Bryson DeChambeau to leave SMU golf team and prep for the Masters
The NCAA's sanctions against the Southern Methodist University's men's golf team have forced No. 1 amateur in the wrold Bryson DeChambeau to leave the team in preparation for the Masters and U.S. Open.
A report on GolfChannel.com quoted DeChambeau and SMU men's coach Jason Enloe, who was not the head coach when the NCAA banned the team -- and subsequently reigning NCAA individual champion and U.S. Amateur champion DeChambeau -- from defending his NCAA title.
"To best prepare myself for the next six months of competition and future events, I felt it was appropriate to make this decision now to be fair to my coaches and team," DeChambeau told Golf Channel.
DeChambeau was victorious as a junior at NCAAs at the end of April, then became only the fifth golfer in history to win the U.S. Amateur in the same year. The others to do it? Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Ryan Moore.
In an interview with Golf Digest, DeChambeau said he'd love to have Jack, Phil, Tiger and Moore pose for a photo with him at the Masters.
DeChambeau gets an exemption into the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open as the U.S. Amateur champion.
More to come.
(h/t Golf Channel)
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