It’s no secret that Bryson DeChambeau is a complete revolutionary in golf. There can be no doubt. His methods may be more or less liked, but he certainly tries to go one step further, trying to apply science to every element of golf. He does this because it gives him security and confidence. He understands that in this way he leaves fewer aspects to chance. For this reason, he makes his own clubs, they are the same length, he uses graphite rods and makes available any scientific measurement that allows him to reach more or less empirical conclusions.
DeChambeau is a player who, when talking about the birdie putt he threw on hole 13, and missed, says he aimed six inches outside the hole and hit it with seven inches of force. He is someone different. “I don’t try to impose anything or give lessons. I know that in the past I have been wrong about some things, but I have no problem admitting it. It’s part of learning. I am open to all players who want to ask me. I just know very well what works for me and players who have a high ball speed, but I don’t impose anything, I know that all players have their own work teams that are extraordinary and that work for them,” he says.
In this sense, at the end of yesterday’s round, DeChambeau explained the latest madness he carries out regarding his golf equipment. It has to do with the balls. The American revealed that every time he receives a shipment of new balls, before using them for the first time, he immerses them in a magnesium solution called Epsom salt. It is also known as salt water. Without getting into deep scientific analysis from which we would come out scalded, basically DeChambeau explains that he performs this immersion to know if the balls are perfectly calibrated or have any defect. “The brands do an exceptional job and most of the balls are very good, but when working in chain there can be errors. Simply, I try to limit the margin of error in this way. If we see that a ball is not well calibrated, it is discarded. It gives me peace of mind and eliminates error factors. I can’t blame the ball, something else fails. It’s hard enough for me to hit the ball straight for it not to be perfect. I make sure of it this way,” he explains.
Dear golf fan who is reading this story, thank you first for your loyalty, and second: don’t rule out seeing the ‘crazy’ of your club with buckets of Epsom salt in the garage next week. Anyway, as DeChambeau says, it works for him, which doesn’t mean it’s for everyone’s taste.
On the other hand, he acknowledged that he has some discomfort in his hip, but he didn’t give it any importance. “I’ve been dealing with it for a while and I know where it comes from. I’ve worked very hard for two weeks after the PGA Championship and I’ve also been doing work at my house. I haven’t rested and this is a recurring discomfort when I overdo it in training. I’m not worried because I have my physio Ryan Overturf here and he’s going to take care of it as he always does.”
By the way, it can’t be too bad because just yesterday, an hour after finishing his round he was still hitting balls on the practice court with the computer to go home with good feelings. This time, at least, he didn’t let it get dark.
