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‘They played chicken with me’ – The shock ultimatum that led to Bryson DeChambeau and LA Golf’s split

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Bryson DeChambeau and LA Golf have officially parted ways, bringing to an end one of the longer standing and more interesting working relationships in the game.

Bryson won both his major championships gaming LA Golf shafts in his clubs, but in an in-depth interview with Golf.com’s Michael Bamberger, the boutique brand’s CEO Reed Dickens revealed that the two had now split.

Speaking to Bamberger, Dickens claimed that the reason for the split was because DeChambeau, who owns 2% of the company, wanted his share to jump to a majority of 51%:

“Bryson and I actually have some of the same tendencies, and I have nothing but respect for him. But he has this new consultant, a McKinsey-consulting type guy, and this guy says to me that Bryson is gonna walk unless he gets 51 percent.

Bryson’s got two percent of the company. And I think the guy doesn’t realize that he’s dealing with a redneck. And I say, ‘There’s no path for that.’ They played chicken with me, and now we’re going to graciously part ways.”

Dickens added:

“Bryson needs someone serving him 24 hours a day, he needs somebody to build him his own clubs, and that’s not scalable for us.”

What next for Bryson? Well, the two time major champion currently has LA Golf’s Proto BAD shafts in his Avoda irons, as well as the brand’s BAD Prototype Rebar shafts in his Ping wedges.

Per Bamberger’s report, that setup is likely to continue, with Bryson’s agent saying: “Bryson is no longer an ambassador for LA Golf. He remains a customer and still has the shafts in his bag.”

 

Gianni is the Managing Editor at GolfWRX. He can be contacted at [email protected]

7 Comments

7 Comments

  1. Nobody

    Feb 26, 2026 at 5:15 am

    Now more interested in their products, honestly.

  2. Joe

    Feb 25, 2026 at 9:41 pm

    La golf will be bought out like the rest. When Bryson ditches the brand, they’ll drop hard. The ultimatum is give Bryson majority or sales tank. Good luck la golf. I tried your putters but too much branding on them.

  3. Jessie

    Feb 25, 2026 at 4:39 pm

    Reed needs to make my P&SI-EGOS putter in all graphite, shaft, head, and grip. Why not?

  4. Frank

    Feb 25, 2026 at 2:54 pm

    I want to root for the guy but he makes it really hard by being a doosh canoe all the time

  5. Noonan

    Feb 25, 2026 at 11:23 am

    I could see KBS buying them out.

  6. Livininparadise

    Feb 25, 2026 at 10:06 am

    Bryson seems higher maintenance than most. I think a lot or most pros probably are high maintenance, but in a different way. I am not sure anyone will be able to make hime truly happy if LA golf couldn’t.

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Tommy Fleetwood makes a surprising TaylorMade Spider customization

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Tommy Fleetwood has a growing collection of TaylorMade Spider putters. We shall wait to see if the newest options go into play, but they definitely has a fun twist to it.

Ahead of the 2026 Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club, the team at TaylorMade gifted the FedExCup champion with his very own custom Spider putter, featuring some nifty details from his winning gamers last year.

While from a distance, the putters may look like your standard blacked-out Spider Tour and also the new torched PVD version, the ones that found its way to Fleetwood in Dublin, Ohio, feature custom laser-etched alignment lines on the topline of each putter, which are an exact replica of the hand-drawn Sharpie marks that TaylorMade Tour putter Rep James Holley drew onto the putter with which Fleetwood won the FedExCup.

No mathematical equations were made to evenly distribute the alignment aid this time, either, and on closer inspection, it’s possible to see the imperfections of what the permanent marker lines looked like when the team scanned and then used a laser to etch onto the putter head.

What’s interesting about the custom putters is that the markings found on the heads are actually not the original version that Holley first drew onto Fleetwood’s flatstick. Over time, they had changed slightly since Holley had to reapply the Sharpie, and had changed technique to stop the ink from smudging.

However, there is a copy of the first attempt from Fleetwood’s special alignment aid, and it’s found on a custom Winston Collection headcover, which the team had made specifically for the Englishman.

On the sole plate of Fleetwood’s black Spider Tour putter is a laser-engraved logo of the FedExCup, an ode to Fleetwood’s biggest triumph in golf so far, using that style of flatstick.

Fleetwood initially tested his custom lines when Holley first drew them at the RBC Heritage to match another style of Spider Fleetwood had tested prior.

“So Tommy, we started with the ZT, and that ZT we have kind of that top milling on the front with that, and he really liked that top milling, how that kind of framed the ball,” Holley told GolfWRX last year, when Fleetwood first played the hand-drawn alignment aid. “You know he uses his special ball, where the orange lines create that single path … so the milling kind of lined up well with that when he lines up the ball. We took a regular Tour, short slant putter that was completely blank, and I pulled out the Sharpie and did my best to kind of draw some stuff on there for him, and he liked it.”

It’s not the first time the team has given Fleetwood the option of his custom alignment aid in an engraved version, but Fleetwood had told them that he did not like the previous lines on the new putters because they were too perfect.

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Neal Shipley, AKA, the “Big Fridge’s,” custom stamping

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Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.

That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.

On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.

“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”

On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”

“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.

Check out Shipley’s full what’s in the bag and the rest of his wedge stampings here on “Inside the Ropes” from Colonial.

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From the GolfWRX Classifieds: L.A.B. Purple DF3 with Masters cover

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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @raw10628 has a L.A.B. DF3 putter and Masters putter cover up for grabs.

From the listing: “Some great items here today, time to thin out and make room for next set of gear.  All prices include shipping. 
LAB DF3 Purple 33.5” 68° lie with TPT – $725. LAB Masters release DF3 cover – $150.

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules

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