LIV GOLF HONG KONG

March 7, 2025

Bryson DeChambeau

Hong Kong Golf Club

Crushers GC

TV Quick Quotes

Q. Bryson, solid round today. I do sense a little disappointment and frustration with that finish here on the 1st. How would you assess your round today?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: Not my best. Not even close. Struck it well. It was tricky out here. This golf course can play tricks on you. I putted pretty well. I drove it very well. My iron play was pretty solid. But for the most part, I've just got to go work on those wedges like I've been talking about. That's what's costing me everything.

Q. A big change this week with your golf ball. Can you talk to us about that and what are your thoughts after one competitive round?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: It's spinning too much with my wedges. If I try to hit a full shot, it'll rip off the green, and clearly you saw that on 15, and that was from a 95-yard shot downwind, ripped back 30 feet. There's something weird with me in general and the way I play golf. I'm looking for a golf ball that launches a lot lower, has controlled spin at a full swing and half swing still has spin. That's really what I'm looking for right now, and hopefully I can go find a golf ball that can do that because I'm not changing my motion. I'm doing too well with that.

Q. You were winless on LIV last year, had a podium in Nashville. Between that you won a little something called the U.S. Open. What does it take for the rest of the weekend to seal the deal this week?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: Not hitting wedges like that and certainly making those putts when you need them right there. If I can get my wedges dialed in and continue hitting it the way I'm hitting it, I'm going to give myself a chance.

Q. The Crushers are defending this week. You're up there on the leaderboard. What suits you guys on a golf course like this?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: I think it's just a strategic golf course, and we love strategic golf courses. We all think our way through the golf course pretty well, and that's what suits our games.