Bryson DeChambeau, the 'scientist' who has revolutionized golf

• US Open.DeChambeau imposes its peculiar style

Few took American athlete

seriously

when in college he was studying the formula for breaking the high jump bar with bizarre techniques.

When he won the gold medal by overcoming 2.24 meters at the

he did so by breaking the bar on his back for the first time.

Since then, the jumping system known by his surname was adopted all over the world and the high jump changed forever.

Californian

(1993) has been searching for

in golf for as long as he could remember.

He looked for it in physics, in mathematics, in history, in any factor that might contribute to improving his game and, as happened to Fosbury, many did not take him seriously.

Until Sunday, when he won the

, his first

, and claimed every one of his follies.

At the age of 17, DeChambeau

, bought the material and assembled each club himself by investigating the length of the shafts, the

, the

... He spent

improvising different tests.

Like all geniuses, there are eccentricities that exceed the logic of mortals, such as his obsession as an amateur to get to sign autographs with his left hand while being right-handed.

He did it in the opposite direction with perfect calligraphy.

He spent years practicing and the few who have that reverse autograph are in luck, because his price has skyrocketed.

The first great earthquake with which he moved the traditional foundations of golf came with his step to professionalism.

Bryson appeared in the fields with a

, where all the irons were the same length (normally it varies depending on the type of iron).

At the end of the 2016 season, DeChambeau began to kick with a particular style reminiscent of cricket, facing the ball and not in profile.

Calculate distances

The new technique caused a new headache for the leaders of golf, who ended up forbidding the use of this way of kicking.

Years later he appeared with a

with which he apparently refined when calculating distances.

Again the USGA caught his attention and prohibited the use of "any artificial elements or unusual equipment that could help the game."

Bryson

and his sticks are decorated with mathematical formulas.

At university he studied Physics and conscientiously analyzes conditions, such as atmospheric pressure, which can influence his game and the flight of the ball in each round.

For his training, he has been seen using all kinds of gadgets: from training on the tightrope, to enhance balance, to using a machine with which he measures the speed with which he has to kick on the

.

Four eggs for breakfast

"If I

12 meters and the machine tells me that the ball must travel at a speed of 10.1 miles per hour, it is data that helps my brain to be safer in moments of pressure," he explained after his crushing Sunday's win at Winged Foot.

The penultimate revolution came with

: he has put on

in nine months and works hard in the gym to reach the physique of a heavyweight boxer, with the difference that he is able to move his body at surprising speeds to send the ball to improbable distances.

A strategy that until now produced more mockery than admiration.

Surely from today there will be players who have already included four fried eggs in their breakfast or protein shakes (the DeChambeau diet) in order to look like the winner of the US Open.

"I think I have changed the way many people see the game," he said with the trophy.

Reason is not lacking.

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