{"id":649615,"date":"2026-06-20T22:10:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/649615\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T22:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:10:29","slug":"bryson-dechambeau-hits-427-yard-drive-at-u-s-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/649615\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryson DeChambeau hits 427-yard drive at U.S. Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SOUTHAMPTON, New York \u2014 Bryson DeChambeau hit a 427-yard drive in his first round at the U.S. Open, the second-longest drive by anyone on tour this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s my longest drive ever on tour, which is great,\u201d DeChambeau said.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s actually not his longest. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TeB_v401F48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">He drove it 428 yards at the 2020 Travelers Championship<\/a>, benefiting from hitting pavement as his ball also did Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>It is the longest drive at a U.S. Open since Bubba Watson unleashed one 455 yards in 2019 at Pebble Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Wyndham Clark, who leads the U.S. Open by four shots, also has <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/stats\/detail\/159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the longest drive on tour this year<\/a> &#8212; 446 yards at the Valspar Championship in March.<\/p>\n<p>DeChambeau, the U.S. Open champ in 2020 and 2024, missed the cut in this year\u2019s first two majors at the Masters and the PGA Championship, his lone PGA Tour starts of 2026 as he otherwise plays on LIV.<\/p>\n<p>He is 1 under through 16 holes of his first round at Shinnecock, which he will finish Friday morning. He is tied for ninth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m feeling pretty good,\u201d DeChambeau said. \u201cGolf game is in a solid place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeChambeau was asked if he\u2019s doing anything special Thursday night to prepare for Friday,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChocolate milk,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"How to watch 2026 U.S. Open: Full schedule, TV\/streaming info, golfers to watch, coverage guide\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/golf\/news\/how-to-watch-2026-us-open-full-schedule-tv-streaming-info-golfers-to-watch-coverage-guide\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"PGA: Travelers Championship - Second Round\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781993429_149_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are among the challengers to J.J. Spaun\u2019s U.S. Open title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOUTHAMPTON, New York \u2014 Bryson DeChambeau hit a 427-yard drive in his first round at the U.S. Open,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-649615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}