Bryson DeChambeau is leaving nothing to chance as he continues on his quest to lift a second Major championship.
His first big title arrived via the US Open at Winged Foot in 2020, and the LIV golfer’s next chance will be this Sunday as he begins the final round at Pinehurst No.2 with a three-stroke advantage over Rory McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay, and Matthieu Pavon.
Nicknamed ‘The Scientist’, DeChambeau has long been known to swim in a different direction to his rivals, so to speak, – experimenting with different dimensions of clubs, tinkering with grips, and utilizing idiosyncratic techniques.
His Ping irons are all of equal distance and weight – like that of a seven-iron – and were created using a special kind of 3D printing process, for example. The 30-year-old also uses a USGA-conforming Krank Formula FIRE LD (long drive) driver with 6-degrees of loft which helped him to shoot a 58 at LIV Golf Greenbrier last year.
Another method that DeChambeau is using to ensure he ekes out every last ounce of his ability relates to the golf ball he uses. Along with a large portion of pros, DeChambeau is now in the Titleist stable, using the Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash golf ball after his contract with Bridgestone was mutually ended when he signed for LIV Golf.
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The Left Dash ball according to Titleist; “is designed for players seeking a high flight similar to Pro V1x with dramatically lower full swing spin and firmer feel.”
And while Titleist are among the leading manufacturers when it comes to the best golf balls on the market, DeChambeau admitted he is analysing every single one in his own special way. By bathing them in Epsom salts.
Speaking after surging to the top of the 2024 US Open leaderboard, DeChambeau said: “Yeah, I put my golf balls in Epsom salt. I’m lucky enough that Connor, my manager, does that now. I don’t have to do it. But essentially we float golf balls in a solution to make sure that the golf ball is not out of balance.
“There was a big thing back in the day where golf balls are out of balance, and it’s just because of the manufacturing process. There’s always going to be an error, especially when it’s a sphere and there’s dimples on the edges. You can’t perfectly get it in the center.
“So what I’m doing is finding pretty much the…
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