Bryson DeChambeau aims to overcome physical and mental barriers at Masters

Bryson DeChambeau revealed he is far from being fully fit and admitted he "can't go all-out" while recovering from hand and hip injuries ahead of this week's Masters.

The American fractured his left hand and injured his left hip when he slipped on freshly wiped marble floors while playing table tennis, forcing him to withdraw from February's Saudi International. His doctors even urged him to consider sitting out the first major of the year, to give himself more time to heal.

However, DeChambeau plans to push ahead regardless.

"Not paying attention, I Charlie Brown'd myself and went horizontal and then hit my left hip and my hand at the same time, and that really just took me out," he said.

"That's when it got to the point where I couldn't even grip the golf club. I tried to play that week, and it was impossible."

"[Doctors] recommended that I don't come back for a while," DeChambeau added. "They said if you go out and hit golf balls and you feel somewhat comfortable, you consider it, and they are like, you should really let it heal.

"And even [coach Chris Como] has told me, you probably shouldn't play, even though he wants me to play obviously, right. But he's really looking out for my best interests for the future. I'm like, man, this only comes around once a year, and I've got to give this a go."

DeChambeau took a break from the game to recover and said he was happy with his progress.

"Normally a bone fracture takes four months to probably fully heal and I'm back here in two," he said.

Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the eighth hole during practice for The Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, April 4 2022. EPA

"Pleased with that. And hitting golf balls on the range today, I was able to