Beefed-up American Bryson DeChambeau has moved to No. 7 in the world in brilliantly muscling his way to victory in Detroit.
DeChambeau, 26 came from three shots back at the start of the day in posting a closing 65 to win by three shots with a 23-under par tally from 21-year old Matthew Wolff (71) at 20-under par.
DeChambeau has been the most talked about player since the return to competition on June 11th from a three-month COVID-19 lockdown.
The golfer known as the ‘Mad Scientist’ has commanded golfing headlines for a new ‘Hulk Hogan’ look and a rocket-like length off the tee.
In fact, he was only player over the opening three ‘return to golf’ events to post three top-10 finishes that included missing out by a shot in a play-off in Fort Worth, Texas and then finishing eighth a week later at Hilton Head.
A week ago, DeChambeau was again grabbing headlines posting a pair of 65s on route to a share sixth at the Travelers for a sixth straight top-10 showing since the second week of February.
Now after first winning in 2017 and capturing four events in 2018, he’s finally captured a sixth Tour victory and, in the process producing 43 drives over the four days in excess of 320-yards on the host Detroit course.
And in his eight events this year on the PGA Tour, DeChambeau is a whopping 129-under par.
“Holing that putt was a big weight off my shoulders,” said DeChambeau in relation to his four-footer at the 72nd hole.
“This is a little emotional for me because I did do something a little different, I changed my body, changed my mindset in the game and I was able to accomplish a win while playing a completely different style of golf.
“And it’s pretty amazing to see that and I hope it’s an inspiration to a lot of people that if they set their mind to it, you can accomplish it. It just takes a lot of hard work, a lot of figuring out things that you may not know and understand yet, but if you keep going down the line and you keep working on it, figuring stuff out, eventually you’ll get a little bit better each and every day and hopefully that leads to something great in the end.
“It’s really exciting to be able to get the job done here and it’s a lot of momentum for the majors. So, this win gives me a lot of confidence going forward that I’m heading in the right direction with my driving and my game.”
