Overview

• Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee initially called Bryson DeChambeau a captain’s nightmare and suggested his YouTube views were inflated by bots.
• Viral Bethpage Black footage showed fans crowding DeChambeau for autographs, a moment he used to quip on camera, “Did Brandel say something yesterday?”
• At his Thursday press conference, DeChambeau said YouTube subscribers must be verified and rejected the bot allegation while saying the attention is good for golf.
• Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and captain Keegan Bradley praised DeChambeau’s competitiveness, energy and team-room presence, citing his potential impact this week.
• In a later on-air segment, Chamblee highlighted DeChambeau’s driving advantage and suggested he could feature heavily, even hinting he might play all five matches.