{"id":570824,"date":"2026-04-08T01:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T01:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/570824\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T01:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T01:09:15","slug":"jim-nantz-addresses-criticism-and-bots-over-not-watching-bryson-dechambeau-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/570824\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Nantz Addresses Criticism (and \u2018Bots\u2019) Over Not Watching Bryson DeChambeau This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"71\">Jim Nantz made a stunning admission last week on a CBS conference call previewing the Masters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"74\">\u201cI have to confess, I have not seen Bryson [DeChambeau] hit a single shot this year,\u201d Nantz said. \u201cI have not seen him, so for me to say what his form looks like, all I can go off is the YouTube videos I\u2019ve watched with my son. That\u2019s all I\u2019ve seen. Busy doing our own coverage, so I haven\u2019t seen him play. But I know his desire to win [at Augusta National]. I know Bryson quite well through the years, and it wouldn\u2019t surprise me at all to see him in a green jacket one day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7a\">Nantz, of course, is CBS Sports\u2019s lead voice for the network\u2019s PGA Tour coverage, and DeChambeau plays for LIV Golf, not the PGA Tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7g\">On Monday, however, Nantz went on The Pat McAfee Show and set the record straight on his comments regarding DeChambeau, believing he was unfairly criticized.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7j\">\u201cI was on a press conference call last week, and a lot of people took exception to a statement I made about how Bryson, I haven\u2019t watched a shot so far this year,\u201d Nantz said. \u201cOf course, he\u2019s been winning on the LIV tour; he\u2019s won a couple of starts. And I just want to say that was extracted from a quote where I had him as the favorite behind Scottie, number one. And then Bryson, I happened to mention, I have a long relationship with Bryson. He\u2019s been to my home, my son was almost named after him. I mean, there\u2019s a great friendship and respect there. And I said this too, I think he\u2019s going to win in Augusta. Maybe it\u2019s this year, he\u2019s certainly coming in hot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Jon Rahm is coming in playing well too..<\/p>\n<p>I would love to see him and Bryson DeChambeau on the leaderboard&#8221; ~ Jim Nantz <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMSLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#PMSLive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/anLFglX1h2\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/anLFglX1h2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UwOPJGDY1g\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/UwOPJGDY1g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/2041201185529499904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7p\">In Nantz\u2019s defense, the first five LIV events of the 2026 season have been played overseas and were broadcast live overnight in the United States. On top of that, Nantz has a packed schedule, but he says he still does his homework.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7s\">\u201cI\u2019ve got my own stuff going on,\u201d Nantz said. \u201cWe\u2019re broadcasting. The point is, I read everything. I don\u2019t have to sit down and watch the DP World Tour to be prepared for those players, or the LIV Golf. But I give them their due, and I expect Jon Rahm\u2019s coming in playing well too, I expect both Jon and Bryson will be right there, both great guys, and I would love to have them on the leaderboard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7v\">Nantz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/masters\/forty-years-ago-jim-nantz-called-his-first-favorite-masters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">made his Masters broadcasting debut 40 years ago<\/a>, and assumed the role of lead host in 1989. And maybe his 41st call from Augusta National will end with DeChambeau, who has made nine starts in Augusta with back-to-back top 10 finishes, slipping a green jacket over his shoulders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7y\">Nantz believes that can happen\u2014and isn\u2019t taking back what he said a week ago.  <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"81\">\u201cYou\u2019ve got all these bots, and LIV has a pretty strong force of a social media team, from what I hear, because I\u2019m not on social media, but if you say anything that can be loosely interpreted as negative, they come after you. And that\u2019s fine. I stood by my comments,\u201d Nantz said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t trying to take a shot at Bryson. Like I said, I have a great regard for him, I consider him a friend, and I consider him a favorite this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More Masters coverage from Sports Illustrated<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jim Nantz made a stunning admission last week on a CBS conference call previewing the Masters.\u00a0 \u201cI have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-570824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}