{"id":163129,"date":"2025-09-23T09:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/163129\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T09:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:36:10","slug":"ryder-cup-2025-brandel-chamblee-kicks-off-the-week-by-calling-bryson-dechambeau-a-captains-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/163129\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryder Cup 2025: Brandel Chamblee kicks off the week by calling Bryson DeChambeau a ‘captain’s nightmare’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brandel Chamblee hasn\u2019t been able to fire off takes from the Golf Channel \u201cLive From\u201d desk since the Open Championship ay Royal Portrush, which ended on July 20, two months ago. In other words, he\u2019s had plenty of time between then and this week\u2019s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black to craft some opinions.<\/p>\n

\u201cLive From\u201d is back in full force this week on Long Island and so is Chamblee, who opened the week\u2019s first show with an absolute scorcher. The topic of discussion was Bryson DeChambeau, who European stalwart Rory McIlroy took aim at in a recent interview with The Guardian<\/a>, saying the only way DeChambeau gets attention is by \u201cmentioning other people\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Golf Channel\u2019s Todd Lewis caught up with DeChambeau on Monday (New York time) and asked if he had any response to McIlroy\u2019s recent comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I\u2019m trying to do is inspire kids on YouTube,\u201d DeChambeau said. \u201cWe\u2019ve amassed quite a big audience on YouTube, and I\u2019m continuing to focus on that train of thought and whatever Rory says and what not is great. He didn\u2019t mean anything by it. I\u2019m excited, I hope we can have some good banter back and forth and if not and he wants to do what he\u2019s doing, great, no problem. Crowd\u2019s going to be on our side, we\u2019re going to have a fun time.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, my job is to get a kid out there to look at me hitting a golf ball, smiling,\u201d DeChambeau added. \u201cThat\u2019s the goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

After kicking it back to the \u201cLive From\u201d desk, Rich Lerner inbounded Chamblee the ball and got the hell out of the way:<\/p>\n

Brandel on Bryson\u2019s YouTube metrics \ud83e\uddd0 and being a \u201ccaptain\u2019s nightmare\u201d in the Ryder Cup. pic.twitter.com\/eEO85kbWSx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Brendan Porath (@BrendanPorath) September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBryson plays most of his golf on a tour where he mostly could be in the witness protection program,\u201d Chamblee said. \u201cNobody watches, he doesn\u2019t get any attention. So, when he does come out, there\u2019s a bit of a circus-barker element to it to drum up some interest for himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chamblee, in particular, didn\u2019t seem to care for the fact that in DeChambeau\u2019s answer to Lewis, there was no mention of the goal being to win this week\u2019s Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe didn\u2019t talk about playing on a team and how much that meant,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat he did do was talk about his YouTube channel, which, if we want to talk about the numbers that are generated from that, it\u2019s pretty dubious. I have no doubt that bots are generating a lot of those views. There may be some interest as well, but that\u2019s what he wants to talk about? Not the team, not the Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of the reasons why I think he\u2019s going to be such a difficult person to get paired with. No doubt he\u2019s one hell of a golfer, no doubt he has his moments and generosity with fans, I\u2019ve heard about it. But he\u2019s an odd duck when he\u2019s trying to blend in with the team. And he has so many potential bulletin-board mistakes, and I think he would be a captain\u2019s nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boy, that escalated quickly.<\/p>\n

Paul McGinley\u2019s face afterwards said it all. A \u201cHow am I supposed to follow that?\u201d face if we\u2019ve ever seen one:<\/p>\n

\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2023\/250922-mcginley.png\"\/<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s still only Monday in America, folks.<\/p>\n

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