{"id":567672,"date":"2026-03-27T11:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/567672\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:14:13","slug":"rory-mcilroy-shares-the-wild-disagreement-he-had-with-bryson-dechambeau-during-the-final-round-of-the-2025-masters-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/567672\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy shares the wild disagreement he had with Bryson DeChambeau during the final round of the 2025 Masters \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s tough to find two bigger, or more different, golf stars than Rory McIlory and Bryson DeChambeau. McIlroy is the PGA Tour posted child. DeChambeau is LIV\u2019s great hope. McIlroy is private and polices his boundaries closely. DeChambeau is an open book, living much of his life on social media. These contrasts fueled a cold war of words between the pair in 2025, with DeChambeau alleging McIlroy didn\u2019t speak to him the entire final round at the Masters and McIlroy saying that DeChambeau only mentions him when he wants attention.<\/p>\n<p>With the 2026 Masters now approaching, the pair\u2019s differences have been cast in stark relief once again. In a new teaser for \u2018The Masters Wait,\u2019 Amazon Prime\u2019s upcoming documentary on Rory McIlroy\u2018s 2025 Masters triumph, McIlroy explained a situation that occurred during the final round last April that perfectly illustrates why the pair may never see eye to eye.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This moment between Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau in the final round of the 2025 Masters.<\/p>\n<p>Rory McIlroy: The Masters Wait premieres March 30 on Prime Video. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IX5ECnajo2\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/IX5ECnajo2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sports on Prime (@SportsonPrime) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsonPrime\/status\/2037167846157946944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RELATED: Sahith Theegala reveals the wild and \u2018probably illegal\u2019 thing he did on his first trip to Augusta National<\/p>\n<p>According to McIlroy, the pair weren\u2019t sure who was away after their approach shots, at which point DeChambeau allegedly offered to flip a tee to decide who would putt first. McIlroy was not having it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth of us want to putt first, because if you can hole that putt before your opponent, it puts pressure on them\u201d McIlroy explains. \u201cHe [DeChambeau] goes \u2018so why don\u2019t we just throw a tee up for it to see who goes first?\u2019 I\u2019m like \u2018no, this is the final round of the Masters, this isn\u2019t some game on a Tuesday afternoon somewhere!\u2019 I wasn\u2019t going to wilt in that situation, I was going to stand firm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy says he offered to call over a rules official, but DeChambeau relented and allowed McIlroy to putt first. McIIroy made his, DeChambeau missed his, and the rest is history.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s not necessarily a right or wrong in this scenario. Just two contrasting approaches to the game of golf. In all likelihood, DeChambeau wasn\u2019t trying to pull one over on McIlroy, he was just doing what he would do in an episode of \u2018Break 50.\u2019 McIlory, meanwhile, was well within his rights to say no, and in the end that proved to be the smart tactical decision. The situation does raise one interesting question though:<\/p>\n<p>If McIlroy \u201cdidn\u2019t talk to me once all day,\u201d as DeChambeau alleged about last year\u2019 final round, then what was this? Food for thought \u2026<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: Viktor Hovland reveals the hilarious chore his caddie has to do every year at Augusta National<\/p>\n<p>This article was originally published on golfdigest.com<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s tough to find two bigger, or more different, golf stars than Rory McIlory and Bryson DeChambeau. 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