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Henrik Stenson’s performance in pre-HSBC Champions spectacle is Oscar worthy

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Beijing-born contemporary artist Li Wei scripted a curious bit of drama to kick of the WGC-HSBC Champions.

If you’ll recall from past years, the tournament always gets started with some theater, and the spectacle seems to be getting more…spectacular year over year.

Until relatively recently, it was all sitting around tiny tables and stuff.

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This year, cape-wearing Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson, and Hao Tong Li descended upon Hideki Matsuyama, the tournament’s defending champion via scaffolding and wires.

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Stenson is the real hero of these displays. The man is a born performer and goes all out playing his appointed role.

Just look at the intensity and the total commitment to the role of trophy-snatching villain!

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And as you can see from this photo, Stenson has been leaving it all on the stage for years.

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Of course, Stenson’s work will never compare to the efforts of Jason Dufner and Phil Mickelson in this photo.

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What do you think, WRX members? Love this stuff? Hate it? Any suggestions for what HSBC can orchestrate for next year’s tournament?

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Bryson DeChambeau yells at grown man to return golf ball to kid at PGA Championship

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On Sunday at the PGA Championship, Bryson DeChambeau came one shot shy of winning his second major championship.

Plenty of Bryson’s skills were on display, such as his ability to reach 196mph ball speed on his drives and his underrated short game.

Another aspect of Bryson that was shown on Sunday was his likeability, which to some fans, is a new phenomenon.

At one point during his round on the back nine, DeChambeau flipped a ball in the stands to a kid, but it was intercepted by a grown man who took off running with the ball.

DeChambeau screamed “Hey!” for the man to stop and demanded that the ball be given back to the kid it was intended for.

Fans are certainly beginning to embrace DeChambeau and are realizing how good he is for the game of golf.

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Butch Harmon reveals what he worked on with Rory McIlroy during visit earlier this year

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While speaking on the “Son of a Butch” Podcast, legendary swing coach Butch Harmon revealed what he worked on with Rory McIlroy when the four-time major champion went to visit him after the Players Championship this season.

“The work I did with him wasn’t a tremendous amount of changing what he did, it was his attitude and the way he played certain shots. From 150 yards and in he made a full swing like he was hitting a driver and I wanted him to make more 3 quarter swings and chop the follow through off a little. He’s a very high ball hitter, but with short irons high balls aren’t good, it’s hard to control, we wanted to bring the ball flight down.”

The work certainly seemed to help McIlroy, as he went on to win the Zurich Classic alongside Shane Lowry and the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in back-to-back starts.

Rory will now tee it up at Valhalla for the PGA Championship, which is the site of his most recent major victory in 2014.

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Brandel Chamblee says this technological development was key to Phil Mickelson winning major championships

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While speaking with GolfWRX, Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee shared that he believes the solid core golf ball helped Phil Mickelson win major championships.

“One of the consequences of the solid core golf ball coming around was it put the straightest of hitters in the rough.

“Phil started winning majors in 2004, I don’t think that’s any coincidence. I think he started winning majors after the solid core golf ball came along and put everybody in the rough.

“And so [Phil] is like ‘I got you in the rough, I’m going to kick your a**. This is my game. I’ve been in the rough my whole career. I can go over trees, through trees, around trees.’

“Because he’s got that amazing creativity and Phil is an underrated iron player, phenomenal iron player. Great, great great out of the trouble. If you put the top-40 players on a list and ranked them in terms of accuracy, he would be 40th.

“So, I think that was one of the consequences of the solid core golf balls was it allowed Phil to win major championships.”

Mickelson went on to win the Masters in 2004 as well as five additional majors from 2004-2021 including three total Masters, two PGA Championships, and an Open Championship.

Check out the full interview with Chamblee below:

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