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Bryson DeChambeau talks 48-inch driver progress, haters and physique goals

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Bryson DeChambeau is taking some time away from tournament golf this week, and on Tuesday evening the Californian featured on Pat Perez’ SiriusXM show, “Out of Bounds” where the two discussed a range of topics related to his game.

*All quotes courtesy of SiriusXM Radio*

One of those topics was Bryson’s 48-inch driver which has got the golf world’s attention ahead of next month’s Masters. When asked by Perez how close he was to putting the driver in play for the year’s final major, DeChambeau stated

“We’re 50 percent of the way there. It will get there. I’ll get there. We’ve got some pretty cool prototype stuff coming here in the next week that, yeah, I hope will forever make a difference in the game. It’s something that’s pretty cool. 

It’s something the long drive guys do all day long. They already have it in their drivers alone, but it just allows them to be a little more accurate. That’s what we’re doing with what I’m doing.”

In terms of an ‘endgame’, Bryson also teased how much room for improvement ball speed wise still could be reached, saying

“No, there’s no endgame. You look at Kyle Berkshire, what he’s doing. Justin James, Tim Burke, Fast Eddie [Fernandes], all these guys. I mean, Fast Eddie is going to be hitting 200 mph ball speed on the Champions Tour. He’s going to be driving almost every green, par-4, out there. He’s going to try to at least. 

You look at these guys who are 225 mph ball speeds. That’s 25 mph faster than what I was able to produce on the golf course last week. For the first time in PGA Tour history I think I hit 200 mph ball speed, which is the fastest ever recorded I think. They’re still 25 mph faster than me. I mean, there’s so much more room for improvement, I feel like.”

The 27-year-old has faced his share of ‘naysayers’ since the Tour’s restart, but once again he explained how he takes criticism of what he’s doing as a compliment.

 “Well, you know, look, I guess so. Like I said last week, it’s a compliment to me, man. You know, I appreciate it. When anybody does anything that’s a little controversial, a little different or whatnot, there’s going to be naysayers…(inaudible). And you just gotta keep going your way. You look at [Albert] Einstein, you look at [Isaac] Newton, you look at all these big-time names in the science field, there’s been a lot of people that have been called crazy. Decades later they’re like, wow, that person was actually pretty interesting, he did a lot of amazing things. I’m not saying that’s what I’m going to do but, shoot, I hope so one day. That’d be fun.”

On his physique goals, Bryson revealed that he is continuing to build up his strength, hoping to successfully manage back extensions of up to 300 pounds isolated by the time the Masters rolls around.

 “It’s a lot of work. I was dedicated a year ago to changing my body and for those first few months I saw a pretty decent amount of change immediately and I’m like, ok, let’s just take this to the next level. As I kept doing it I kept personally getting healthier, stronger, better and ultimately got to the point where I felt like there’s no end in sight. I’m going to keep going. 

 Right now I’m trying to do back extension up to 300 pounds isolated. That’s my goal by the end of this little break before Augusta. I’m at 250 now, I’m going to try and increase it 50 pounds. We’ll see. Just never stopping.”

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Gianni is the Managing Editor at GolfWRX. He can be contacted at [email protected].

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Brandel Chamblee has a surprising new take on the PGA Tour-LIV stand-off

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One of the more outspoken analysts throughout the LIV Golf vs. PGA Tour saga has been Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee.

This week, Chamblee reversed course, saying he believes the PGA Tour should strike a deal with Saudi Arabia’s Private Investment Fund (PIF).

“The PGA Tour is in this pickle like it or not, but, do you want to compete with someone who’s not going to go away, who can outspend you”.

“Every move they make that makes their tour better deletes your tour and causes more division within the tour. So the time is now, to Rory’s point about making a deal, I wouldn’t have said that a year ago… but it is the better end of the bargain.”

Chamblee’s new stance seems to be in line with that of Rory McIlroy, who reportedly wanted to rejoin the PGA Tour board with hopes of pushing a deal with the PIF closer to the finish line.

Chamblee will be in the booth for next week’s PGA Championship which has 16 LIV players in the field.

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Xander Schauffele explains free drop ruling during round one of Wells Fargo Championship

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During Thursday’s opening round of the Wells Fargo Championship, Xander Schauffele blasted his tee shot in the woods to the right of the fairway on the par-4 8th hole.

The ball was almost not found, but Xander’s group managed to track it down just before the three-minute time limit was reached.

When the ball was found, it was just beyond the penalty area close to a fence. In the moment, it seemed incredibly unlikely that Schauffele would be able to hit the ball through the trees towards the green.

However, through the woods and above the fairway, there was a hanging wire from a ShotLink tower that Xander claimed was in his way. He was then granted relief, and two club lengths from the spot positioned him all the way out of trouble. He played his ball onto the front of the green and two-putted for par.

Here is the full video of the interaction between Schauffele and the rules official.

After the round, Xander said he “got really lucky.”

“Got really lucky multiple times, on 1 with Wyndham finding it, 2, being able to move the rocks, and 3, the ShotLink tower being in like my only shot line possible. To walk out there with sort of a no breeze 4 with what I thought was almost out was a really good break.”

“Yeah, I hit it in the trees. My ball was probably like a foot, two feet from the fence. If I — ball was here, fence was kind of here, hitting back this direction.

“If I went towards the green, the fence kind of worked this way so I had what I could hit, a 4-iron or something low and just kind of run it through. If it gets stuck, I’ll just kind of hit my next one out. But I brought the rules official in there with me because I was like, you’ve got to be OK with this because this is literally the only shot I can hit.”

“So Austin [Kaiser] and I moved two massive rocks that weren’t embedded and then I got relief out of the junk and then hit a pretty good shot on the green from there. What was a very stressful moment turned into a pretty stressless par.”

Schauffele finished the round at seven under, which gives him a three-shot lead going into Friday’s second round.

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Report: Tiger Woods voted against Rory McIlroy returning to policy board; Will be the only player negotiating directly with Saudis

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According to a report from The Telegraph, the relationship between Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy has soured.

Last week, reports surfaced that McIlroy, who was a member of the PGA Tour policy board during most of the past few years, was looking to rejoin the board, presumably taking Webb Simpson’s seat.

However, on Wednesday, McIlroy revealed that he will not be rejoining the policy board, due to people on the board being “uncomfortable” with that “for some reason.”

The Telegraph has reported that Tiger Woods was among the players who voted against McIlroy returning to the policy board.

The divide is apparently due to McIlroy pushing for the game of golf to unify, whereas Woods, reportedly, believes the PGA Tour is in a fine position where it currently stands.

The Associated Press added another wrinkle to the situation, reporting that Woods is the only player who will be negotiating directly with the Saudis.

The other members of the committee are PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, board chairman Joe Gorder, John W. Henry of Fenway Sports Group, and Joe Ogilvie, who was a former PGA Tour player.

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