It’s muscle, just not lean muscle like a body builder. BB’s achieve that look mostly thru steroids/HGH and a very lean diet. But they can’t achieve that look for long. Only for competitions.
OT: Bryson DeChambeau, 2020 US Open Champion!
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I remember when I first heard about him that all his clubs were today's standard 5 iron length. Have no idea what they are now. However the other downside is the longer shaft is less accurate so you are giving up pinpoint accuracy on wedges. No one cares how far you hit a wedge. It's all about getting it close to the hole. He is a very interesting golfer. Modifies what he does constantly. Out there on the range Saturday night when everyone was gone, trying to stop pushing his tee shots. Got the job done. Wins a major with the fewest fairways hit all time. Think about that and he won by 6!
I’m definitely not trying to take away from his achievements. Just a personal opinion on progressive shaft lengths..
Well I wasn't cycling to lose weight. I just love cycling. After Scarlet passed I had a lot more time to ride, so I did. Weight loss and added muscle to my legs and arms are just a by product of long bike rides. This year I'm down 50lbs from when I started my return to serious riding. All I care about is becoming a better cyclist. No gym needed.
Rory is one of the few who hits it high enough and with enough carry to take BD’s lines over trees.
Perhaps he’ll weigh the risk/reward and give it a try.
Mathew Wolf hits it just as far as BD but has no chance to take Bryson’s lines over trees.
Some guys will always be worried about shaft length, eh boss?
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If Rory’s Iron play and putting were as good as Bryson’s, he might have won. I thought his comments were off base ( not accurate ) and not very gracious.
Yes! Bobby Jones played clubs that were all the same length. This option has been offer since they were playing with hickory.
Ba ha ha ha. I see what you did there.
Sly dog, so clever...
For a ninth grade locker room..
it's not the emulating his swing or his equipment. it's the debunking of the idea that it's better to be in the fairway and a bit shorter than further down the hole, but offline. it's the culmination of what has been already happening with rory, dustin, koepka, day....bomb and gouge away. get stronger, faster...and then when you hit it further, it's easier to hit a 9i out of the rough close to the hole than it is to hit 7i from the fairway. the stats prove it out.
Inorite? Bickering about clubs and swings and no mention of her huge... Tracts of land
Those ain't real.Inorite? Bickering about clubs and swings and no mention of her huge... Tracts of land
Will be interesting seeing how he handles Augusta. Little rough to worry about. Two holes that jump out at me are 2 and 13. If he can draw over the trees he'd have mid-short iron 2nd shots on the two Par 5's.
Looks like she's been bulking up too...Inorite? Bickering about clubs and swings and no mention of her huge... Tracts of land
Well there was a lot of talk but no proof offered that Tiger was using the roids when he went from skinny to jacked. He did have what could be called steroid related injuries later in his career but that doesn't prove anything.
He's got a very steady short game and is a very good putter.
Yeah I'd really like to hear everything him and his caddie are talking about during a round. Gotta get him mic'ed up.
You've now said that at least twice. If by "Bro" you meaning winning tournaments and millions of dollars, bro out bro.
Or maybe he's just a competitor that wants to win and works really hard at it.
All one length irons have been done before - they get popular from time to time. I had actually considered shortening my 5, 6 and 7 to 8I length but you'd have to do surgery on lie and offset too - and that's too much for me to do at home. (4 and above are hybrids and woods.) Woods are all 1.5 - 2" short.
They are the length of his 6 iron. Except driver. He's talking about going to 48 inches which is approaching long distance drivers. He says he's working on that this week. Augusta is going to be fun! The traditionalists aren't going to be happy with how he attacks that course.
He won the US Open because of his short game. He's going to have to do the same to win The Masters.
Yeah probably need to take out loft too. And as above lie and maybe offset.
while I agree with you that no one will copy his swing to a T, but part of it will change swings and how swings are taught. i think Bubba helped dispelled that you should never lift up your lead foot. back in the day, every swing coach will “correct” that mistake.
Inorite? Bickering about clubs and swings and no mention of her huge... Tracts of land
God Damn.
I heard that too. I am not sure why. Ben Hogan lifted his foot off the ground. Enough said.
Just from the few exchanges I heard on tv with his caddie he seems to have a numerical value system on how hard he swings at each shot. Nothing wrong with trying to take his game to a higher level Imo.
I followed him onsite for 2 days at Concession CC in Bradenton FL when he won the NCAA championship in 2015. He was a great shot maker and putter back then. Never thought he was good enough to compete on the PGA Tour at that time. But he has raised his game to a much higher level since then.
Nice arms but when your belly over hangs your belt that isn't muscle. Just saying.
Ben was the best but he even talked about same length shafts but 3 lengths. 1 to 5, 6 to wedge, driver and all woods. He never did it in competition but did have clubs made that way but way past his playing days. He was adamant about consistent set up.
I'm sure he's pretty strong but he's put on a lot weight too. If he's really stronger he's Nose Tackle strong. Not Schwarzenegger in 1977 strong.
I really like that idea but would go D, woods and hybrids, 5,6,7,8 at 7I or 8I, wedges can be assorted. I (we all can) can hit wedges as is. Just an FYI my driver and 3W are already shortened a bit, my fitting set my irons to -1/2" from normal.
I'm gonna have to think about this over the winter...
Oh crap and the swing weights all have to be adjusted. This would be a bitch to do at home.
And swing weight. Taking that much off the shaft means needing to put weight back somewhere.
Yes swing weights would have to be adjusted and that is the Bitch about it. Anyone can change shafts or even cut them shorter but adjusting the swing weights is not easy to do to near perfection. Which is why most like the idea but never tried, like myself. My thoughts on this over many years has remained mostly the same. 3 groups. 7 down wedges. Base length would all be my current 9 iron. 2 to 6 with a base length of a 5 iron. Woods all the same. My current driver was manufactured closer to a 3 wood.
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