Bryson DeChambeau: US Open Champion & # 039; s coach warns against taming his style
DeChambeau was the only player to finish below par at the 2020 US Open
The new US Open Champion Bryson DeChambeau will find ways to win, even as golf's rule-makers try to guard against his power off the tee, his coach says.
American DeChambeau won his first major with six shots on the testing Winged Foot track in New York on Sunday.
The 27-year-old averaged 325 meters with his driver, calling on the golf authorities to tame such big blows. .
"Try to make it hard for Bryson and I'll tell you he will figure out how to beat you," said his coach Mike Schy.
Schy told BBC World Service: “The reality is if you stop Bryson from playing, he'll find out.
"They can easily change this whole situation by scaling the rough jobs on prices and they don't talk about that.
"Instead of the same rough 200 yards of the green, you scale it. At 200 yards it's an inch and a half deep. At 60 yards it's six or seven inches deep. The game can go back to strategy and risk and reward if you scale the raw properly.
"If you scale it roughly, it goes back to how it used to be."
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England's Ian Poulter and others gave DeChambeau credit for deciding to play his game. change
DeChambeau & # 39; s display reinforced the call of golf decision-makers to tackle big shots by changing courses, club design or even golf balls.
The R&A and USGA have already set up a Distance Insights project to look at the problem, but the work i s stopped by the Covid-19 pandemic.
] DeChambeau was the only player to break the par at Winged Foot and he did this by attacking from the tee and accepting that he would sometimes find it difficult.
He found just 23 of the 56 fairways off the tee in his four rounds – the lowest percentage of any US Open champion. Rory McIlroy said winning while finding so few fairways was "really hard to wrap my head around".
BBC Sport golf correspondent Iain Carter said DeChambeau [19459003had]] "tore up the golf book" but it was "time to act" when finding fairways there no longer mattered in a major tournament.
Notably, DeChambeau's victory followed widespread coverage of a decision to change his body shape by adding 20 pounds in bulk during the blocking of the coronavirus.
Schy says he is happy for his player to gain confidence in any way he wishes, but feels his first big win is due more to his playing on the green and its comfort when using an arm-lock putter.
"He owned that putter and I knew once he owned that it was only a matter of time before he was going to be a great putter," added Schy. " I hope people don't look further there. To win a major you have to be a great putter and he is.
"I'd say he's probably the best putter in the world. World right now."
Schy says DeChambeau historically seen "struggled to celebrate" due to his thirst for work, but insists he will encourage him to enjoy his US Open success longer. ]
Their quest for further improvement will see them working with a 48-inch driveshaft for the next several weeks before the rescheduled 2020 Masters take place at Augusta National starting Nov. 12.
"Augusta, as far as the ride goes, he likes it extremely well, as they aren't as rough as a US Open," added Schy.
"Precision in the green will be interesting. That was his weakness for the past three months. When you get to Augusta, it should get better."
