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In 2020, Bryson DeChambeau famously referred to Augusta National Golf Club as a “Par 67” only to go on to finish in a tie for 34th at The Masters. Six years later, it appears the course still hasn’t forgiven him, and he’s not happy about it.
DeChambeau’s results have improved at the iconic event. He finished in a tie for sixth in 2024 and then a tie for fifth a year ago, which represented a career best.
But his quest to win The Masters in 2026 took a huge hit during Thursday’s opening round, when he shot a 4-over score of 76, putting him nine shots behind leaders Rory McIlroy and Sam Burns.
After the round, DeChambeau took out his frustrations on a reporter who asked him an extremely valid question.
Bryson DeChambeau Mocks Masters Reporter Over 3D Printed Club Question
Famously, DeChambeau plays with irons and wedges that are all the same length so that he doesn’t have to change anything about his swing while hitting each one.
This week, DeChambeau added a new element to quirk. He’s using a 5-iron that he 3D printed himself.
“There’s this nature that I have about myself where innovation is a habit of mine, and I really find and take pride in that ability to learn — even through failure, even through making a bad decision or a good decision — what I can get from that,” DeChambeau said prior to the tournament.
After Friday’s round, DeChambeau was a little less excited to talk about his homemade club.
“Hey Bryson, how long does it take to 3D print irons?”
Bryson: Oh, about a day and a half
“Cool — would you make a new one for this weekend?”
Bryson: *acts like that is the most unfathomable question in the history of journalism* pic.twitter.com/Y1T6U72DuI
— Fore Play (@ForePlayPod) April 9, 2026
DeChambeau only hit the club once on Thursday—off the tee on the par-4 seventh hole. The shot went 258 yards and found the left side of the fairway.
Asked more about the process of club printing, he said that the club “Prints in eight hours. Machines, they’re three or four hours. Then you have to cut grooves in it and do a bunch of other stuff. So you can have something within a day and a half.”
When asked if he’d consider making a new one for this weekend, however, DeChambeau scoffed at the question, talking down to the reporter in the process.
“Pffftt, no. It has to be USGA-conforming. There’s a whole process you have to go through,” he said.
Technically, DeChambeau is right. But you have to imagine his answer may not have been so snarky had he just shot, say, 4-under rather than 4-over.