Bryson DeChambeau turned to a TV camera. And he mouthed what you may have been mouthing.
“Oh my god. Can you believe that?”
“Can you believe that, he says,” David Feherty commented on the CW Network broadcast.
“No actually. We don’t.”
Why all the OMG-ness? If you’re looking for the quick news, here is a blurb: DeChambeau shot a 12-under 58 on Sunday to both win LIV Golf’s Greenbrier event and post a rare sub-60 round — 11 players have shot 59 on the PGA Tour, one has done so on the LPGA (Annika Sorenstam), and one on the PGA Tour (Jim Furyk) has fired a 58. But there’s maybe more.
DeChambeau nearly didn’t miss. For 36 holes on the par-70 course in West Virginia. On Saturday, he shot a nine-under 61.
Then he birdied the 449-yard, par-4 1st on Sunday on a 6-foot putt.
Then he birdied the 446-yard, par-4 2nd on a 5-footer.
Then he birdied the 430-yard, par-4 4th on a 6-footer.
Then he birdied the 388-yard, par-4 5th on a 25-foot hole-out from a greenside bunker.
Then he birdied the 475-yard, par-4 6th on an 8-foot putt.
Then he birdied the 390-yard, par-4 7th on a 6-footer.
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On the 238-yard, par-3 8th, DeChambeau dropped a shot. He bogeyed. Then he made seven more birdies.
He birdied the 413-yard, par-4 9th on an 8-foot putt.
He birdied the 354-yard, par-4 10th hole on a 10-footer.
He birdied the 570-yard, par-5 12th on a 4-footer.
He birdied the 216-yard, par-3 15th on a 6-foot putt.
He birdied the 385-yard, par-4 16th hole on a 6-footer.
He birdied the 615-yard, par-5 17th on an 8-footer. That guaranteed DeChambeau the 59, should he par the 18th.
He didn’t. He birdied. On an uphill, 40-footer, he found the cup’s middle. He jumped. He jumped again. He pumped his fist. He hugged his caddie, Greg Bodine.
He turned to the camera.
Afterward, they asked him how he was feeling, and he was feeling a lot.
“Where do I even begin? I pretty much felt like I blacked out after I made that putt, so I don’t even know kind of what’s going on.
“It’s beyond words. I’ve been working so hard for a long time, and I knew something special was going to come at some point; I just didn’t know when. The way I played the first round was pretty much the worst I could have done. The second round was like, OK, obviously played really well, made a lot of good putts.
“Then today, I just kind of felt everything clicking. Missed it in the right places when I needed to, and putted beautifully today.
“There was a point in time where I did think about the 54, but I kind of threw that to the wayside, like OK, just get under 60 first.
