DeChambeau Reveals He Had Covid Test After Feeling "Really Odd"

The World No.6 says he wasn't feeling very well over the first two days at Augusta after making the cut on the number

DeChambeau Reveals He Had Covid Test
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The World No.6 says he wasn't feeling very well over the first two days at Augusta after making the cut on the number

DeChambeau Reveals He Had Covid Test After Feeling "Really Odd"

Bryson DeChambeau made the cut on the number at The Masters but revealed that he is not quite feeling his usual self.

The US Open champion says he took a Covid-19 test on Friday evening, which returned a negative reading, after feeling "really, really odd" over the first two days.

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He bemoaned some 'silly, silly mistakes' over the first two rounds where he made seven bogeys, a double and a triple-bogey.

He did also make 12 birdies through 36 holes, with his second round containing seven birdies and just four pars.

"Not good, to say the least," DeChambeau said of his play, thinking at the time that he may have missed the cut.

"I was feeling something a little weird two nights ago, and I came out yesterday and was fine for the most part.

"As I kept going through the round, I started getting a little dizzy.

"I don't know what was going on, a little something weird. So I got checked for Covid last night, and I was fine, nothing.

"But I had to do the right thing and make sure there was nothing more serious than that. I don't know what it is or what happened, but these past couple days, I've felt really, really odd and just not a hundred percent.

"Some of that's played into it. I just feel kind of dull and numb out there, just not fully aware of everything, and making some silly, silly mistakes for sure."

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The Golfing Scientist starts the third round nine strokes back of the leaders.

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Jon Rahm, Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas, Abraham Ancer and Cameron Smith all lead at nine under par.

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Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!

Elliott is currently playing:

Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV