DeChambeau is about to overlook the PGA Championship after wrist surgical procedure

DeChambeau underwent surgical procedure on Thursday and is about to overlook the PGA Championship from Could 19-22, reside on Sky Sports activities; The previous US Open champion was restricted to 6 matches in 2023 with wrist and hip accidents

Bryson DeChambeau has confirmed that he hopes to help competitors on the PGA Tour “for the following two months” after present process surgical procedure on his left wrist, which suggests he’ll doubtless miss the PGA Championship subsequent month.

DeChambeau has had an injury-affected begin to 2023 and was warned by medical doctors in opposition to collaborating in The Masters this month, having been restricted to 3 matches early within the marketing campaign earlier than taking six weeks to attempt to repair his hand and hip points.

The previous US Open champion got here out early within the WGC-Dell Applied sciences Match Play on his return and adopted that up with a misplaced lower on the Valero Texas Open, with DeChambeau admitting he wasn’t working at “80 p.c” heading into the boys’s main opening of the yr.

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Bryson DeChambeau admitted he wasn’t fairly match earlier than The Masters throughout his pre-tournament press convention.

DeChambeau’s struggles had been clear with 4 Over-76s on opening day and a second Spherical 80 containing just one birdie, seeing him lose the lower by eight photographs, because the 28-year-old now prepares to sit down out one of many subsequent few PGA Tour occasions – together with the PGA Championship of the Month Subsequent – after surgical procedure on Thursday.

In an announcement through Instagram, DeChambeau mentioned: “As we speak, I had a profitable surgical procedure on my left wrist on a damaged hook in my femur. The surgical procedure was carried out by world-renowned hand surgeon Dr. Thomas Graham. I wish to thank Dr. Graham and the fantastic workers and Kettering Medical Heart at Ohio State.

“Over the previous few months my staff, Dr. Graham and myself have been observing the fracture within the hamette bone in my left wrist. I’ve made makes an attempt to play by this damage on three latest events, together with the Masters, however that is often an damage that requires surgical therapy.

“By the fixed annoyance of the break, it triggered me to alter my grip and swing, which resulted in me being unable to compete on the highest stage in golf. This was not straightforward each bodily and mentally for me.

DeChambeau hasn’t completed above a 25 tie in his first six posts of the yr

“For now, I’ll take the suitable time to relaxation and get well from this process and sit up for competing on the highest stage for the following couple of months. Thanks to my household, staff, companions and supporters throughout this difficult interval however I’m excited to work arduous to get the competitors again quickly.”

DeChambeau has not had a world victory because the Arnold Palmer Invitational final March and is presently nineteenth on the earth rankings. He’ll doubtless miss the Could 19-22 PGA Championship, which takes place at Southern Hills Nation Membership, because the US Open is held at The Nation Membership in Brooklyn June 16-19.

Then, the boys’s fundamental season culminates within the one hundred and fiftieth Open from July 14-17, with all the highest groups reside once more this yr completely on Sky Sports activities Golf. DeChambeau is presently 217th within the FedExCup rating.