NUMBER CRUNCHER

US Open champ Dechambeau boasts: I will pump up my body again to 245lbs so I can swing it at 200mph and hit drives 370 yards at Augusta

NEW US Open champion Bryson Dechambeau aims to add even more muscle before the Masters, as Rory Mcilroy questioned if his ‘bomb and gouge’ blueprint is good for the game.

The barrel-chested American won his first Major title by six shots at Winged Foot on Sunday after adding 40lbs of muscle over the last year.

The not-so-mad Professor or used his brawn and brain to o overpower and outthink one of the USA’S great courses.

Now Dechambeau, who o weighs 230-235lbs (16.416.7st) “depending on if I’ve eaten steak or not”, wants to get bigger and stronger – and increase his ball speed to o above 200mph.

And the 6ft 1in star tar is already planning g a similar supersized attack on the

Augusta National in November by y adding another 10lbs to boost his power game.

Dechambeau, 27, said: aid: “Do I want to get bigger r for Augusta? Yeah. I think I can get to 245lbs. It’s going to be a lot of 235lbs working out.

“I ’m not going to stop. Next week, I’m going to be trying a 48-inch driver. We’re going to be messing with some head designs and do some amazing things with Cobra to

235lbs

Dechambeau’s longest drive during the US Open was 385 yards.. but Scotland’s Connor Syme launched one 423 yards during the event! make it feasible to hit these drives maybe 360 or 370 yards, may b e e v e n f u r t h e r. Length is going to be a big advantage at Augusta.” Dechambeau used his big biceps to tear apart the conventional US Open game plan of patiently avoiding the rough, by repeatedly launching his driver to l eave the shortest shot possible into the greens. He then used brute force to blast his way out of the four-inch rough.

He was the only player to fini sh under par despite hitting only 41 per cent of fairways – the fewest of any champion since 1981 – and finished in the top five for greens in regulation. “I kept t el li n g e v e r y b o dy i t ’s a n advantage to hit it further,” said the new world

No.5. “I think I’m definitely changing the way people think about the game. I hope I can inspire some people.”

Mcilroy ( left) actually finished ahead of the big-hitting new champion in driving distance, but still ended 12 shots back.

“I don’t really know what to say because that’s just the complete opposite of what you think a US Open champion does,” he said. “It’s kind of hard to really wrap my head around it. He’s found a way to do it. Whether that’s good or bad for the game, I don’t know.”

Golf lawmakers banned the belly putter and could now finally act on driving distance with D echambeau and runnerup Matt Wolf f following Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka in smashing th eir way to success. Dechambeau added: “It’s tough to rein in athleticism. I don’t think it’s going to stop.”