WGC Mexico: Report cards for ten of the top PGA TOUR stars

By Bill Felber | Feb 25, 2019

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - FEBRUARY 24: Dustin Johnson of the United States plays his shot from the first tee during the final round of World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship at Club de Golf Chapultepec on February 24, 2019 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images) /

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Bryson DeChambeau of the United States lines up a putt on the 18th green during the second round of World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship at Club de Golf Chapultepec on February 22, 2019 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images) /

Bryson DeChambeau

The tour’s most famous robot played like he needed oiling. DeChambeau opened with a 75 and failed to break par until Sunday, when his 69 elevated him only into a tie for 56th.

Obviously DeChambeau is largely interesting for his Spockian approach to the game. So far this season that has netted him a very large win last month at Dubai on top of his fall victory at the Shriners.

At Mexico City, however, all facets of DeChambeau’s game were ordinary, if that isn’t too kind a descriptor. He lost a half stroke of his usual eight-tenths of a stroke advantage off the tee, another half stroke approaching the greens, and saw his usual quarter-stroke -per-round short game advantage turn into a three-quarters of a stroke disadvantage.

Chapultepec’s greens were an even darker mystery. Normally, DeChambeau gains about a half stroke on the field due to his work on the putting surface. This week he spotted the field 1.22 strokes per round in that area.

In the first round alone, DeChambeau lost 3.7 strokes on the greens. You don’t need to know much more than that to understand why he turned in a 75. It did improve, but not by much. DeChambeau’s putting game was negative in all four rounds.

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