Washington Post: Golf has never seen anyone like DeChambeau
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 10:37 pmGolf has never seen anyone like Bryson DeChambeau
By Thomas Boswell
September 20, 2020
Golf may be the most convention-bound, mentally constrained game in the world of sports. The traditional is almost worshiped. New ideas are fought or mocked.
And the very notion that almost everybody in the game has been doing almost everything wrong for generations — but that one young heretic figured it out, mostly by himself — is nearly terrifying.
On Sunday, Bryson DeChambeau, who is the embodiment of just such a dangerous, analytical, self-secure and stubborn man, blew up the golf world’s idea of logic.
With a 6-under-par, six-shot win over Matthew Wolff at trembling, frightened Winged Foot, the 27-year-old, who has bulked up until he looks like a pro linebacker, humiliated the mightiest of U.S. Open venues just as it has humiliated so many. Only DeChambeau was under par — way under, with a final-round 67 to overcome a two-shot Wolff lead.
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By Thomas Boswell
September 20, 2020
Golf may be the most convention-bound, mentally constrained game in the world of sports. The traditional is almost worshiped. New ideas are fought or mocked.
And the very notion that almost everybody in the game has been doing almost everything wrong for generations — but that one young heretic figured it out, mostly by himself — is nearly terrifying.
On Sunday, Bryson DeChambeau, who is the embodiment of just such a dangerous, analytical, self-secure and stubborn man, blew up the golf world’s idea of logic.
With a 6-under-par, six-shot win over Matthew Wolff at trembling, frightened Winged Foot, the 27-year-old, who has bulked up until he looks like a pro linebacker, humiliated the mightiest of U.S. Open venues just as it has humiliated so many. Only DeChambeau was under par — way under, with a final-round 67 to overcome a two-shot Wolff lead.
To read this article in its entirety, CLICK HERE.