PGA Championship: Bryson DeChambeau snaps driver during opening round

CNN — Is Bryson DeChambeau now simply too strong and powerful for his own good? DeChambeau may just have inadvertently answered that initial question after another show of brute force off the tee during the PGA Championship’s opening round in San Francisco – an event taking place in front of no fans in what is now the first major of 2020 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images North America/Getty Images The 26-year-old – who’s never had a top-10 finish at a major – then apparently leant on his driver to such an extent that the club’s head actually fell off the shaft, much to the amazement of his playing partners, Rickie Fowler and Adam Scott. The Californian – who recently claimed his sixth PGA Tour title in Detroit at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, where his drives were averaging over a record 350 yards – says he’d even tested the replacement in the build-up to the tournament, revealing he “knew it was going to work.” “To be able to put another shaft right back in and have that thing perform amazing, it just shows how amazing that company is.” READ: The golfer who drove over 4,000 miles across the US to play in tournaments DeChambeau fixes his new shaft to his driver. And so this putter is just a little bit longer and I’ve been able to spend a little bit more time putting.” Brooks Koepka, searching for a third consecutive PGA Championship title, sits one shot behind the co-leaders, Australian Day and Brendon Todd.