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Bryson Dechambeau graduated in Physics from the SMU (Southern Methodist University) in Dallas and it is known in the American circuit as the “golf scientist”. He is the son of one of the best Californian amateur players. Bryson tried up to 20 different swings while he was at university and he didn’t feel comfortable with any of them. Then, one day he found a book for Applied Geometry written by an aeronautic engineer, Homer Kelley called “The Golfing Machine”. This is the beginning of how a physics student has changed many of the laws of physics applied to golf to this date and of how he has attracted known and unknown people’s attention as he has built golf clubs inspired in his swing revolutionary philosophy.
Small changes, big results
His nonconformity made him ask himself the question ‘why can’t I repeat the same swing with all the golf clubs? It would be easier, wouldn’t it?’ Since then, he started working on it and using Homer Kelley’s book as an inspiration, he decided to give all his clubs the same length, that of iron 6. However, this is not the end of it. This Californian player modified the angle of bar in relation to the side of the club; this means the bar is more vertical and thus, he can stand closer to the ball and use his distinguishing swing. On the other hand, it is striking that his grip is so thick; it looks more like a tennis grip than a golf grip. In addition to this, in 2016 Dechambeau signed with the prestigious brand Premium and Bridgestone that sells golf balls, clubs and golf accessories. On his professional début he appeared on the course using balls and gloves Tour B330-S.
All these changes soon led to good results. In 2015 he became the fifth player in golf history to win the US Amateur and the NCAA titles (National Collegiate Athletic Association) the same year and thus, his name was linked to Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Ryan Moor and inevitably, to golf’s history.
Now, the question is if we will see Bryon Dechambeau and his laboratory golf change a sport that has always been resistant to change. Undoubtedly, we never expected that such a revolutionary change would come from science.