The best player in the world didn’t love the limelight on Saturday at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, at least when it got a little darker than he would have liked. Bryson DeChambeau, who is -16 after three rounds and three behind Matthew Wolff’s lead before the end of Sunday, spoke about a cameraman filming a tantrum he had on the course during his 4-under 68 on Saturday.
“So something happened, I mean, nothing crazy, but I had a cameraman who was filming me after hitting a bad bunker and blowing the sand a bit, which I shouldn’t have done, that was silly,” Bryson said.
The incident came early in his round, and although the video has yet to appear, Bryson had a conversation with the cameraman in question on the seventh hole. Apparently it hit the sand and it was very hot.
“At the end of the day, he was literally watching me all the way after leaving the bunker, walking next to the green and I was like, ‘Sir, what is the need to look at me that long?’ Said Bryson. “I mean, I understand that it’s your job to videotape me, but at the same point, I think we should start protecting our players here compared to showing potential vulnerability and damaging someone’s image.”
Well this is not going to do any good after that.
“I just don’t think it’s necessarily the right thing to do,” he added. “It wasn’t that I was going to do anything wrong, it’s just one of those things that I hope will respect my privacy. As much as we are here, I think we need to have our privacy moments when things don’t go our way. I mean We are in the spotlight. If someone else is in the spotlight, they would not want that either. It is just some respect, I think it is necessary in that regard. “
DeChambeau, who has been in the spotlight all week because of his diet (which is preposterous) and his driving (perhaps even more preposterous), doesn’t want to take the good with the bad.
“I feel like when you’re filming someone and you catch Tiger at a bad time, you show him that he accidentally does something, or someone else, they just get frustrated because they really care about the game,” Bryson said, invoking Tiger Woods. ‘name and career. “It could really hurt them if they catch you at a potentially vulnerable time.”
“We don’t want to say anything with that, we only care a lot about the game. For that to damage our brand in that way, that’s not good in the way we act because if you really know me in person, I’m not a bad guy either, I don’t think so. So that’s the thing, I hope we can get to the point where everyone understands that we only care so much about the game, we want to do it right, we’re passionate about what we do, and we want everyone to enjoy the entertainment. negative things come down. “
I’m not even sure where to start here. I saw people launching the “harm our brand” line on social media, and I didn’t think he said those words, but unfortunately, he literally said those words. It’s a tough aspect for someone who has taken advantage of both the camera and the media to, you know, promote their own brand.
Bryson is looking for his first win in 18 months on Sunday at the Detroit Golf Club and is a favorite to get it. He leaves the penultimate with Troy Merritt at 1:55 pm. The end of Sunday was going to be exciting, but on Saturday night, he assured us all that it would be an unmissable television throughout the afternoon.
