Being loved still a work in progress for ever-evolving DeChambeau 

There was no interaction between the American and Rory McIlroy despite the fact they were within touching distance of one another.

ALPHA: Bryson DeChambeau walks off the green on the second hole at Quail Hollow. Pic: AP Photo/George Walker IV

Peaks and troughs aplenty, walking into the weekend is no leisurely stroll around Quail Hollow. What was once a dairy farm still provides fertile ground for fattening the calves. The thighs and quads get a strenuous workout too.

In a sport so utterly inundated with data and analytics, the PGA somehow neglected to provide a rundown of the gradient percentages of some of the more testing hills. Maybe they were afraid the punters wouldn’t go up and down them if they knew in advance.