LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Deep down, Bryson DeChambeau knew it. And yet he couldn't stop himself from swinging.
Alone on the driving range after turning in the lowest round of the day at 7-under, highlighted by an electric birdie on 18 to tie Xander Schauffele for the lead at 20-under, DeChambeau was in his comfort zone.
With a giant jumbotron screen that would show his fate to his left, DeChambeau smashed driver after driver, fairway wood after fairway wood, into the hot Louisville evening, every ball carrying with it a plea that there would be more golf to play.