{"id":671715,"date":"2026-05-15T02:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/671715\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T02:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:54:16","slug":"pga-championship-2026-im-so-confused-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/671715\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Championship 2026: &#8216;I&#8217;m so confused right now&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bryson DeChambeau had an ugly opening nine on Thursday at the PGA Championship, where he went out in 39 on Aronimink\u2019s back side. Things didn\u2019t get much better after he made the turn, where he was puzzled by an odd rules situation at the par-4 second.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time U.S. Open winner had a bad case of the rights all day, and he didn\u2019t fix the issue at No. 2. He blocked his tee shot so far right it ended up on the steps of a hospitality tent, where he would be granted relief.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just not quite the relief he thought, at least based off this exchange with a rules official that was captured on ESPN. \u201cI\u2019m so confused right now,\u201d DeChambeau said. \u201cI thought TIO (temporary immovable obstruction) you get one [club length] and then drop on the next?\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I&#8217;m so confused right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bryson DeChambeau had a hard time understanding the rules after his tee shot landed directly on the stairs \ud83d\ude05 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NIBs6K8A5E\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/NIBs6K8A5E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/2054959597853495501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By the sound of it, it seems DeChambeau was correct that he would get a second club length and then be able to take his drop in that relief area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs there relief on this path?\u201d DeChambeau asked. \u201cOh, it is, that\u2019s what I thought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After taking his drop, DeChambeau managed to hit a beauty to 22 feet and two-putt for par. One of the few highlights of his first round. DeChambeau is currently seven over par with one hole remaining.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MORE GOLF DIGEST PGA CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PGA Championship 101: Answering all your frequently asked questions\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How to watch the 2026 PGA Championship<\/p>\n<p>Power Rankings: Every player in the PGA field, ranked\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tee times for the first and second rounds<\/p>\n<p>Why the PGA at Aronimink is a great fit for Philly\u2019s everyman sports culture<\/p>\n<p>What tour pros do before a major to prep<\/p>\n<p>Video: Every hole at Aronimink\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bryson\u2019s uncertain future<\/p>\n<p>The crazy story of Walter Hagen and the lost Wanamaker Trophy<\/p>\n<p>The most \u2018PGA\u2019 moments in PGA Championship history<\/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":"Bryson DeChambeau had an ugly opening nine on Thursday at the PGA Championship, where he went out in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[4225,64,63,755,138747,44,85],"class_list":["post-671715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-article","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-golf-digest","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}