AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bryson DeChambeau stated he’s getting “tremendous shut” to discovering the right driver head to swimsuit his highly effective recreation at this week’s Masters, the place he’ll look to construct on his career-best end on the event a 12 months in the past.
The 2-time main champion bought off to a sizzling begin at Augusta Nationwide final 12 months, carding a gap spherical 65 to take the 18-hole lead earlier than ending tied for sixth.
DeChambeau, a physics diploma holder nicknamed “The Scientist” for his calculated method to the sport, wrote notes on the underside of various driver heads with a purple Sharpie on the vary on Tuesday as he doggedly pursued the perfect membership.
“Simply making an attempt to get that dialed-in head, that excellent head,” he advised reporters.
“Been working quite a bit on some gear stuff and tremendous shut.
“However for my speeds, it is simply so tedious, and so they need to be so exactly measured and outlined… I am swinging it actually good proper now, so I am simply making an attempt to get essentially the most exact factor in my hand for this week.”
DeChambeau, who will probably be making his ninth look on the event, stated studying to grasp his nerves was simply as essential as perfecting his gear.
“As an novice I felt like I knew the golf course fairly properly, however I did not know tips on how to management numerous the nerves that flowed by way of my physique,” stated the 31-year-old American.
“That was one thing that I nonetheless work on immediately. Even final week, I felt nerves going into Sunday, and I am studying tips on how to management that higher and higher every time.”
He stated he would advise youthful gamers battling nerves to deal with honing their expertise in observe and studying respiratory strategies.
“However in the end you have to rise up there and face the worry of these nerves, of that adrenaline going by way of your physique and going, OK, I am all proper, how do I take management of this in one of the best ways I presumably can,” he stated.
“That is the most effective piece of recommendation I may give somebody. It is ability set, respiratory, after which you have to let go.”
DeChambeau, who performs on the LIV Golf tour, completed fifth in final week’s occasion in Miami and hopes that momentum will carry him to his first Masters victory.
“Final week the winds had been blowing 20 miles an hour on the Blue Monster, and I advised myself to be affected person, it is nice prep work for this week,” DeChambeau stated. “So I felt like I used to be actually affected person final week and gave myself a great run. Hopefully that pays off this week.”
Data from Reuters and Discipline Degree Media was used on this report.
