Bryson DeChambeau Reveals How He Injured His Hand, Details He Gives Are Tough To Believe

Details Of How Bryson DeChambeau Injured His Hand Tough To Believe

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  • Bryson DeChambeau has been out of commission for quite some time now with a hand injury.
  • The Big Golfer has revealed what exactly happened, and the details are somewhat hard to believe.
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Bryson DeChambeau has played in just two PGA Tour events since the calendar flipped to 2022 after being bitten by the injury bug. Ahead of start No. 3 this year at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, DeChambeau has revealed what exactly caused his hand injury.

DeChambeau last teed it up in the Saudi International in early February, but ultimately had to withdraw due to injury. The 28-year-old has been dealing with a fractured hamate bone in his left hand and a torn labrum in his left hip.

Seeing as how DeChambeau has added a tremendous amount of muscle, weight, and swing speed over the last couple of years becoming the longest hitter on Tour, most would assume he picked up his hand injury during a workout or speed training.

According to him, that’s not exactly what happened. He claims he hurt his hand playing table tennis while at the Saudi International, according to Golf Channel.

“People are going to say it’s off of speed training and all that and, sure, some of the things have been a part of that, just abuse and working really, really hard,” Dechambeau said.

“But at the same time, I wouldn’t have traded it for anything. I’ve learned so much about my body as time has gone on and learned how to manage things and how important rest is.”

Plenty of folks have been part of some heated table tennis matches, but breaking a bone in your hand while playing? That seems a little far-fetched.

Sure, ping pong players pick up injuries, and DeChambeau very well could have suffered a freak accident, but it’s not overreacting to think he may be leaving out some details about the hand injury.

DeChambeau even explained that he may have to have surgery on his left hand.

He also made it clear that he’s not expediting too much out of himself during this week’s match play event in Austin.

“Am I going fully at it? No. Not even close. I won’t be able to go at it until probably Augusta time,” he said.