for calling it quits. This is important to mention because while WDs are far from rare on the PGA Tour — DeChambeau was one of six golfers to withdraw from the Genesis Open alone — they’re usually from players who have qualified to play in the event, not those who were given a spot in the field by tournament sponsors.
Anyway, DeChambeau’s decision to walk off the course caused fellow PGA Tour player Grayson Murray to Tweet the following:
Hey @PGATOUR there should be a rule if you get a sponsor invite and withdraw after 28 holes your not allowed any other invites rest of year
— Grayson Murray (@GraysonMurray) February 17, 2017
A classic “subtweet” from Murray. For those who don’t keep up with Twitter, a subtweet is talking about someone behind their back and usually has a negative connotation. He could have avoided his “subtweet” by simply adding DeChambeau’s twitter handle.
In a real world context, Murray essentially walked into PGA Tour headquarters without talking to DeChambeau and told them he believes DeChambeau — and all players receiving sponsor’s invites who WD during an event — should no longer be allowed the privilege of an invite.
Now, we don’t know what has gone on behind closed doors between the two, or if DeChambeau’s WD was really due to a hand injury or simply poor play, but a vicious subtweet nonetheless.
To pile on DeChambeau and his decision, it seems professionals fellow professionals are taking Murray’s side.
(After speaking with Chris Wilson, he would like to make it known that the tweet below was not meant to take Murray’s side, but rather insisting injury is a legitimate reason for a WD.)
DeChambeau is next set to tee it up at The Honda Classic this week unless injuries keep him sidelined. Grayson Murray will also be in the field.
Whose side are you on?
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 Players Championship
On the heels of Scottie Scheffler’s dominant victory at Bay Hill, the PGA Tour heads a little farther north in Florida to TPC Sawgrass this week for The Players Championship. And of course, GolfWRX is on site to get a look at what the players are playing.
We’ve already spotted a new Titleist mini driver this week, and there’s plenty more.
Check out our photos below!
Pullout Albums
- New Titleist 2 wood – 2024 The Players Championship
- Cam Young testing Titleist’s new 2-wood – 2024 THE PLAYERS Championship
- Hole Nos. 17 and 18 – 2024 THE PLAYERS Championship
- Toulon Small Batch Texas putter – 2024 The Players Championship
- Swag Golf custom headcovers – 2024 The Players Championship
- New Ping PLD staff bags – 2024 The Players Championship
- SuperStroke St. Patrick’s Day putter grip – 2024 The Players Championship
- Taylor Montgomery using PuttView X training goggles – 2024 The Players Championship
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Photos from the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
GolfWRX is on the ground in Orlando ahead of the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club & Lodge.
We’re assembling our usual collection of WITB photos, general galleries, and of course, gear inspired by the King himself.
We’ll continue to add to the photos below as more flow in from Florida.
General Albums
- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Monday #1
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- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Tuesday #1
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- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Tuesday #1 (thanks, bvmagic!)
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- 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational – Tuesday #2 (bvmagic)
WITB Albums
- Matt (LFG) Every – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Sahith Theegala – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Scottie Scheffler – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Luke List – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Adam Schenk – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Taylor Moore – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- David Ford – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Patrick Cantlay – WITB – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
Pullout Albums
- New Cameron putters (and new “LD” grip) – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- New Bettinardi MB & CB irons – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Custom Bettinardi API putter cover – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Custom Swag API covers – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- New Golf Pride Reverse Taper grips – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- New PXG putters – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Scottie Scheffler putter change – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Sepp Straka – shaft change to new Ventus blue – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Rickie Fowler’s new Cobra Darkspeed X driver and Denali shaft (and Radspeed 3-wood) – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- Justin Rose testing Srixon Z Forged II irons – 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
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Photos from the 2024 Cognizant Classic
GolfWRX is on site this week at the Cognizant Classic —FKA the Honda Classic.
The first leg of the PGA Tour’s traditional “Florida swing,” the Cognizant Classic continues to be contested at PGA National’s Champion Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, host course of the 1983 Ryder Cup and 1987 PGA Championship. The course is known for its famed “Bear Trap,” a three-hole stretch of holes that take their name from Jack “The Golden Bear” Nicklaus, who redesigned the course in 2002.
The Bear Trap includes No. 15 (a par 3), No. 16 (a par 4), and No. 17 (a par 4). All three holes involve water and have led to several big numbers from Tour players over the years.
Check out an assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums below.
We’ll continue to update the galleries as more photos flow in from Florida!
General Albums
- 2024 Cognizant Classic – Monday #1
- 2024 Cognizant Classic – Monday #2
- 2024 Cognizant Classic – Monday #3
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WITB Albums
- Brandt Snedeker – WITB – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- Max Greyserman – WITB – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- Eric Cole – WITB – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- Carl Yuan – WITb – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- Russell Henley – WITB – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- Justin Suh – WITB – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- Alex Noren – WITB – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- Shane Lowry – WITB – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- Taylor Montgomery – WITB – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- Jake Knapp (KnappTime_ltd) – WITB – – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- Sam Ryder – WITB – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- Maverick McNealy – WITB – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- Tua Tagovailoa mini WITB (NFL QB, Miami Dolphins) – 2024 Cognizant Classic
Pullout Albums
- New Super Stoke Pistol Lock 1.0 & 2.0 grips – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- LA Golf new insert putter – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- New Garsen Quad Tour 15 grip – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- New Swag covers – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- Jacob Bridgeman’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- Bud Cauley’s custom Cameron putters – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- Ryo Hisatsune’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- Chris Kirk – new black Callaway Apex CB irons and a few Odyssey putters
- Alejandro Tosti’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Cognizant Classic
- Joohyung Tom Kim’s “new” center-shafted Scotty Cameron putter – 2024 Cognizant Classic
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Jinx
Feb 26, 2017 at 2:10 pm
A guy named Grayson criticizes a guy named Bryson. Damn entitled Milennials!
Jim
Feb 24, 2017 at 2:26 pm
HooYah Bubba!
Steve Wozeniak
Feb 24, 2017 at 1:15 pm
Take two aspirin…….keep playing……..simple
Jack Nash
Feb 24, 2017 at 8:59 am
Again, another cadre of whiners show their displeasure from another’s injury withdrawal. If the whiners were any good, or had the persona they would be golfing instead of tweeting.
Miuralovechild
Feb 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm
I honestly have a hard time watching his swing. Anyone else? To me it just seems awkward. That putting stroke he had was even worse. If I was on tour and got paired with him I would have to look away during every stroke he made. I would also have to bite my bleeping tongue to keep from busting up in front of everyone on tv while he was trying to make a putt. I would keep my back facing toward him at all times. Too early to say if he has a character flaw, but the data suggests he’s trending in the wrong direction.
Brian
Feb 23, 2017 at 1:05 pm
Agree wtih Grayson here. Taking a sponsor’s exemption and then WD takes a spot away from another golf who actually, you know, earned a spot with his play.
Pierce
Feb 23, 2017 at 12:53 pm
Never liked DeChambeau after he verbally tore apart his caddie at the Masters last year for no reason after he shanked two in a row left off the 18th tee. He takes cues from Jordan on how to give an interview and play the part of the good guy, but true colors came out when he didn’t realize the cameras were catching audio. Probably the worst treatment of a caddie I have seen in years.
gunmetal
Feb 23, 2017 at 2:18 pm
Is this anywhere on the web? I couldn’t find it. I heard Jordan barking at Grellar but it didn’t seem bad at all.
Eric
Feb 24, 2017 at 9:48 am
That’s all it was. There are so many Bryson haters out there they literally make up stories and exaggerate everything he does so they feel more justified in hating him. It’s really mind boggling the lengths these people go to
Golfpro
Feb 24, 2017 at 10:09 am
Not sure if the video is online but he did give his caddie the business for no reason, and it was rough. I think it was the second round, he yanked two drives into an uncomfortable wind off the last tee which led to a triple bogey that dropped him from tied for second to tied for eighth, four shots behind. I’d be pissed too. He could have handled that better, no doubt.
Steve
Feb 23, 2017 at 12:37 pm
I like how Chris Wilson “completely agreed,” but then he tried to backdown from it when asked. Hey genius, you already said “unless injury or emergency” in the main tweet. If you were ACTUALLY trying to just say that injury was a legit excuse for a WD, you would’ve just said that instead of “completely agreeing” with Murray while supposedly not actually agreeing with him. Gotta love trying to play both sides.
Chris
Feb 23, 2017 at 8:05 am
Twitter…..what a bunch of girls.
Radim Pavlicek
Feb 23, 2017 at 1:53 am
Group them together in a flight Honda tournament
Lob Wedge
Feb 24, 2017 at 11:20 am
Golfer Fight!
5 men walk in, 5 walk out with slap marks.
Jim
Feb 24, 2017 at 2:24 pm
Oddly similar to NBA fights….whole lotta swingin n missin….
Engineer Steve
Feb 22, 2017 at 11:59 pm
Single length irons may sound good but they are scientifically flawed for full set performance.
There is no way to compensate the loft or lie to overcome the deficiency of single length irons as it relates to distance and trajectory.
Of course, it’s a good marketing scam to snag golfers who blame their clubs for their incompetence, and never ever themselves.
Scott
Feb 24, 2017 at 10:19 am
What does single length irons have to do with a WD? Unless all single length players get injured and WD. Now you are on to something…
DaveT
Feb 27, 2017 at 10:08 pm
They do lose a bit of range over the set, if nothing is done with the lofts to deal with it. Lots of things can and have been done. If you’re interested in the science, see my article at for an overview. Personal opinion: they serve a need, but few Tour players have that need.
WolfWRX
Feb 22, 2017 at 9:03 pm
Tweets, subtweets. He said this. He said that. It’s all rather unbecoming and worthy of a bunch of teenage girls.
Dr Troy
Feb 22, 2017 at 7:50 pm
I could totally understand Murray’s frustrations IF he could truly prove the WD wasnt injury/emergency related…Which I doubt he could ever prove. Otherwise, keep your mouth shut and mind your biz. No one needs to open a can of worms like this unless there is absolutely no doubt.
emb
Feb 23, 2017 at 10:16 am
DeScambeau posted a pic on twitter of his hand which was apparently the reason for his WD. It had a bit of tape on it around a couple fingers but there was nothing visible to show he was injured other than a lame caption about him hitting too many balls or something. I believe this was also around the time the euro tour posted a pic of alex noren’s ridiculous calluses. Basically appears bryson was making an excuse for the bad weather and his poor play and you’d have to take his word for it that he was injured because it certainly didn’t look like anything that would stop him playing 8 more holes.
P.S. Bubba also withdrew after a double took him to +5 but he’s a known whiner and past champ who’s not taking anyones spot so he’s “earned” the right to WD when he wants
Randel
Feb 22, 2017 at 5:34 pm
Bryson proves week in and week out a single plane, single club length way of playing does not cut it on the PGA tour….as with other great single planners like Moe Norman, great on the range but do not put pressure on it…as Norman saw when he tried to play the PGA tour. Bryson is smart it should not take him long to figure out why 95% or better of PGA Pros have a very similar swing.
David
Feb 22, 2017 at 6:58 pm
Lol good one.
So Ben hogan was no good?
Tom
Feb 22, 2017 at 7:45 pm
Bazinga!
Simms
Feb 23, 2017 at 7:31 pm
Ben Hogans swing was nothing like DeChambeau is using, Hogan would be closer to Tiger Woods then Dechambeau….when the body moves as much as Hogan’s did it is impossible to be one plane…just Hogans hand position at setup and impact is enough to remove it from a single plane swing…..
Bigly Yuge
Feb 23, 2017 at 3:20 am
Actually, his ballstriking has never been in question. It’s the tinkering that he does with putting that will be his downfall. You have to get the ball in the hole, no matter how good a ballstriker you are.
Brian
Feb 23, 2017 at 1:04 pm
I think that, along with the putting, what is going to really hurt him is the inability to drastically work the ball left and right with a single-plane swing.
Zach Johnson's Claret Jug
Feb 23, 2017 at 3:41 pm
I’d like a word with you, Brian.
Steve S
Feb 25, 2017 at 5:12 pm
Norman’s struggles on the PGA tour were not due his ball striking but he was not a good putter. His putting got better later in his career when he exclusively played on the Canadian Tour. Moe didn’t use single length clubs(although he may have experimented with them). Trevino, Tiger, Snead, Vijay, Venturi and others called Moe the “best ball striker they’d ever seen”. So his swing was not the problem. His putting and probable Autism held him back.
Steve
Feb 22, 2017 at 4:36 pm
Murray has a history of derogatory tweets.
Barry
Feb 22, 2017 at 3:58 pm
Greyson Murray? Who?
Silky Johnson
Feb 22, 2017 at 4:12 pm
Someone who is far ahead of “the scientist” in FedEx Cup points.
Steve S
Feb 26, 2017 at 12:40 pm
But still missed the cut like BD at the Honda Classic….of the two what are the odds anyone will remember Murray over DeChambeau….
Toad2017
Feb 22, 2017 at 3:48 pm
Andrew, can you give us an update on your Sterling iron long term test?
Thank you
Scott
Feb 23, 2017 at 10:07 am
Toad,
I woudl like hear the update also. There are a few reviews on line with the Sterling and the Cobras. The over all reviews were good. In general, the gapping and distances seemed fine. The issue that I saw with more than one player was that the long irons launched lower than desired and the high lofted clubs launched higher than desired.
DeShamBeau
Feb 22, 2017 at 3:47 pm
Grayson and Bryson have the same agent too, which is funny. Bryson walking on very thin ice with the tour too. Has been fined a couple times already.