Bryson DeChambeau hit a terrible 46-yard drive during the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Thursday.- DeChambeau hit his tee shot into the trees and it bounced out sideways.
- It was a shot any 25-handicapper can probably relate to.
Bryson DeChambeau channelled his inner 25-handicapper and hit one of the worst drives you'll ever see from a professional golfer on Thursday during a round at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.
Teeing off at the 10th at Austin Country Club in a match against South Korea's Si Woo Kim, DeChambeau attempted to crush one of his now-signature long drives down the 393-yard hole.
DeChambeau's power driving game has brought him rich rewards during the past year - notably pulling off a shot once thought impossible: carrying the water at the par-five 6th at Bay Hill.
On Thursday, however, things didn't go quite right.
Rather than get it up close to the green, DeChambeau caught his tee shot off the heel of his driver, sending the ball left and into the trees. The ball cannoned off a tree, bounced across the fairway, and settled just 46 yards from the tee box on a practice green.
You can see fan footage of the drive below - listen for the thud as DeChambeau's ball hits the tree:
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DeChambeau got away from the 10th with a bogey five, losing the hole to Kim, who bagged a birdie, bringing their match to all-square.
Kim then won the 11th hole to go one up. At this point it looked as though DeChambeau's wayward drive on 10 might have cost him.
But the US Open champion rallied to win three out of four holes between the 14th and 17th and secure a 2&1 victory over Kim, the world number 48.
Speaking after his win against Kim, DeChambeau laughed off the shot, although his reaction may have been somewhat different had he lost the match.
"I heel-pulled it lower than I wanted," he told reporters, per Sky Sports.
"It came off low off the face and came out low. I could have easily cleared the trees up and over like I wanted to, but I hit it on the wrong part of the face and consequently hit the tree limb."
"Hey, look, I was trying to drive the green, whether it was the practice green or the 10th green. I got it close!"
DeChambeau's error wasn't the first horribly wayward tee shot at the World Match Play this year.
On Wednesday, four-time major winner Rory McIlroy hit a drive so errant that it managed to find water on a hole that had no water.
Teeing off on the 5th, McIlroy smashed his drive far to the left, with the ball ending up out of bounds and in the swimming pool of a nearby house.
DeChambeau will now face England's Tommy Fleetwood on Friday in his final