There’s been a lot of chat about Bryson DeChambeau’s US Open win but it’s pretty simple really.
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Bryson used his strength to his advantage and fair dues to him. We all have our strengths and he’s using his very well at the minute.
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From the outside looking in, there’s the temptation to think Bryson won by bombing it 350 yards off the tee and then using a pitching wedge to get to the green, while the rest out us were just hitting it 300 yards and using a 7 iron.
But when you dig into the breakdown of his scores, his all-round game was very good.
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I had a look on Sunday evening at the stats and he was top five for putting – and that is what you’ve got to do to win the big tournaments.
His new-found length off the tee has helped an awful lot – but it’s not everything. What’s incredible is how straight he hits it as well.
There’s plenty of big hitters on Tour who can hit it that far – but they’re nowhere near as straight as Bryson is. Matt Wolff is a big hitter and got himself into contention on Saturday on the back of that, but he then paid the price on Sunday for being too wayward off the tee.
A course like Winged Foot will punish you severely if you stray too far off the fairways and that’s ultimately what happened to everyone else – even if they could drive as far as Bryson.
All the latest Golf odds are just a click away on PaddyPower.comThere’s a danger in thinking that Bryson has just arrived on the scene since he’s started hitting it miles, but he’s a multi-tournament winner and was top five in the world rankings before his first win in a Major at the weekend.
He was a top player even before embarking on this strategy of bulking up and hitting it as far as he could.
There’s plenty more to his game than meets the eye.
He’ll go into the US Masters in November as one of the favourites to win it now and his ‘long driving’ strategy will really, really suit Augusta at that time of year.
The course will play long and soft with the date change to the winter and the longer you hit it and the straighter you hit it – the better chance you’ll have to win the US Masters.
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It may seem hard to believe after last week’s sh*t show at Bay Hill when I failed to make the cut, but I’m looking forward to teeing it up on Thursday for the Players Championship at Sawgrass.
I’ve never played too well at Bay Hill and to be honest I won’t be in any rush back.
It’s frustrating at the moment as I feel like I’m hitting the middle of every fairway but I’m just not getting the rewards on the greens. Sawgrass is a real second-shot course and that part of my game is solid. My coach Neil Manchip is out this week and we’ve been doing some good work trying to get my confidence back.
I like the track and have done okay there before. In 2016, I played the back nine in seven under (five birdies and an eagle) to become the first player to break 30 on the back nine. Hopefully, there’s more of that this week as things aren’t going my way at the moment.
Not too shabby from Shane Lowry at Sawgrass, first 29 ever on back 9 pic.twitter.com/ZahSVdTzHm
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Every golfer has these runs and we all know we’re just one week away from producing something special if we can hang in there. I had it the season before my Open Championship triumph at Royal Portrush when golf wasn’t my friend and know it’s just a question of getting my confidence back on the greens.
Bryson De Chambeau
We’ve seen over the last few weeks of the season that players do rebound quickly when things start to flow. Jordan Spieth is playing golf like he used to again and Lee Westwood is playing some of the best golf of his career. I actually spent a bit of time with Lee and can see that he’s in good form off the course and that is transferring to his game on the course too.
Looking at him last weekend going toe-to-toe with Bryson De Chambeau bombing those drives was very impressive. It would have been intimidating enough but you really appreciate the mettle Lee showed when up against a young-gun like Bryson in the heat of battle.
Those drives at the par 5, sixth hole, were something else from Bryson. It was cool to watch. You can have the ability to hit the ball as far as you want but to have the balls to take it on when you’re contending for a tournament on Sunday afternoon takes some doing.
Funnily enough, my dad told me how great it was to see the crowds roaring on Bryson last weekend. They’re shouting at Bryson booming it off the tee and my dad can’t even get out to play golf! Hopefully I can give him something to roar about come Sunday night.
Tiger Woods
I was out playing a practice round when I heard about Tiger Woods’ car crash a few weeks back. Your first thought is obviously nothing to do with golf – you’re just hoping he’s not badly injured or has been killed.
The longer the day went on I was just picking up the updates from the TV News and it seemed he had been badly injured but had survived so that was a huge relief to everyone. I’ve heard nothing out on Tour about what lies ahead for Tiger or the extent of his injuries, but from the outside looking in it looks like it will be a long road back to competitive golf for Tiger.
Crowd control
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Every week on the PGA Tour feels like a Major at the moment. Every tournament is a big event in its own right. This week will be no different at Sawgrass and there no let up with the Masters, PGA, us Open and Open Championship all to come over the next four months.
So, it’s time to crack on.
One thing that will be good to see is that we’re expecting crowds of about 10,000 a day at the Players Championship.
There seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel and it would be great to get back playing in front of full galleries again. All the players definitely miss the buzz and the atmosphere of playing in front of crowds and can’t wait for them to return in big numbers soon as Major season approaches.
Crowds definitely give us a lift and I’m sure it’s the same for Rory McIlroy as he’ll be defending his 2019 win here on Thursday.
Last year, we got one round in and the tournament was abandoned and we’re only getting back to some sort of normality now – even though there’s till stringent testing. I’ll be feeling the same no doubt at Royal St George’s for the 2021 Open Championship on June 21. You always like going back as a defending champion or to somewhere you’ve performed well before.