Bryson Could Have Driven Bay Hill's Sixth If He Had One Of His "2,000 Spin" Drivers
/The bad news? Bryson DeChambeau passed on the chance to drive Bay Hill’s par-5 sixth on Thursday.
Good news? He shot 67 to open the Arnold Palmer Invitational and still may give it a go one of the next three rounds.
But his rationale for not trying was a bit of a surprise: the heavier driver he’s using to help hit more fairways (it worked, he hit 11 of 14).
From Brentley Romine’s GolfChannel.com story:
“If it was one of my normal drivers at 2,000 spin, I totally could have done it today,” DeChambeau said, “but if it's more downwind I'll be able to do it tomorrow, hopefully, or sometime during the weekend.”
DeChambeau explained that he would need at least a 10-mph wind to finally pull the trigger, and that breeze would need to be coming from the northeast. He’ll get both starting Friday, though it appears he may still aim 30 yards left of the putting surface, where the carry is about 10 yards less, and give himself just a pitch shot into the hole.
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With DeChambeau, who knows what he will decide to do? The only certainty is that all eyes will continue to be on the sixth hole whenever he steps to the tee.
“He said if he gets any downwind he's going to give it a go," Spieth said. "Hopefully I can just tee off first and get out of the way, get off to a good start, get off first, put one out there in the fairway and then just watch.
"You’re lying if you're not saying you're interested and going to be entertained.”
