PGA Tour Puts Kibosh On DeChambeau's Sawgrass Shortcut

The PGA Tour announced Tuesday it would set up internal out of bounds at TPC Sawgrass, preventing Bryson DeChambeau from taking a potential alternate route.

“In the interest of safety for spectators and other personnel, the Players Championship Rules Committee has installed an internal out of bounds left of the lake for play of hole 18,” the statement reads.

The Tour said a similar internal out of bounds has been added in recent tournaments, including the 13th and 18th holes at this year’s Sony Open as well as No. 6 at last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational.

"That sixth hole at Bay Hill was the site of DeChambeau’s most recent — and most significant — distance conquest, as he carried the water on the boomerang par-5, leaving himself less than 100 yards from the green on both Saturday and Sunday," Golf.com reports. "It was a shortcut worthy of a video game."

As DeChambeau looks ahead to THE PLAYERS, he has continued to think outside the box and looked at unconventional ways to tackle golf courses.

“I have thought sometimes about, on 18, going left into 9," DeChambeau said on Sunday.

But the Tour made it clear on Tuesday that wouldn’t be the case this year.