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Club de Golf Chapultepec did not live up to Bryson DeChambeau’s standards.
The two-time US Open winner went to LIV Golf’s Mexico City event amid questions about their funding beyond this season, and he wasn’t thrilled with course conditions in one area.
After hitting a bunker shot on the 16th, DeChambeau found himself in a patchy spot where the grass wasn’t exactly fully grown anywhere.
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Bryson DeChambeau reacts to the second green during day one of LIV Golf Mexico City at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico City on April 16, 2026. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
“You’ve ruined grass,” DeChambeau said. “Oh, that’s gross? Absolutely. Good to see.”
DeChambeau then waited for a rules official, apparently because of his lie, but he wasn’t exactly given the benefit of the doubt. Then he chipped onto the green.
DeChambeau wasn’t thrilled with the course last year, citing “the worst f—ing bunkers ever.”
He ended up shooting an even second round for the second day in a row.
The frustration comes on the heels of missing the cut at The Masters just a year after being in the final group with eventual champion Rory McIlroy. DeChambeau was the second odds-on favorite to win behind Scottie Scheffler.
Bryson DeChambeau reacts to the second green during day one of LIV Golf Mexico City at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico City on April 16, 2026. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
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LIV Golf stopped in Mexico City amid initial reports and confirmation from CEO Scott O’Neil that Saudi Arabia will end its funding after this season.
“And then you work like crazy as a business to create a business and a business plan to keep us going. But it’s no different than any other private equity-funded business in human history,” O’Neil said Thursday.
“How we move forward is what I’m really excited about. I talked about some structural changes – they’re coming. You can just ask the 50 people I met at Augusta, I rolled out the plan. We have one, it might surprise some people…” he added.
“This notion of, ‘are you going to raise money?’ Probably. This is business. But if we keep the course running as we are and the revenue growth continues, this will be a very good business for a very long time.”
Scott O’Neil attends a press conference in Johannesburg to announce the return of LIV Golf in 2027 on 22 March 2026. (Johan Rynners/Getty Images)
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