AUGUSTA, Ga — Bryson DeChambeau spent part of his press conference at Augusta National reflecting on how quiet his life was while rehabbing injuries, before going on to offer overwhelming evidence to the contrary by highlighting the dizzying number of distractions he embraces.
Start with the injuries to his left hip and left hand, which he aggravated by falling during a ping pong game in Saudi Arabia (admittedly, not the most grievous damage known to afflict those who slip up over there). There followed discourses on shooting social media videos with Dude Perfect in Amen Corner, some compelling new content he has coming for the kids, the likelihood of his competing in a long drive contest next week in Florida despite the aforementioned injuries, the state of his game (somewhat similar to the state of his body), how rehab made him a better person (evidence presumably forthcoming), and the incommunicado status of Phil Mickelson (with whom he was linked to a Saudi-financed rival tour, and who while ignoring DeChambeau’s text is apparently talking to Greg Norman, if the Saudi’s pilot fish is to be believed).
DeChambeau’s injuries are persistent and troubling. The left hip issue is a torn labrum. “That was two years ago when I started speed training. I was speed training on concrete, and I kind of slipped when I got over 200 miles an hour, and didn’t really talk about it too much because it was fine,” he explained.
