Bryson DeChambeau’s Day 4 sixth hole of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational was an erratic sequence

Co-leading with Harris English, Bryson DeChambeau’s tee shot on TPC Southwind’s par-4 sixth went as far off the fairway as it could, beginning an erratic sequence. 

Hey, but at least he shouted fore … Richard Bland should be proud.

DeChambeau’s ball rolled to a temporary fence used to enclose the course for the tournament. However, the rules official measured the ball and it was deemed in bounds. After DeChambeau hit a provisional drive that wasn’t used, he was not given a two-stroke penalty.

The 2020 U.S. Open winner was allowed to move his ball from its original spot to the rough because it was on the cart path, a man-made obstruction. If there wasn’t a cart path, he would have to play the ball where it lies.

Full-field scores from the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational

After DeChambeau re-placed his ball, he had a 168 look to the hole but he whacked his shot into the tree. The shot totaled 23 yards and was still in the rough.  

DeChambeau then had a 137 shot to the green that left him a chance to salvage par – similarly as fellow U.S. Open winner Gary Woodland did at the 3M Open – with a 27-foot putt, which brushed the side of the cup leaving DeChambeau a 2-foot putt for bogey that dropped him two shots off the lead.