DeChambeau Opens PGA Championship With 76 as Tee Shot Lands on Stairs

12 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · May 14

Bryson DeChambeau shot a 6-over 76 in Thursday’s opening round at Aronimink Golf Club, a rough start after runner-up finishes in his last two PGA Championships.
The strangest moment came on the second hole, where his tee shot settled directly on a stair and left him consulting a rules official in visible confusion.
DeChambeau did not have to play the ball from the step and still salvaged par on the hole, one of the few bright spots in an otherwise difficult round.
The stumble leaves one of the recent PGA Championship’s strongest performers chasing the field early in Pennsylvania.

With LIV Golf's funding ending, is DeChambeau's on-course collapse a sign of things to come for its stars?

Aronimink is rewarding precision over power. Is this tournament a referendum on the 'bomb and gouge' era of golf?

He saved par from a staircase but crumbled elsewhere. What does this paradox reveal about his mental game under pressure?