Report: USGA Reached Out To Bryson About Brooks Pairing, 2021 Groupings Out
/Tee times are out and the USGA did offer a few themes, albeit G-rated and safe.
Defending champ Bryson DeChambeau gets U.S. Amateur winner Tyler Strafaci and Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama. Most of the other themes consist of former champions, Californians, Dallas residents, etc…
Regarding the possibility of the ultimate &^%@ pairing, Brad Faxon made an interesting claim** on SiriusXM’s PGA Tour radio show hosted by Michael Breed. Full audio embedded above. The comments:
Breed: “The idea of having Bryson (DeChambeau) and Brooks (Koepka) playing together, do you think that this would be good for the game of golf? Do you think that having this type of animosity between players is good for the game of golf and grows the game of golf”?
Faxon: “I was with a bunch of the Titleist guys, as you know the club facilities out here. … We were talking about, what do you call growing the game? Is it viewership or is it participation? Because those are two different things. And Wally Uihlein, who was chairman of the board wasn’t there last night, but he would have said years ago when Michael Jordan was the best basketball player in the world, was he growing the game of basketball? He had more people watch, but he wasn't selling more basketballs. And that's exactly what's happening with Koepka and DeChambeau here. More people are knowing about this kind of little fight. It's kind of become a little bit of a Vegas sort of situation here. And I found out last night that the USGA actually did call Bryson DeChambeau and his agent to ask him if they would be okay with that, and Bryson declined.”
Boy that must have been wild and crazy party talking how to sell more golf balls! Hopefully Wally at least Zoomed in for an appearance!
**The agent has replied that Bryson was not contacted but does not address if he was approached…
