Bryson DeChambeau made a big announcement on Friday — just not the one everyone was expecting.
DeChambeau, the two-time major champion, took to social media to introduce “The Orchard,” a project he created in his hometown of Clovis, California. It will have an 18-hole championship golf course, a first-class practice facility and a master-planned community with an on-site farmers market and other amenities designed to provide “unprecedented access and schools” in the area for children.
DeChambeau said the courses and practice facilities will be designed by his team and “will be the first of several fully purchased DeChambeau Designs.”
The location of DeChambeau’s inaugural design is no accident. DeChambeau attended Clovis East High School and this project will be developed on land across the street. He said that there is a “deep responsibility to give back to the region that has provided us with so much”.
“Development regulations in California are complex, but the City of Clovis and Fresno County have been, and will continue to work hand in hand to bring this important project to the region,” DeChambeau said. “We anticipate approval in 18 months, with some amenities such as a driving range coming first. This process is ongoing from 2022 and your continued support will only help this project to be realized more quickly for the community.
“Ultimately, it’s time to make a better future for our next generation. We are dedicated to ‘Building Stars of the Future’ and our hope is that this will be a place where everyone in the world can come and enjoy the fruits of our labor here in the Central Valley.”
DeChambeau’s design business is just the latest venture in his long list of off-course hobbies, which includes his growing YouTube channel.
Since LIV Golf announced it was closing after five seasons, several of its remaining high-profile players – Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton among them – have announced their return to the DP World Tour for 2027. (LIV players must serve suspensions before returning to the PGA Tour). The Telegraph reported the DP World Tour offers him a membership for next year.
In his first comments since LIV closed, DeChambeau he said last week still believes in team golf, acknowledges some of his mistakes and said he was grateful for the past four years. He added that he plans to play in the DP World Tour’s Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa in December.
“Beyond this,” he wrote a week ago, “I will go on what is next in the right way.”
