MORE STRINGS T TO MY BEAU
BIG-HITTING BRYSON CLAIMS PEOPLE ‘STARTING TO UNDERSTAND’ HIM BUT INSISTS IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT POWER
BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU believes his unique approach to golf is now being embraced, and insists there is far more to his game than booming drives as he gears up for a tilt at Masters glory.
DeChambeau is the favourite to win at Augusta this week having stormed to a famous six-shot US Open triumph in September.
The American, 27, made everyone sit up and take notice when he put on three stone of muscle during golf’s lockdown this year, and he drove the ball huge distances in winning at Winged Foot.
Asked at Augusta yesterday if he felt his approach was being embraced more after that success, DeChambeau said: ‘I do think that is a fact. I think people are starting to see that no matter what I do, it’s always to try to get better.
‘There’s going to be times of failure and there’s going to be times of success. But I’m going to fail a lot more than I succeed, and I think people are starting to understand that it’s not just about me being quirky and doing things in my own way, it’s about the process of trying to be better each and every day.
‘I think that’s what hopefully can inspire a lot of people to say, you know what, I’ve got to think about this hopefully in a new way and try and be as good as I possibly can to do my best each and every day. And if something fails and something is wrong, I pull myself back out and I try something else.
‘I hope people have understood and I think people are starting to understand that after that win at Winged Foot.’ Despite his awesome power, DeChambeau was also eager to point out other parts of his game are in very good shape too.
‘I can hit it as far as I want to but it comes down to putting and chipping out here,’ he said.
‘That is one of the things I think people sometimes struggle to see. As much as I can gain an advantage off the tee, I still have to putt it well, chip it well, wedge it well and even iron play it well, and that’s what I did at the US Open.’ On being the favourite this week, he added: ‘I will say that I’m trying to look at it as I’m still an underdog to the field. Anybody can win this week. There’s a lot of unbelievable players out there.
‘I will never look at myself as someone that is better than anyone out here until the scores are written in stone afterwards. It’s just not what I do, it’s not what I’ll ever do.
The attention that I have gained has been awesome. I love it. I think it’s fun. But I’ve got to set myself back and again, anybody can win this week.’
I can hit it as far as I want to, but it still comes down to putting and chipping