Bryson DeChambeau

Bryson DeChambeau
Personal information
Full name Bryson James Aldrich DeChambeau
Born (1993-09-16) September 16, 1993
Modesto, California
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Nationality  United States
Residence Clovis, California
Career
College SMU
Turned professional 2016
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins 5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 4
Web.com Tour 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T21: 2016
U.S. Open T15: 2016
The Open Championship T51: 2018
PGA Championship T33: 2017

Bryson James Aldrich DeChambeau (born September 16, 1993) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. In 2015, he became the fifth player in history to win both the NCAA Division I championship and the U.S. Amateur in the same year.[1]

Amateur career

Born in Modesto, California to John Howard Aldrich DeChambeau and Janet Louise Druffel, DeChambeau moved to Clovis, east of Fresno, at age seven. He attended Clovis East High School and won the California State Junior Championship at age 16 in 2010. DeChambeau graduated in 2012 and accepted a scholarship to Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, majoring in physics.

In June 2015, he became the first SMU Mustang to win the NCAA individual championship, recording a score of 280 (−8) to win by one stroke.[2] In August, he won the U.S. Amateur title, defeating Derek Bard 7 & 6 in the 36-hole final. He became the fifth player to win both the NCAA and U.S. Amateur titles in the same year, joining Jack Nicklaus (1961), Phil Mickelson (1990), Tiger Woods (1996), and Ryan Moore (2004).[1]

DeChambeau made his PGA Tour debut as an amateur in June 2015 at the FedEx St. Jude Classic near Memphis, Tennessee, and finished in 45th place. He played in his first major championship at the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay, but missed the cut by four strokes.[3] DeChambeau was unable to defend his NCAA title in 2016 after the SMU athletic department was handed a postseason ban by the NCAA.[4] He decided to forgo his senior season to play in a number of events before turning professional.[5] At the 2015 Australian Masters in November, DeChambeau was runner-up with John Senden and Andrew Evans, two shots behind the winner Peter Senior.[6] He was the low amateur at the Masters in 2016 and tied for 21st place.[7]

Professional career

Immediately after the Masters in mid-April 2016, DeChambeau turned professional and signed a long-term agreement with Cobra-Puma Golf.[8] He made his pro debut days later at the RBC Heritage in South Carolina and tied for fourth, earning over $259,000.[9][10] The decision to turn professional meant the forfeiture of his exemptions to the U.S. Open at Oakmont and Open Championship at Royal Troon; he qualified his way into the U.S. Open, tied for fifteenth place for over $152,000,[11] and improved his world ranking to 148.

Despite the strong start, DeChambeau did not initially earn enough to qualify for a PGA Tour card, but had enough to earn entry into the Web.com Tour Finals. His first professional win was the DAP Championship which also earned him a PGA Tour Card for the 2017 PGA Tour.[12][13]

On July 16, 2017, DeChambeau earned his first PGA Tour victory by winning the John Deere Classic by a single stroke over Patrick Rodgers. He carded a round of 65 in the final round to win his maiden title in his 40th start on tour. The win coming the week before, gained DeChambeau a place in the 2017 Open Championship, where he would miss the cut after rounds of 76-77 (+13).

On June 3, 2018, DeChambeau won the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio in a sudden-death playoff against Kyle Stanley and An Byeong-hun, after the three finished regulation play tied at −15. After Stanley bogeyed the first hole of sudden death, DeChambeau then proceeded to win with a birdie on the second hole, giving him his second win on the tour.[14]

On August 26, 2018, he won The Northern Trust for his first playoff victory; in the process, he established a new record for the tournament when held at the Ridgewood Country Club, with a score of 266, besting the old Ridgewood record of 270, which was set in 2014 by Hunter Mahan.[15] The following week, he won at the Dell Technologies Championship played at TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts, with a final score of −16, two shots clear of Justin Rose. This put him over 2000 points ahead of the second place player, Dustin Johnson in the FedEx Cup rankings. This margin secured him top seeding at The Tour Championship, regardless of his finish at the BMW Championship. This also marked his fourth win on tour, third for the year, and second during the playoffs.[16]

In 2017 US President Donald J Trump gave brand new golf clubs, and a golf bag to Dechambeau.[17]

Unique clubs

All of DeChambeau's irons and wedges[18] are cut to exactly the same length: 37.5 inches (0.953 m). Their lie and bounce angle are also the same; only the lofts are different. As well as the single length concept, his clubs are unusual for their extremely upright lie angle. [19] In addition, DeChambeau keeps the club on the same plane throughout his swing and does not turn his wrists during his swing.[20] In 2011, at the suggestion of his instructor Mike Schy, DeChambeau switched to JumboMax Grips, the largest grips commercially available. The larger grips allow DeChambeau to hold the grips in his palms and not his fingers.

Amateur wins

Source:[21]

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (4)

Legend
FedEx Cup playoff event (2)
Other PGA Tour events (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 Jul 16, 2017 John Deere Classic 66-65-70-65=266 −18 1 stroke United States Patrick Rodgers
2 Jun 3, 2018 Memorial Tournament 69-67-66-71=273 −15 Playoff South Korea An Byeong-hun, United States Kyle Stanley
3 Aug 26, 2018 The Northern Trust 68-66-63-69=266 −18 4 strokes United States Tony Finau
4 Sep 3, 2018 Dell Technologies Championship 70-68-63-67=268 −16 2 strokes England Justin Rose

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2018 Memorial Tournament South Korea An Byeong-hun, United States Kyle Stanley Won with birdie on second extra hole
Stanley eliminated with par on first hole

Web.com Tour wins (1)

Legend
Web.com Tour Finals event (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 Sep 11, 2016 DAP Championship 64-70-68-71=273 −7 Playoff Argentina Julián Etulain, United States Andres Gonzales,
United States Nicholas Lindheim

Web.com Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2016 DAP Championship Argentina Julián Etulain, United States Andres Gonzales,
United States Nicholas Lindheim		 Won with par on second extra hole
Etulain and Lindheim eliminated with birdie on first hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 2015201620172018
Masters Tournament T21LA T38
U.S. Open CUT T15 CUT T25
Open Championship CUT T51
PGA Championship T33 CUT
  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00000122
U.S. Open00000242
The Open Championship00000021
PGA Championship00000021
Totals000003106
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2017 PGA – 2018 Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20172018
Mexico Championship
Dell Technologies Match Play
Bridgestone Invitational T60 30
HSBC Champions
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Lavner, Ryan (August 23, 2015). "DeChambeau tops Bard, 7 and 6, in U.S. Am final". Golf Channel.
  2. ↑ Romine, Brentley (June 2, 2015). "Positive attitude helps SMU's Bryson DeChambeau to NCAA individual title". Golfweek. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Open leaderboard". ESPN. June 20, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ Lavner, Ryan (September 29, 2015). "SMU gets postseason ban; DeChambeau can't defend". Golf Channel.
  5. ↑ Lavner, Ryan (October 13, 2015). "DeChambeau to delay sr. year, focus on Masters". Golf Channel.
  6. ↑ "Senior wins Australian Masters at age 56". PGA Tour. Associated Press. November 22, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Masters leaderboard". ESPN. April 10, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  8. ↑ Inglis, Martin (April 13, 2016). "Bryson DeChambeau's Big signing". bunkered.
  9. ↑ Lavner, Ryan (April 10, 2016). "DeChambeau earns low am at Masters; pro debut looms". Golf Channel. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  10. ↑ Blondin, Alan (April 11, 2016). "On Grand Strand Golf: Day, DeChambeau headline RBC Heritage field". MyrtleBeachOnline.
  11. ↑ "U.S. Open leaderboard". ESPN. June 17, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  12. ↑ Gray, Will (September 11, 2016). "DeChambeau clinches Tour card with Web.com win". Golf Channel. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  13. ↑ "2016–17 PGA Tour Eligibility Ranking". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Bryson DeChambeau wins Memorial with birdie on second extra hole". ESPN. Associated Press. June 3, 2018.
  15. ↑ Harig, Bob (August 26, 2018). "Does the U.S. need a 'Mad Scientist'? DeChambeau makes his Ryder Cup case". ESPN.
  16. ↑ "Bryson DeChambeau wins at Dell for 2nd straight FedEx Cup playoff victory". ESPN. Associated Press. September 3, 2018.
  17. ↑ https://oge.app.box.com/v/Trump2018Annual278
  18. ↑ Agostini, Laurent (February 2, 2016). "Les clubs et le swing de Bryson DeChambeau". JeudeGolf.org (in French).
  19. ↑ Inglis, Martin (January 21, 2016). "18 things you ought to know about Bryson DeChambeau". bunkered.
  20. ↑ Kerr-Dineen, Luke (April 12, 2016). "How Bryson DeChambeau's fascinating swing could revolutionize golf". USA Today.
  21. ↑ "Bryson DeChambeau". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
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