Tuesday of last week, Bryson DeChambeau had a strange start to the tournament in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, of Las Vegas. They ‘invited’ him to downgrade his position on the driving range of the TPC Summerlin because his shots with the driver were landing on the fence that protected the neighborhood that surrounds the field, 350 yards away.
A day later, the Californian made 59 shots in the pro-am. And on Thursday, in the first round of the tournament, he signed a card of 62 strokes, nine under par, which heralded a new triumph for his record. Although finally, a bad Saturday, with two double bogeys and two bogeys in just five holes, they prevented him from fighting for a tournament that seemed to have him on track.
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In that time frame, he even had to defend himself against the criticism received from Matthew Fitzpatrick by the way he plays, trying to hit the ball further and further. But it does not seem that anything or anyone is going to get in the way of Bryson’s methods, already fully involved in preparing for the Masters next month. A preparation that we could qualify as Martian.
DeChambeau He does not plan to play again in the next four weeks and will focus all his efforts on the last major of the season. After its exhibition in Winged Foot, where he conquered the US Open turning the narrow fairways and the Machiavellian rough into child’s play, the golf world awaits with intrigue to learn what their plan will be from the moment they cross Magnolia Lane way of Augusta National.
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For the time being, Bryson will be secluded at his home in Texas to carry out a most peculiar set-up. “I’m just trying to figure out more things, like always,” he said after his last round at the Shriners. I’m going to train like crazy. The first week at home, I don’t think I will play the sticks much, I will exercise quite hard and hopefully I still reach 111 kilos or something like that. It will be the first time that I do it, so I will eat a lot, I will train a lot and see what we can do from there, “he explained.
In those days, expect to receive a massive amount of material to do custom tests with which to polish your swing. Among his new clubs are several drivers with longer axes, with which he hopes to achieve even more ambitious results than those he has achieved after the interruption of the circuit caused by the covid-19 pandemic. In the Shriners This past week, for example, he hit 43 tee shots beyond 300 yards, some with 3 woods and hybrids, and 18 over 350 yards.
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“From a speed training perspective, I could possibly hit over a thousand balls in the next four weeks trying to increase it. It takes around 100 to 130 to have a good speed training session, ”he explained. DeChambeau.
“The improvement I am experiencing could be even greater with the new equipment. I don’t have it yet, but work is being done diligently behind the scenes. We will ‘prototype’ it and test if it works. If not, we will try again to hopefully have it ready for Augusta«Insisted the ‘scientist’ of the PGA Tour.
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Bryson also acknowledged that he will make a reconnaissance trip to Augusta during these four weeks outside the PGA Tour. And he insisted that he doesn’t need to play tournaments to keep his game in shape. The 13-week break from the pandemic proved it. He rarely played a round of golf and instead spent time at home increasing his hitting speed or at home. Chris Como, his swing coach, who turned his living room into a kind of laboratory.
“I felt that I came back very well without playing golf. I think my game is good enough to do something like that, I don’t think I’ll have a problem coming back, “he explained. DeChambeau. He also doesn’t seem to have a problem with all the ‘noise’ generated by his physical transformation, key to increasing his hitting distance.
All I’m trying to do is improve my golf. As a consequence, I have figured out how to hit the ball a little further and straighter. With my single-length irons (the shafts are all the same size), I’m just trying to do something beneficial to the game. And I think everyone could do it if they wanted to. I just want to inspire people to do better things in life. Not only in golf. If there is anything that can give you an advantage and make you better, go for it, “he concluded.
