DeChambeau Opens LIV Golf Andalucia With 70, Three Back of Vincent and Hatton at Valderrama

Bryson DeChambeau opened round one of LIV Golf Andalucia with a one-under-par 70 at Valderrama. He finished three strokes behind co-leaders Scott Vincent and Tyrrell Hatton, leaving 54 holes to play. The 32-year-old has recorded two wins on the LIV Golf circuit this season.

He missed the cut in both major championships contested in 2026 and competed at LIV Korea the week before arriving in Spain. DeChambeau addressed reporters after his round and described an incident on the 12th fairway in which he accidentally snapped the head of his wedge. “I had some weird things happen,” he said.

“I was walking down the 12th hole with a wedge in my hand, and I put it on the toe. You’re going to put pressure on it as you’re walking down, trying to—like a cane, in a sense, and the head just snapped on me. ” He added that the only prior occasion he recalled a club breaking occurred at Harding Park during the PGA Championship, when his driver snapped while he prepared to tee off.

“It happens, but that was a weird one,” DeChambeau said. “I don’t know how to explain it. ” DeChambeau also offered his assessment of the Valderrama layout. “Yeah, it’s a mystifying golf course, that’s for sure,” he said.

“There’s a lot of times where you’re just hoping. ” He closed his remarks by noting the remaining schedule. “Us Crushers love these tough tests of golf, and I think it showed again today,” DeChambeau said.

“There’s a lot of golf left still.