LA JOLLA, Calif.
It was fun — Rory McIlroy called the pseudo-feud the “best thing ever” — but it left fans wanting more.
Koepka and DeChambeau each began the day in the thick of contention, five shots off the lead.
Some fans cheered when he started hitting driver, eager to see The Big Golfer go full throttle.
As DeChambeau pulled out driver, a fire alarm at the adjacent hotel started going off.
It would be easy to dismiss the hecklers as outliers or overserved knuckleheads, but that would be ignoring what it’s actually like to be Bryson DeChambeau at a golf tournament.
He’s likely referring to the Memorial, where particularly aggressive fans were escorted out for yelling at him .
“Whenever they say something, you recognize the grand scheme of things, what they’re doing and what’s going on,” DeChambeau said.
“You literally have to sit back and go, ‘Y’know, this is a good thing.
“There was a lot of cheering and I really appreciate every bit of it; it’s fun when you’ve got the crowd behind you.
He begins his day at even par, five shots back of the lead.
Dethier is a 2014 graduate of Williams College, where he majored in English, and he’s the author of 18 in America, which details the year he spent as an 18-year-old living from his car and playing a round of golf in every state.