Bryson DeChambeau burns LIV teammate over driving distance

LIV Golf is playing its first event in a month and a half this week in England. Naturally, the league’s biggest star, Bryson DeChambeau, is in the field following a disappointing swoon last weekend at the Open Championship.

Through two rounds, DeChambeau is in solo second place behind another contender from Royal Birkdale. Bryson’s LIV team, Crushers GC, is also in second place with two rounds to go.

But it wasn’t the Crushers play on the course that got the most attention in DeChambeau’s post-round press conference. Instead, it was a dig Bryson made toward one of his Crusher teammates that took the day.

DeChambeau ribs Paul Casey: ‘How many cart paths did he hit?’

At the halfway point of the 2026 LIV Golf U.K. event, DeChambeau is four shots behind leader Lucas Herbert in the individual standings. While Bryson was five under on Friday, the Crushers went 13 under overall.

That was due in no small part to Paul Casey’s contribution. The former longtime PGA Tour pro is making his return to the Crushers this week following time off due to injury. After struggling to a 73 on Day 1, Casey clawed back with a three-under 69 on Friday.

In a bizarre statistical note, Casey, who has always been among the shorter hitters in top-level pro golf, led the field in driving distance average in Round 2. Casey put up an impressive 312.1-yard average driving distance, a monumental leap from his 261.4-yard average on Thursday.

DeChambeau, on the other hand, averaged 290.1 yards off the tee on Friday.

When the topic of Casey’s driving prowess came up in DeChambeau’s press conference Friday night, the two-time major champion registered his shock in the form of a burn.

“Really?” DeChambeau said when told about Casey’s lead in driving distance. “How many cart paths did he hit?”

DeChambeau continued by wondering out loud just what Casey had been up to during his recent time off, before describing Casey as “sneaky long.”

“I don’t know what he was doing in those nine weeks off,” DeChambeau joked. “No, he’s always been sneaky long. It’s funny, he has this piercing low bullet. He’s such a great player, I’m so glad to have him back on the team. I need him, we need him for the last few weeks of this year.”

Now DeChambeau and the Crushers will try to ride Casey’s big stick to a team win over the weekend.