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After a tough first round at Augusta National on Thursday, Bryson DeChambeau didn’t seem too pleased when asked about his 3D-printed 5-iron.
The two-time US Open champion had an eventful first round at the Masters, hitting a patron with a tee shot on the sixth hole before taking three separate bunker shots on the 11th.
After the round he had to face the media where he was asked about the process of making his special club for someone other than the driver.
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Bryson DeChambeau reacts to his tee shot on the 12th hole during the first round of the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia on April 9, 2026. (Grace Smith-Imagn Photos)
DeChambeau said it’s roughly a “day-and-a-half” process to make a club, so when asked if he “wants to” go through the process of making another one, it was a hard no.
“Pfft, no. It has to be USGA compliant. There’s a whole process you have to go through,” he said.
It is a club he has built himself.
“There’s this nature that I have about myself where innovation is a habit for me, and I really find and pride myself on that ability to learn — even through failure, even by making a bad decision or a good decision — what I can get out of it,” he told ESPN.
Bryson DeChambeau hits his tee shot on the 12th hole during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia on April 9, 2026. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
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“We’ll see where it goes. We’ll see where it takes me. All I could say now is if I don’t put them in the bag, it’s my fault now.”
DeChambeau said after the round that he only used the club once Thursday.
Last year, DeChambeau was in the final group of the Masters along with eventual winner Rory McIlroy. The two were paired to also end the previous year’s US Open, which DeChambeau won at the hands of poor putting by McIlroy and a forever-remembered up-and-down by DeChambeau from the bunker on the 18th at Pinehurst No. 2.
But he couldn’t find similar success Thursday after shooting a 4-over 76, putting himself in danger of missing the cut.
Bryson DeChambeau acknowledges patrons on the 17th green during the first round of the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia on April 9, 2026. (Michael Madrid/Imagn Images)
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DeChambeau had the second best odds to win the tournament behind only Scottie Scheffler.
