Following his Saturday 69, Bryson DeChambeau was escorted to Augusta National’s Press Building.
He didn’t begin with the birdies on Nos. 15 and 16. He didn’t lead with his 48-foot bomb on 18.
“I'm excited and ready to go to the practice range,” Bryson stated with his first sentence. “Need to go work on my iron play.”
Iron play.
If the clubs knocked DeChambeau down on Saturday, they knocked him out Sunday.
The LIV Golf star, who held a one-stroke lead after Sunday’s second hole, played his final 16 in 4 over for a 75 in the final round of the 2025 Masters.
“Just more of the same with my irons,” DeChambeau said after Sunday’s disappointment. “If I had somewhat of good iron play this week, it would have been a different outcome. But could have, should have, would haves. You've got to do it.”
As for his interaction with Rory, his playing partner, Bryson said, “Didn't talk to me once all day.”
After making birdie at No. 2, DeChambeau three-putter the third. And when McIlroy birdied the hole, the lead flipped for good.
“Feeling awesome. Felt in control,” Bryson said about his brief stint as solo leader.
“The third hole, hit it up there to 20 feet, I'm like, ‘OK, that's exactly the way I wanted to play the hole,’” Bryson said. “And that putt, I've never seen a putt faster than that. Those greens got really fast. The agronomists here at Augusta National, they know how to play complete tricks on you.”
After the misread on No. 3, Bryson’s iron play went awry, finding the front bunker on No. 7, water at the 11th, water at the 15th and another miss left at 17.
“Got to get better,” DeChambeau bluntly said. “More room for improvement. Excited, though.”
This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: Bryson DeChambeau shoots Sunday 75 at final round Masters
