Report: Golf club removes plaque honouring Bryson DeChambeau tee shot at LIV Mexico

A golf club in Mexico has decided to remove a plaque honouring a gargantuan drive struck by Bryson DeChambeau during a LIV event following complaints the shot wasn't worthy of commemoration. 

DeChambeau unleashed an almighty 391-yard drive on the first hole at Club de Golf Chapultepec during LIV's stop in Mexico City in April 2025. 

The American, who celebrated wildly after finding the green, two-putted for birdie from 35 feet and was later honoured with a plaque. 

It read: "LIV Golf, Bryson DeChambeau, First Round, 391 YDS, 25 April 2025."

But according to Dan Rapaport of Skratch, a member of the club has confirmed that it has now been removed. 

"I was listening to your US Open preview show," Rapaport said, reading an email from said member. 

"Found it super funny as I was having a discussion with my golf pals on the plaque epidemic we are now living in. 

"As a member of the Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico City, where they played LIV these past two years and they presented a plaque to Bryson DeChambeau for a shot that was in all honesty not plaque material. 

"It was a shot on the first day of the competition and I've seen at least two members do the same shot. 

"Anyways - after some internal claims, I can confirm that Bryson's plaque was removed. It sort of mirrors what is happening to LIV anyways."

Still, DeChambeau can rest easy knowing another plaque honouring his most notable achievement to date will never be removed. 

DeChambeau captured the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No.2 thanks to a clutch par save at the 18th hole. 

He needed a par to beat Rory McIlroy by one stroke and it looked as though he was going to face the Northern Irishman in a playoff before he conjured the shot of his life from the sand. 

From 55 yards, DeChambeau blasted his ball out of the fairway bunker and managed to stop his ball just three feet and 11 inches from the hole. 

It is considered one of the greatest pressure shots in major championship history. 

DeChambeau later told of how it was the shot of his life and even placed the plaque in the ground himself, days after the 2024 Masters. 

He also gave a speech to those in attendance and attempted to re-create the shot, although he didn't manage to replicate it. 

DeChambeau is currently in New York competing in the 2026 U.S. Open. 

He has already missed cuts at the first two majors of the year but is still considered one of the favourites to clinch the gold medal at Shinnecock Hills on Sunday.