The pursuit of a drive as straight as an arrow can be filled with agony and despair, but Bryson DeChambeau remains a compelling watch while tying himself in knots during the process. With intimidating power to undress any golf course, the American covered each corner of St Andrews while surging up the leaderboard early on Saturday afternoon at The Open, eventually stumbling in an exhilarating five-under-par round of 67 to sit six-under-par.
There was alarming concern at the scarcely-believable snap-hook from DeChambeau on 18, threatening the crowd aligning the first hole 125 yards away down the left. But this fascinating contradiction of a player sprinted towards the green and back to his ball, recalculating his route before adding the finesse missing moments earlier, looping a wedge to within three feet for a tap-in birdie.
