Bryson DeChambeau is in the best form of any golfer on the planet heading into The Masters.
The two-time major winner has won his last two events on LIV Golf, in Singapore and South Africa, and arrives at Augusta National hoping to put right his disappointment of last year’s event.
DeChambeau led on Sunday last year, before shooting a final round 75 to leave him way behind the eventual winner, Rory McIlroy. The American was expected to grab the tournament by the horns and dominate the final day, but instead, he went out with a whimper.
But with the form that he’s in, don’t be surprised to see him get the job done this year. Especially with how the golf course is expected to play.
Augusta National will suit Bryson DeChambeau at The Masters
If DeChambeau is to win The Masters any year, you’d expect it to be at this year’s tournament. The Georgia sun is set to bake Augusta National this week, making it firm and fast. That should be music to DeChambeau’s ears.
The 32-year-old is famed for his hard-hitting style, but the downside to that is that he finds it very difficult to control his spin, especially when the course is playing soft. We saw that at the Ryder Cup last year, as his approach shots zipped backward uncontrollably.
The greens are expected to be rock solid at The Masters this year, so while everyone else’s iron shots may roll off the back, DeChambeau’s might well hold with the amount of spin he generates.
This was the case in 2024, when DeChambeau won the US Open. Pinehurst No. 2 played firm that week, and its domed greens were repelling everyone’s shots. Everyone but DeChambeau, who mastered the conditions to claim his second US Open.
And when he’s on the green, a firm course should suit his putting. He is one of the best fast-green putters in the world, and has often said how much he loved putting on Augusta’s greens because of their speed.
So if the sun does indeed stay out, it will suit no one more than DeChambeau.
What Bryson DeChambeau has learned from last year’s Masters
When DeChambeau arrived at Augusta for this year’s Masters, he was asked what he learned from his disappointing end to last year’s event.
And he said he had already passed on his learnings to Asterisk Talley after she lost a final-day lead at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
He said, “There’s always passion here whenever I’m trying to win a tournament. I’ve been trying to win this event for quite a while now, so hopefully I’ve learned a lot of lessons, and I’ll continue to learn more lessons this week. But hopefully my game’s in a place where I can get it done this week.”
DeChambeau continued, “It’s okay, no matter what happens. It’s okay. You’re still going to live life, you’re still going to go on, you’re still going to go back to your family and have a great time the rest of the year and that’s the most important thing I can look forward to.
“Focusing on home, making sure that I understand golf is a game, it’s not that big of a deal, and I actually had to give a couple of minutes of my time to Asterisk because I know her a decent amount and know her family a bit from the Central Valley.
“I had to kind of almost relive that moment in a sense with her, and hopefully help her understand that it doesn’t define her. It was just a moment that in life she can learn from.”
With that attitude, DeChambeau might not be feeling the Sunday pressure like everyone else down the stretch. But the hard part isn’t having that approach entering the event. The hard part is keeping it when the pressure mounts.
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