DeChambeau’s brash opening act gets party started before Europe spoil the fun

The American’s barnstorming start proved deceptive on the opening morning as Europe tamed the course and muted the crowdThe dawn’s early light broke slow and heavy Friday over Bethpage State Park, a pale wash creeping through the trees as if reluctant to reveal the chaos already under way. Fans clad in red, white and blue had been congregating outside since 3am, trotting down floodlit paths to the 1st-tee grandstand when the gates finally swung open at 5am. By 6am, thousands were already wedged together in the dark, swaying to chants and clutching cardboard cups of coffee, tallboys of hard seltzer and greasy breakfast cheeseburgers.When the clock ticked toward the 7.10am start time, the atmosphere boiled over in the 5,000-seat amphitheater. The chants ricocheted around the stands: “We want Bryson! We want Bryson!” Some wore DeChambeau’s name scrawled across their bare chests while others waved handwritten signs. Their wish was his command. Bryson DeChambeau, golf’s most polarizing showman, emerged with Justin Thomas by his side. They strode through the tunnel shoulder to shoulder, an American flag draped across their backs, DeChambeau pounding his chest as if priming for combat. Across from them waited Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton, the Spanish-English duo clad in Europe’s blue and gold, Rahm already stone-faced, Hatton muttering to himself. Continue reading...

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