GolfDigest: The one thing Bryson DeChambeau can't control
Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 10:15 pmBy Joel Beall
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KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C—The first ball went to parts unknown. The second, water. The third followed the second. There wasn’t much vexation, at least visibly; it was a practice round, after all. And on his fourth, after he and his group moved from the back 17th tee to a box 25 yards up, Bryson DeChambeau did, in fact, hit the green Wednesday afternoon. But as he went forth, a fan perched above a sand path noted, “This wind has him turned every which way.”
DeChambeau’s career is one built off zealous pursuits. They may not be conventional and often the routes he takes to them are derided, yet he always gets to where he wants to go. Off of talent, sure, but also a manic approach that does not allow for anything less. However, there is one pursuit DeChambeau has not mastered, what in the past has called his “Holy Grail.” The wind.
“The one thing, nobody out here will ever be able to control, is the conditions of the course, whatever it is, and the wind,” DeChambeau said after winning the 2018 Northern Trust. “The wind is always going to be the final—you know, the Holy Grail. We'll never be able to figure that out.”
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KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C—The first ball went to parts unknown. The second, water. The third followed the second. There wasn’t much vexation, at least visibly; it was a practice round, after all. And on his fourth, after he and his group moved from the back 17th tee to a box 25 yards up, Bryson DeChambeau did, in fact, hit the green Wednesday afternoon. But as he went forth, a fan perched above a sand path noted, “This wind has him turned every which way.”
DeChambeau’s career is one built off zealous pursuits. They may not be conventional and often the routes he takes to them are derided, yet he always gets to where he wants to go. Off of talent, sure, but also a manic approach that does not allow for anything less. However, there is one pursuit DeChambeau has not mastered, what in the past has called his “Holy Grail.” The wind.
“The one thing, nobody out here will ever be able to control, is the conditions of the course, whatever it is, and the wind,” DeChambeau said after winning the 2018 Northern Trust. “The wind is always going to be the final—you know, the Holy Grail. We'll never be able to figure that out.”
To read this article in its entirety, CLICK HERE.