Bryson DeChambeau: Controversy & Impact on Golf Majors

Let's see what brady cannon says here listen brady i'm with you I think the guy's a complete hammerhead, but at the end of the day here, man Isn't this guy good for the game? He's outstanding for the game And i'm in your camp dan I i'm not a big fan, but I am a fan of the drama and I mean You know who else would it be other than bryson dechambeau to have this you this controversy surrounding him Of course, it's bryson dechambeau and it's kind of fun I I mean i'm i'm starting to embrace it a little bit as as much as I Really don't Want him to win? It's great that he's right there causing a ruckus and You know, he's electrifying he's polarizing Uh, I mean he just made a triple bogey and then he comes back and makes a birdie So he really is good for the game and I hope he returns to the pga tour and You know eventually I I mentioned Um on another show one time recently andre agassi dan. We remember andre agassi early on in his tennis career He was a brat and and people didn't like him. He was this young cocky kid And now 20 years later and you know the grand slam later and whatever He becomes an absolute, uh admired ambassador of the game and a revered tennis hall of fame And I do wish that for bryson dechambeau someday later on in life, but for now, let's just enjoy this mess that he is Because uh, it's good. It's good for golf man. I mean it brings the casual observer to the to the tv set doesn't it? It absolutely does and i'll even go one further here brady. I mean, it's almost like a john mackinrow-ish Yeah kind of thing where you know, you have that guy you're like I can't stand the guy But I gotta watch the guy it's almost like the old howard stern thing, you know I mean, I can't wait to see what this guy does next Um, do you think he'll ever get back on the pga tour? Do you think that they will bring him back? I mean as you just said in that we both I I think are in agreement here He's good for the casual viewer, which means other tournaments outside of majors Don't you want that guy and that polarizing guy on your tour? Well, what what's at the bottom of all businesses and in sports these days money, right the guy Moves the needle and that's exactly what we're talking about. He brings in viewers. He brings in drama He brings in the villain, you know the protagonist and you know It kind of used to be patrick reed and and we were talking about that Uh on the show yesterday like if patrick reed would have been the guy trampling down the grass and people are wondering if he cheated Or violated a rule or whatever it would have been a hundred percent Yes, because it's patrick reed, but it's bryson and people come to the rescue and say no. No, you're just picking on him Whatever, but the the bottom line is yeah, there's no doubt about it the pga tour Whether they like him or not They know he is good for their product and I wholeheartedly believe that and let's not let's not forget He's one of the very best players in the game, too This guy was nearly, you know Had a chance to win the british open. He's won a couple u.s. Opens. He's been runner-up at the pga championship he's very very good, so Yeah, I I think it's all really a positive in the end Um, you just hope he doesn't get out of line and I don't think he really has been Um, you just got to put up with some of his answers Do you think he cheated? well Yes, and no Dan I related it to like a defensive back in football or a soccer player that kind of tugs at the jersey of his opponent Trying to slow him down a little bit Is that is that a foul? Yes, but We we also allow a little of that to go on and I think players go into a Weeded, you know grassy area like that and they know what they're trying to do But they're trying to kind of push the rule as far as they can go And I think bryson crossed the line Uh, and he didn't get away with it. I mean he was in there stomping around. It's like bryson Wait a minute You've kind of pushed a little you've tugged on that jersey a little too hard and we caught you And we're gonna call pass interference so I I think that's kind of what what went on there and you know russell henley talked about it if If some guy on the back nine on thursday that wasn't on tv did that you never would have heard about it But he's on tv every single shot is bryson the shambo because he demands that the controversy and everything else that surrounds him And yeah, we saw what happened. Um Yeah, I think it was intentional but Cheating is a hard word and i'm not going to go that far What is rory's uh deal with him? I mean boy, he does not hold back at all For his disdain for him. I mean and by the way, he's not the only one That has said that also about bryson, but what what why is wary all in he comes off the top rope on the shambo That's a good way to put it. He did Um, and and I think so many of us not only in the media, but the fans whatever There's a lot of people that would like to come off the top rope on bryson and and rory, you know Doesn't hold back. He doesn't mince words and and You know, I I gotta respect him for that. I also love the way scotty scheffler handled it and said, yeah, I have some thoughts But right now i'm trying to win a major championship and i'll reserve my comments for after the fact, you know Just absolute class and those are two different ways to handle the situation. Well, I you know Rory was just honest. I I don't think he said anything out of line and That's just his opinion. I'm okay with it It's in like like we're talking about it's okay to have villains and and dislike You know the do the do the chiefs like the raiders? No, that's okay. So, you know We we all have to be gentlemen here and classy about playing this game, but it's okay to have rivalries