Bryson DeChambeau: I ignored medical advice to take 'huge risk' ahead of Masters

Bryson DeChambeau has ignored advice from his doctors and taken a "huge risk" to return early from the injury lay-off which he believes has made him a better person.

DeChambeau was sidelined for six weeks with hand and hip problems before contesting the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play a fortnight ago in Austin, where he won just half a point from three matches in the group stages.

The former US Open champion also missed the cut in last week's Valero Texas Open and said he is operating on 80% power heading into this week's Masters at Augusta National.

"I’m proud of the fact that I’ve been able to get here in a short amount of time," said DeChambeau.

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

"The doctors recommended that I don’t come back for a while. And even [coach] Chris [Como] has told me 'you probably shouldn’t play’, even though he wants me to play obviously.

"But it was a huge risk a couple weeks ago. It was probably not one that my doctors recommended, but I’m like, 'man, this only comes around once a year and I’ve got to give this a go’."

3 Questions with @b_dechambeau: 1) How did the @DudePerfect-Augusta National collaboration come about? 2) What is his health status? 3) What is par at Augusta this week?