Bryson DeChambeau has wrist surgery, likely to miss PGA Championship

KETTERING, Ohio — Bryson DeChambeau says he had surgical procedure on his left wrist Thursday for a fracture hamate that has been bothering him for the final two months and probably will hold him out of the PGA Championship.

DeChambeau mentioned on Instagram the surgical procedure at The Kettering Medical Heart was for the fractured hook of the hamate.

The previous U.S. Open champion says he slipped on a marble ground in Saudi Arabia whereas taking part in desk tennis and landed on his hip and hand. He withdrew after the primary spherical of the Saudi Worldwide and didn't return for seven weeks till the Match Play. He performed three rounds at Match Play, missed the minimize on the Texas Open and mentioned on the Masters he was at 80 %. He shot 80 the second spherical at Augusta Nationwide and missed the minimize.

“I made makes an attempt to play by means of this harm at three current occasions, together with the Masters, however that is usually an harm that requires surgical remedy,” DeChambeau mentioned. “By continued discomfort from the fracture, it has brought on me to change my grip and swing, leading to my lack of ability to compete at golf’s highest stage. This has not been simple bodily and mentally for me.”

DeChambeau mentioned he would take acceptable time without work to relaxation and recuperate and he regarded ahead “to competing on the highest stage inside the subsequent two months.”

The PGA Championship begins in 5 weeks, Could 19-22, at Southern Hills in Tulsa. The U.S. Open is a month later at The Nation Membership exterior Boston.

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