A Huge Top Off The Tee And Outrageous Recovery - Bryson DeChambeau's Incredible Birdie In Adelaide

Bryson DeChambeau went from the ridiculous to the sublime with a flat-out top off the tee somehow going 245 yards before he pulled off a stunning recovery

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Bryson DeChambeau in action at LIV Golf Adelaide
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Only Bryson DeChambeau could hit a stone cold top off the tee and still get it 245 yards, and not many golfers other than Bryson could then hammer his second shot onto the green and make a birdie.

It's just the second LIV Golf event of the season going on in Adelaide, Australia, but DeChambeau's birdie at the Grange Golf Club will be hard to beat as the most eventful hole of the year.

Facing a 288-yard second shot, the two-time Major champion hammered a fairway wood, carried the greenside bunker and onto the green just 30 feet from the hole.

An eagle would have been a ridiculous result, and it almost happened as DeChambeau left himself just six inches away, but a birdie four was still incredible given the tee shot.

It was from the ridiculous to the sublime with how DeChambeau finished off the hole with one of seven birdies that saw him end the first round tied for the lead on six under alongside Marc Leishman.

"Oh, yeah, it was a great line drive into the tee box and bounced it off the cart path," DeChambeau explained after his round.

"I had a nice scuff mark. Some kid has a nice scuff marked ball out there. Then it was a perfect 287-yard 3-wood to 27 feet, and nice two-putt for birdie."

Even pro golfers as talented as DeChambeau can prove they're human every once in a while, with the odd shank or top - and top players remember every single one of them.

So after DeChambeau had finished his round, he had no problem remembering when he last hit such a top off the tee - and no wonder as it was a costly one.

"Last time I did that was 2021 Players Championship off the 4th tee box and it cost me The Players," he added.

"I've done it before. But that shot was more of a thin shot. I just hit too far down on the ball. I actually struck it nicely. It was a perfect strike right into the tee box. It was awesome.

"Got to make sure I don't hit it with too negative an attack angle next time."

Paul Higham
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Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website.  Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush. 

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