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How is it possible that a 22-year-old amateur can make the world\u2019s first, third, fifth and sixth-ranked players bite the dust in one of the year\u2019s top tournaments? Ask the phenomenon himself, American Bryson DeChambeau, who beat Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson and Rickie Fowler on the first day of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship (at the end of February) with an unbeatable round of 64 that gave him the opening lead \u2013 although he ended up finishing 54th in the tournament. <\/p>\n
An intrigued McIlroy had a peak inside Bryson\u2019s bag and was amazed when he saw the set of clubs it contained. The \u201cgems\u201d seemed like they had been created in a clandestine workshop, such was their artisanal appearance. <\/p>\n
DeChembau is by no means an unknown in the world of golf. On the contrary. He is the reigning US Amateur champion and only the fifth player in history to win that title and the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) in the same year, adding his name to a roll-call of champions that also includes Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Ryan Moore. <\/p>\n
He also shone last year when, competing against the professionals in the Australian Masters, he finished second behind Peter Senior.<\/p>\n
The son of one of California\u2019s finest former amateur stars, Bryson\u2019s says he is doing a kind of internship before turning professional, scheduled to be after he competes in the US Masters in April, as an invitee thanks to his US Amateur victory. He will undoubtedly be one of the players who attract most attention at Augusta National. <\/p>\n
DeChambeau describes himself as a \u201cgolf scientist\u201d. He is completing his final year of a physics degree at the Southern Methodist University and, apart from his excellent sporting results, he has become famous for developing a set of unique irons \u2013 the same ones that fascinated McIlroy when they played together in the third round in Abu Dhabi. <\/p>\n
The young Californian has made several revolutionary changes to his clubs. For example, each of the irons \u2013 be it a 3-iron or wedge \u2013 measures the same, 37.5 inches, as a 6-iron. And then there\u2019s the grip, notably thick, which he holds using the palms of his hands more than his fingers. It seems more like a racquet handle than a golf club. Something else: all the irons have the same angle in respect of the club head, very closed, so that the shaft emerges at a fairly vertical angle from the club head. This uniformity also influences his swing, which is extremely vertical. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey work very well,\u201d says Bryson, in reference to his \u201cstrange creatures.\u201d \u201cThey help me maintain the same stance, the same position, everything the same, and give me quite a good result.\u201d <\/p>\n
Bryson obtained the idea behind these strange clubs from a book, \u201cThe Golfing Machine\u201d, which Seattle aircraft mechanic Homer Kelly published in 1969 using his own funds.<\/p>\n
A Californian golf pro, Mike Schy, read the book and was intrigued by Kelly\u2019s theory about \u201cgeometrically oriented linear force\u201d and the impact this could have on a golf ball.<\/p>\n
Bryson worked with his coach to refine the clubs and adapt them to his game. \u201cIt\u2019s a long story but, to summarise, I chose a variation in the golf machine to enable me to swing with the same plane. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then I realised I couldn\u2019t do this with a wedge or 3-iron because this meant changing my body movement. It didn\u2019t make sense so I said, \u2018Why don\u2019t we make them all with the same angle and length?'\u201d<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s how the revolution came about. Bryson mentioned this to his father when he was still at school: \u201cI think I can change the game of golf.\u201d Something he is now doing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias-generales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}