The American Bryson DeChambeau he has been challenging the limits of golf with his quest for greater distance from the tee. For this reason, the so-called “mad scientist” of golf is “flattered” by the fact that those responsible for the rules of this sport propose changes in an effort to control the distance at which big hitters like him can throw the ball. golf.
“I think I could be pushing them a bit,” said a smiling DeChambeau this Wednesday in the preview of the Saudi International, European Tour tournament that begins this Thursday in the King Abdullah Economic City. “I don’t know if someone has pushed them that way. When the limits of the rules are reached there will be conversations about it, for sure, ”added the 2020 USA Open champion.
La USGA y el R&A published on Tuesday their ‘Distance Insights Project‘, which revealed a steady increase in distance over 100 years – with average gains of about 100 feet by PGA Tour players over the past 25 years – and golf courses continuing to lengthen. In an effort not to focus on player-related factors, governing bodies are taking a closer look at golf equipment for solutions to limit distances.
Among the possibilities is a local regulation that could limit the length of the shaft to no more than 46 inches, compared to 48 for a driver that Bryson has been testing, although he has not yet used it in competition. “It’s funny, I’m sure there is a lot of expectation because I have a potentially controversial thought about it, but I don’t,” DeChambeau said.
“I think it’s a really cool thought process. It’s kind of flattering, in a way, because I talked about that 48-inch driver for a long time, and it just didn’t work out for me the way I wanted. As it has developed, I think it is really great to see that there is some change in the conversations that I have had, “said the American golfer.
The American has ‘gained’ more than 12 kilos of muscle and mass in the last year – through changes in his diet and hard work in the gym – to gain power and punch on the golf courses, as he did five months ago after conquer his first ‘major’, the US Open at Winged Foot.
For him, the most important thing is that the proposed rule changes do not eliminate the “human element”. “It’s about making sure you play with the relative integrity of yesteryear,” he said. “People weren’t using 48-inch rods a long time ago, and so they are trying to make it similar to the era in a way, but with a modern twist, obviously with the graphite rods and all that,” added DeChambeau.
Today number 8 in the world He was a betting favorite to win the Masters in November but collapsed after complaining that he felt dizzy and that something was wrong with his stomach. After doing many tests, he said that he was “not using enough oxygen when it was getting into my system” and that storing too much carbon dioxide was constricting his blood vessels. I have an oxygen machine and have been working to control my breathing every night before I go to bed, and in the morning when I wake up. It doesn’t scare me at all, since I know what’s going on. I control it continuously ”, he concluded