DeChambeau's 'The Driver Sucks' Reflected in Latest Open Odds

The player known for having the best drives in golf looked about as bad as he could on Thursday. But as any golfer would understand, why blame yourself when you can just blame the clubs instead?

Bryson DeChambeau, a suggested fade for the final major of the year, shot a 1-over 71 on day one of the Open Championship at Royal St. George's; finding himself tied for 74th place and 100/1 odds at WynnBET to come back and win.

The No. 6 world ranked golfer only hit 4/14 fairways on his first day at The Open, prompting an eye-opening response when asked about his performance.

“If I can hit it down the middle of the fairway, that’s great, but with the driver right now, the driver sucks. It’s not a good face for me, and we’re still trying to figure out how to make it good on the mis-hits. I’m living on the razor’s edge, like I’ve told people for a long time.”

DeChambeau entered the tournament No. 1 on tour in Strokes Gained: off-the-tee. His driver can be a decisive advantage for him, totaling 7 strokes gained off-the-tee alone during his March win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Needless to say, the representatives at Cobra weren't too thrilled about what DeChambeau had to say about the club that's tailored specifically to him and him alone.

“Everybody is bending over backwards," said Ben Schomin, Cobra Tour operations head.

"We’ve got multiple guys in R&D who are CAD’ing (compute-aided design) this and CAD-ing that, trying to get this and that into the pipeline faster. (Bryson) knows it,” Schomin said. “It’s just really, really painful when he says something that stupid.”

Schomin goes on to mention that DeChambeau's Cobra Radspeed driver is 46 inches long with just 5 degrees of loft. Traditional drivers found at a pro shop range from 8.5 to 11.5 degrees.

Even with DeChambeau listed at 30/1 pre-tournament to win the Open Championship, +10000 odds for a player who refuses to take any responsibility for his play would not be a value bet I'd look to jump on.

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