In a video on his YouTube channel, Bryson DeChambeau played with three top junior golfers in a nine-hole scramble match. After a hard-fought game, DeChambeau conceded defeat, prompting trolling from his LIV Golf team, Crushers GC.
DeChambeau, with a net worth of $60 million per Celebrity Net Worth, had the friendly challenge with Preston Harvey, 10, Mack Marrow, 10 and Jack Lyssy, 13. The junior golfers played from the front tees while the LIV golfer played from the back tees, making it a 3-on-1 battle.
DeChambeau took to Instagram to update his followers about the friendly challenge. He captioned the post:
"Played a match against three juniors golfers… these kids are legit"
The official account of Crushers GC commented on the post:
"So you still haven't broke 50 and now you’re getting beat by 10 year olds?"
The junior golfers won the 9-hole scramble match by four shots. Here’s the score per hole:
Hole 1
- Par: 4
- Bryson: 3
- Juniors: 4
Hole 2
- Par: 4
- Bryson: 4
- Juniors: 4
Hole 3
- Par: 3
- Bryson: 3
- Juniors: 3
Hole 4
- Par: 4
- Bryson: 4
- Juniors: 3
Hole 5
- Par: 5
- Bryson: 4
- Juniors: 4
Hole 6
- Par: 4
- Bryson: 4
- Juniors: 3
Hole 7
- Par: 3
- Bryson: 4
- Juniors: 2
Hole 8
- Par: 4
- Bryson: 4
- Juniors: 3
Hole 9
- Par: 4
- Bryson: 4
- Juniors: 4
Total
- Bryson: -1
- Juniors: -5
Bryson DeChambeau on what he was thinking on the 18th hole at the US Open
During his YouTube video with three junior golfers, Bryson DeChambeau was asked what his thoughts were on the 18th hole at the 2024 US Open. DeChambeau won the tournament by one shot over Rory McIlroy. He shared that he just focused on the present.
"Everybody talks about, 'Oh my gosh, there must be so much pressure, there must be so much, all this and that.' When you get to that moment, and it's taken a lot of time to be able to do this. But when you get to that moment, and you're on 18, you got a four-footer to win the US Open, the only thing I thought about was executing my putt," Bryson DeChambeau said.
"I wasn't thinking about what it was for; I didn't care about anything other than, 'I want to execute this to the best of my ability.' That's it," he added. (23:50)
He also told the junior golfers to remain visually aware on the golf course. He shared that success in golf often depends on minimizing the impact of "bad shots." DeChambeau shared that once a golfer recognizes his "faults" and learns to play around one's faults, they can avoid a big number on the golf course and improve.