Bryson DeChambeau needed three shots from the greenside bunker at No. 11 in making triple bogey during Round 1 of the Masters Tournament. It was part of an opening, 4-over 76 that left him tied for 63rd when he signed his card.
DeChambeau, at even par through 10 holes, hit his drive 347 yards into the fairway at the par-4 11th. From 191, though, he hung out his approach shot and it drifted weakly into the middle of the right-side bunker. The two-time U.S. Open winner left his next shot in the sand and did the same on his following attempt.
He eventually found the green and two-putted for triple. It was his seventh ‘7' or higher at Augusta National, according to statistician Justin Ray.
DeChambeau, who entered the season’s first major with two wins on the LIV circuit, began his opening round inauspiciously. He pulled his tee shot on the par-5 second into the left bushes and took a penalty drop on his way to a bogey. After a birdie at the par-4 third, he made seven consecutive pars — before making the ‘7.’
One of those pars, however, came after hitting a patron with his tee shot on the par-3 sixth.
Bryson DeChambeau walked over and handed a patron a golf ball after an errant tee shot 🤝 pic.twitter.com/riEgZixdrm
— ESPN (@espn) April 9, 2026
After another string of pars on the second nine, he closed bogey-birdie-bogey.
“You know, everybody has an ability for weird things to happen, and today I just did not have my irons under control, which is weird,” said DeChambeau, who is using a 5-iron made with a 3D printer. “It’s been good coming into it, so...”
DeChambeau briefly led in the final round a year ago before shooting 75 and tying for fifth, his career-best finish at Augusta. He tied for sixth in 2024.