{"id":23846,"date":"2025-07-25T20:16:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T20:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/23846\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T20:16:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T20:16:22","slug":"why-does-bryson-dechambeau-have-his-old-caddie-on-the-bag-at-liv-golf-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/23846\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does Bryson DeChambeau have his old caddie on the bag at LIV Golf UK?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bryson DeChambeau will be looking to start as he finished The Open when he tees it up in this week&#8217;s LIV Golf UK at JCB, but he&#8217;ll be competing with his old caddie on the bag.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/players\/bryson-dechambeau\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DeChambeau<\/a>, 31, rocked up on the range Wednesday with his former looper Tim Tucker alongside him.<\/p>\n<p>Word is that DeChambeau&#8217;s current full-time caddie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/tour\/liv-golf\/who-bryson-dechambeaus-caddie-meet-gregory-bodine\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Bodine<\/a> is taking some time out due to personal reasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tucker has therefore stepped in for the two-time US Open champion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tucker was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/players\/bryson-dechambeau\" data-entity-type=\"taxonomy_term\" data-entity-uuid=\"242767b9-c064-41ee-8466-f7a85ab9a8cc\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"Bryson DeChambeau\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DeChambeau<\/a>&#8216;s caddie for his first eight PGA Tour titles, including the 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/tour\/us-open\" data-entity-type=\"taxonomy_term\" data-entity-uuid=\"4d3dcdac-32ab-423b-8188-645f07541b5a\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"US Open\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Open<\/a>, before the pair parted ways in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DeChambeau starts LIV Golf UK as the tournament favourite for a fourth career win on LIV Golf.<\/p>\n<p>The big-hitting American endured a horror start to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/tour\/open-championship\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Open<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/courses\/uk-and-ireland\/royal-portrush-golf-club-course-review\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Portrush<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p>He opened with a dismal 78, which marked his worst round ever in 36 major appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But DeChambeau bounced back superbly with rounds of 65, 68 and 64 to finish the week 9-under par in T10.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That was eight shots behind Open champion Scottie Scheffler, who won by three shots for his fourth career major title.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-15t155321z_1270054176_up1el7f184vaw_rtrmadp_3_golf-open.JPG\" alt=\"DeChambeau with Bodine\" width=\"5551\" height=\"3626\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>DeChambeau with Bodine<\/p>\n<p>A viral clip of DeChambeau telling a marshal to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/tour\/open-championship\/golf-fans-divided-over-clip-bryson-dechambeau-telling-marshal-move-out-way\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;move out of the way&#8221;<\/a> has since gone viral from the final round.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DeChambeau isn&#8217;t the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/tour\/liv-golf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LIV Golf<\/a> star with a new caddie on the bag this week.<\/p>\n<p>Joaquin Niemann has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/tour\/liv-golf\/joaquin-niemann-dumps-caddie-and-coach-huge-shake-ahead-liv-golf-uk?\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dumped his long-time caddie<\/a> Greg Matthews, and also his golf coach, after missing the cut by a shot at The Open.<\/p>\n<p>Niemann has decided to get one of good friends on the bag this week, but his new coach remains unknown as this stage.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bryson DeChambeau will be looking to start as he finished The Open when he tees it up 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