(Provided by Tennis World USA)
Former 2020 US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, one of the 18 players now enrolled in LIV Golf who are among the 156 players playing the PGA, signed a card of four under par (66) to advance Scottie Scheffler and the Canadian Corey Conners on the first day of this ‘big one’ that takes place at Oak Hill C.C.
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DeChambeau, who missed last year’s PGA Championship because he was recovering from surgery on his left hand, started the round on the back nine and hit the halfway mark at 1-under. From there he did not commit bogeys and added three birdies.
At Winged Foot DeChambeau won the US Open by six strokes and here in Oak Hill he has already taken the lead at the first exchange. It is curious because this Bryson DeChambeau has very little to do physically with the one from three years ago.
In that week he was at the height of his revolution. The mad scientist, a physicist by training, had pushed his body to the limit to hit it harder than anyone in the world, to defy the most traditional laws of the swing. He had amazing ball speed and won at Winged Foot with the cap.
DeChambeau is now physically not that player. Some time ago he began a process to deflate and began to eat healthier. No more protein shakes. He continues to hit it very long, a little less, but very long. Of course, longer than all, as in this first day of the PGA Championship, with an average of almost 350 yards from the tee.
If on top of him he is fine with the irons, it turns out that he signs an extraordinary 66, his best start in a Grand Slam since the 2019 Masters. Bryson James Aldrich DeChambeau (born September 16, 1993) is an American golfer.
As an amateur he won the NCAA Division I Championship and the U.S. Amateurs in 2015; with the victory of the U.S. Open in 2020 became the third golfer in history to obtain these three titles after Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.
He has been nicknamed “The Scientist” for his analytical game play. His sticks are specially designed for his characteristics: the grips are narrower than usual and all shafts are the same length. In 2020, he became the longest driving player on the PGA Tour.
