Bryson DeChambeau has reporter ‘booted’ from practice range in bizarre LIV Golf incident

Bryson DeChambeau had a golf reporter booted from the practice range ahead of LIV Golf Indianapolis after becoming irritated.

The Crushers GC captain was preparing for this week’s event at The Club at Chatham Hills on Wednesday when Monday Q Info was reportedly asked to move away from the range.

Monday Q Info, who goes by the X username @acaseofthegolf1, was innocently filming DeChambeau’s swing when a member of the American’s team approached him and asked him to leave the area.

The incident was first reported by Brandon Reef on X, who claimed DeChambeau appeared visibly frustrated with something in his swing before his team intervened.

Reef posted: “Bizarre scene out of the driving range for LIV Indianapolis, Bryson and his team working on his swing, Bryson visibly upset with something with his swing. Another media member @acaseofthegolf1 was filming and doing nothing out of norm besides watching his swing, and Bryson’s team member came over to boot him out of the driving range session.”

Monday Q Info appeared to see the funny side of the unusual exchange, responding to Reef: 

“Got booted off the range by Bryson today. #1,892 on the list of what the hell has happened to my life”

The incident comes amid an increasingly intriguing week for DeChambeau, who has appeared to have little patience for sections of the media ahead of LIV Golf’s season finale.

Just 24 hours earlier, DeChambeau took another swipe at reporters by the range.

According to GOLF senior writer Sean Zak, DeChambeau spotted three reporters, including Zak himself, before jokingly confronting the group.

DeChambeau said: “Oooh the mafia has arrived. The mafia. You guys love talking s**t.”

Zak subsequently suggested the exchange may have been about more than simply banter, claiming DeChambeau remains frustrated with the way some of his comments have been reported and contextualised in recent months.

The timing of DeChambeau’s apparent frustration is notable given the uncertainty surrounding both his future and the direction of LIV Golf beyond this season.

LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil provided an update on Wednesday but stopped short of offering any guarantees over DeChambeau’s future.

Asked about the two-time U.S. Open champion, O’Neil said: “I'll leave all individual player questions to individual players.”

O’Neil was nevertheless unequivocal about his admiration for DeChambeau and his importance to LIV Golf moving forwards. 

“I have a lot of time for Bryson. I talk to him quite a bit,” O’Neil continued.

“Having spent 30 years in this business of sports, spending time with professional athletes for most of it, I've never met one who's truly, truly -- not what they say but what they do, truly focused and be mission driven, and he's one of those guys.

“He cares about the global game of golf. He cares about building this next generation of fans.

“I don't think anybody works harder on or off the course than -- I'm sure there's somebody; I just haven't seen it.

“Bryson has become a good friend, a good advocate of the league. I certainly hope he's with us for the future. He's been extremely supportive, as I can say most of the big guys have been.”

O'Neil's comments on keeping hold of superstar talent comes just 48 hours after a social media report linked Jon Rahm with a shock exit from the league. 

It follows Telegraph Sport's report that some members on LIV Golf are “almost resigned” to the Spaniard's exit past this season. 

Despite the heavy rumours, it still very much remains unknown whether Rahm, DeChambeau and a number of other star captains will still be LIV players if the league continues into 2027 and beyond.

O’Neil has repeatedly talked up the concept of “LIV 2.0”, which could feature a shorter schedule, smaller prize purses and greater player involvement in the ownership and commercial operation of the league.

LIV’s reported new lead investor has yet to be officially confirmed, although BC Partners is widely believed to be involved.

They are, however, said to want assurances the likes of Rahm and DeChambeau will be sticking around before committing to investment. 

On top of all that, the scheduled team championship in Michigan has been cancelled, making this week’s event in Indiana the de facto LIV Golf season finale.

LIV was also this week hit with another $1.23 million lawsuit, just to add to their problems. 

For now, DeChambeau’s focus is supposed to be on his golf, and after booting a reporter from his practice session, he appears to want that focus to be as uninterrupted as possible.