Bryson DeChambeau is an eccentric golfer who uses his career like one big science experiment. And after winning another US Open, it’s working.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.How the US Open was lost became the story and understandably so. Rory McIlroy was distraught after a three-foot putt snaked by the cup on the 18th hole at Pinehurst No.2. He’dSetting aside the drama, though, how the US Open was won was arguably more captivating, and may even end up changing the way golf is played.
DeChambeau also famously began floating his golf balls in Epsom salts to identify which ones did not have weight exactly centred. He marks the “heavy end” on each to ensure putts roll evenly.“What I’m doing is finding pretty much the out-of-balanceness of it ... it’s just because of the manufacturing process,” DeChambeau said last week at the US Open. “There’s always going to be an error, especially when it’s a sphere and there’s dimples on the edges. You can’t perfectly get it in the centre.
Known for his work ethic, DeChambeau’s practice regimen is hi-tech. Everything on the range is filmed and run through computer programs to focus almost entirely on picking up, and fixing, swing inconsistencies. Where the ball goes is almost secondary. ‘He is prepared to train at extreme levels, and not worry about the potential negatives. Most golfers would be scared stiff of .’“Single-length shafts, I mean it makes sense. The science and the logic behind that makes sense. But we have been told from 300 years ago, the progressive clubs are the go and we have been sold that. He goes: ‘Well, no, I am going to question that’.
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