Bryson DeChambeau says he’s inspired by reigning World Long Drive champion Kyle Berkshire, whose clubhead speed has reached 155 mph.
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After losing his first-day match alongside Tony Finau and then not playing at all in the next three matches, Bryson DeChambeau is back on the course for the U.S. team in Sunday singles at the 2019 Presidents Cup.
DeChambeau is taking on Canada’s Adam Hadwin in the fifth match of the day.
DeChambeau’s secret weapon may be the 4.5-degree Cobra Superspeed driver he put in his bag this week.
Yes, a 4.5-degree driver. He says he has added 15-20 yards off the tee swinging that stick.
He’s clearly chasing more distance. Already was one of the PGA Tour’s longer hitters – ranking T-34 at an average of 302 yards in 2018-19 – DeChambeau says he’s inspired by reigning World Long Drive champion Kyle Berkshire, whose clubhead speed has reached 155 mph.
DeChambeau wants to make sure he protects himself against future injury. This new bulk has to help in the power game, along with that driver.
And when he wasn’t playing, he was still fully engaged in the Presidents Cup. During Day 3, he climbed into the stands to cheer on and sing along with the U.S. fans.
Golfweek’s Adam Schupak contributed to this article.
Bryson DeChambeau was benched for both of Saturday’s matches at the Presidents Cup, so he spent some time with the fans.
Team events like the Presidents Cup feature the best players in the world, but not everyone can play in every session during the biennial competition.
Team USA playing captain Tiger Woods benched himself for both rounds on Saturday at Royal Melbourne against Ernie Els and the Internationals, joining rookie Bryson DeChambeau on the pine pony.
The 26-year-old bulked-up DeChambeau struggled in his first match Thursday with Tony Finau, but put a smile on and had some fun with the fans on the first tee, cheering on his teammates during Saturday afternoon’s (Friday night in North America) foursomes matches at Royal Melbourne.
The group he’s with, the Fanatics, serenaded Woods and Patrick Cantlay earlier in the week. DeChambeau also participated in the famous I Believe That We Will Win chant.
Bryson DeChambeau has added 25 pounds of muscle to his frame ahead of this week’s Presidents Cup.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Bryson DeChambeau didn’t need his trusty compass or any scientific formula to figure out when to go to bed on his flight to the Presidents Cup.
“I looked at the clock in Melbourne and tried to figure out how long I had to stay up until it was like 8:30 or 9 and I did that,” he explained. “So when I woke up on the plane, it was 8 a.m. I’m like, okay, perfect. I have a couple more hours to do whatever till we landed and it felt like a normal day. I was able to go to sleep at ten o’clock last night and woke up at 6:30. Just trying to figure out how to acclimate the best way possible.”
Trying to figure out the transformation in his physique was like listening to Dr. Bruce Banner explain why he subjected himself to high levels of gamma radiation to trigger his transformation into the Incredible Hulk. DeChambeau, 26, has gained 25 pounds of muscle to 220 pounds after following the training regimen of Greg Roskopf. It’s called Muscle Activation Technique and it is re-making DeChambeau’s 6-foot-1-inch frame to protect himself against future injury.
“I actually had to get my wrists stronger,” DeChambeau said. “I had to train, do farmer walks, 70 pounds in each hand and move them like that when I walk to get my grip strength up. Did a lot of pull ups with just the fingers, holding on with the palm, just doing a couple other things, inflexion, flexion stuff, internal, external rotation of the wrist.”
“He’s a big dude,” said U.S. teammate Xander Schauffele, “I don’t even know what size he is. I think Lacoste had to customize a shirt for him. I have no idea. It might be a double XL, triple XL, I have no clue. He’s quite a specimen right now.”
When a male member of the media squeezed his right bicep, DeChambeau smiled and said, “That’s a little weird.”
In short order, DeChambeau has become golf’s version of Lou Ferrigno, the original Incredible Hulk. DeChambeau looks like he could flex and his rip through his golf shirt.
In fact, the Presidents Cup wardrobe of uniforms DeChambeau was measured for in May at The Memorial no longer fit. He checked his phone and reported that his chest size has increased from 52 to 54 inches, his neck from 17 1/2 to 18 ½ inches, his waist from 34 to 37 inches and he’d still like to add another 10 pounds.
That shouldn’t be hard to do with his eating habits. DeChambeau said he’d already consumed four peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, a ham sandwich, a protein shake and two protein bars, eggs, bacon, and electrolyte solutions.
“I mean, he just, he’s always eating,” Schauffele said. “I call him skinny.”
Rickie Fowler, Bryson DeChambeau and Tony Finau at Tuesday’s for the President’s Cup at Royal Melbourne. (Photo by Andy Brownbill/Associated Press)
DeChambeau, who already was one of the Tour’s longer hitters – ranking T-34 at an average of 302 yards in 2018-19 – is chasing more distance. He says he’s inspired by reigning World Long Drive champion Kyle Berkshire, whose clubhead speed has reached 155 mph.
“How amazing would it be to rein that in?” DeChambeau mused. “That’s Happy Gilmore stuff.”
He inserted a 4.5-degree Cobra Superspeed driver into the bag and said he’s added 15-20 yards off the tee. Some have questioned the timing of his decision to re-make his body so quickly – the opposite of Brooks Koepka going on a crash diet to lose weight for the ESPN The Magazine Body Issue – but DeChambeau downplayed its effect on his game.
“I’m getting comfortable with it really quickly,” he said. “Today was the first day where I felt like, wow, I’m okay, I’m back to where I was a year and a half ago in regard to ball-striking.”
Previewing the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Club, with golf betting odds and picks for outright winner and the best props.
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The 2019 Presidents Cup takes place this week at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Twelve of the top golfers from the United States tee off against 12 of the best from outside of Europe. Below, we analyze the tournament odds and prop bets, with golf betting picks and tips.
The first round will start Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 5:30 p.m. ET.
Team USA has won the past seven Presidents Cups and leads the all-time series against the International side at 10-1-1. Fortunately for the global squad, which is led by three Australians, its only Presidents Cup victory was at this venue in 1998.
The INTERNATIONALS are getting juicy +250 odds for the tournament victory. Team USA is a -250 favorite. Look for Adam Scott (No. 18), Marc Leishman (No. 28) and Cameron Smith (No. 52) to lead the Internationals to victory on home soil.
Presidents Cup Prop Bets
Internationals +3.5 Points (-125)
After losing 19-11 in 2017, look for the Internationals to keep it closer this time out. Their previous two losses in 2015 and ’13, were decided by one and three points, respectively.
Top Combined Points Scorer: Adam Scott (+1200)
Scott will have the crowd behind him as the top golfer from the host nation. He didn’t play in 1998 (when the Internationals got their lone win in the event, also in Melbourne), but he has won both the Australian Open and Australian PGA Championship and has spoken highly of wanting to win at the famed Royal Melbourne as a potential career highlight.
Who will score the most points for the USA? Patrick Reed (+900)
Expect the best from Reed, who has excelled in the Ryder Cup format against Europe, and in the 2017 Presidents Cup. He’s coming off another controversy at last week’s Hero World Challenge in which he was penalized two strokes for improving his line of play in a waste bunker.
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Bryson DeChambeau has a new, bulkier look for the 2019-20 PGA Tour season.
Tiger Woods was criticized for transforming his body midway through his career and bulking up significantly, but Bryson DeChambeau believes that following the same path with not only help his game, but also prevent injuries.
DeChambeau revealed in early October that he planned to look “like a different person” in time for the 2019-2020 PGA Tour season. A few weeks later, DeChambeau – who stands 6-foot-1 – had already bulked up from 195 pounds to 220, and hoped to reach a target weight of 230.
According to Golf Digest, DeChambeau is up to 225 for this week’s Hero World Challenge, and while he hasn’t played particularly well, with a score of 3-over par over his first two rounds, he’s been blasting the ball down the fairways.
DeChambeau told Golf.com that he was dealing with significant back issues last season and even considered getting surgery, until he connected with a doctor who advised him to focus on making himself stronger.
“I was literally thinking I’d need surgery but I talked to Greg, he was like no, no, no, don’t do any of that, we’re going to teach your body to tolerate the force. Usually when ligaments get torn or bones get broken or whatever it’s because the muscles aren’t functioning properly, so thats what I’ve been doing….
I’m going to become like a gymnast. I watch online, on Instagram, these gymnast influencers, and that’s where I want to get.”
Puma’s new Saltwater Collection was debuted at the Hero World Challenge by Rickie Fowler and Gary Woodland.
The Forecaddie couldn’t help but admire Puma’s new Saltwater Collection, debuted at the Hero World Challenge by its three highest profile male ambassadors. The ultra soft and thin cotton — The Man Out Front meant to say Fusion Yarn Flex fabric — may address the need for a performance shirt without the shine.
But it’s the design that may turn a few heads, with the light blue-themed collection including the Slow Play Polo, Slow Play Tee and the Predators Polo. A turtle logo adorns the Slow Play Polo. Get it. Turtle. Slow.
The Forecaddie digresses.
As Gary Woodland and Rickie Fowler debuted different versions of the turtle-infused line, the field’s other Puma player was not quite ready to embrace the golfing turtle.
“It’s an awesome collection,” Bryson DeChambeau said as The Man Out Front trailed him in a quick course departure following an opening 76. “They had the turtle one …” he said, and before the Forecaddie could ask if it would make his repertoire.
“That’s not going to happen,” DeChambeau said.
He’s probably wise to avoid any slow play talk after 2019’s high-profile episodes where he became a lightning rod for tepid play. Though Rickie Fowler, easing into the new collection with a white shirt sporting just one turtle while posting a first round 69, regaled media with a different, light-hearted theory.
“I thought it would have been awesome if he kind of went with it and then he could have just said to people asking, ‘Bryson, why are you wearing it?’ and be like, ‘Actually it’s my own line, I’m a little slow, Gary and Rickie decided to jump on board, they’re very supportive of me, to help me through this hard time.’”
That’s not going to happen. At least, anytime soon.
“I actually had to get my wrists stronger,” DeChambeau said. “I had to train, do farmer walks, 70 pounds in each hand and move them like that when I walk to get my grip strength up. Did a lot of pull ups with just the fingers, holding on with the palm, just doing a couple other things, inflexion, flexion stuff, internal, external rotation of the wrist.”
