Bryson DeChambeau: Maga’s golf champion looks to be unlikely unifier for US at Ryder Cup | Bryson DeChambeau
BRyson Dechambeau does not move away from the show while the carnival of the golf match addresses the most difficult public route in America. On the eve of the Ryder Cup, the 32 -year -old man admitted that he considered him as his responsibility and his privilege, to feed on galleries notoriously Rowdy of Bethpage Black and to take advantage of their energy in a weapon.
“This week is an incredible opportunity,” he said during a Thursday soggy in Farmingdale. “New York fans are incredible. As refined and noisy as possible, they still like golf game. I could not be more excited to hope for them and excited for what will happen.”
It is a role that he believes he is much better prepared four years ago in Whistling Straits, when the United States ran Roughshod on Europe 19-9 for their most unbalanced victory of the Ryder Cup in history. At the time, he was still sailing on the benefits of a very public quarrel with Brooks Koepka. His curriculum vitae at that time included a single major victory, the US Open of 2020, and a reputation for DIY and petulance. Now, after three years of reinvention – a high level jump to golf liv, a series of solid major finishes, its disproportionate success as a youtuber and almost offensive nuclear charm – Dechambeau insists that it is equipped to channel the noise, not to be consumed. “Four years ago, I would not have been so opened or ready,” he said. “The experience helps. I hope I can use it at best my abilities and hit superb plans when it matters most. ”
Mail the last Ryder Cup in Rome remains a painful point. “It has null,” he admitted on Thursday. “I wanted to be there. I did not play well enough in the majors. I knew what I was when I went to Liv … But seeing the guys lose really sets me up in the stomach. I wanted to do the team this time. ” He compared it to another painful absence: being forced to leave the Tokyo Olympic Games after contracted Covid, which he called “a fairly big blow to the heart”. These moments, he said, left him determined to treat a return from Ryder Cup as “a passionate project”.
This determination has borne fruit. Although Liv’s golfers have fewer roads to qualify, its results in the majors – including the kind of prodigious driving which makes him a tailor -made adjustment for the brute of 7,352 bethping yards – struck his ticket. “Make this team was A1,” he said. “It was the thing I wanted to do the most, represent my country.”
For a player formerly caricatured as a crazy scientist of golf, more lonely than his teammate, Dechambeau submitted camaraderie this time. “The number of calls I made when I was in the players’ team was incredible,” he said. “It made me more passionate and excited to be part of what we can do this week.” The recruit of the Ryder Cup, Ben Griffin, who played with him on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, greeted his energy and even teased that he managed to exceed Dechambeau once. “It was great to have in this team,” said Griffin. “It is unique, but a huge asset.”
This duality – the eccentric technician who bursts a rapporteur on the Greens and the pleasure of the improbable crowd which engages in jokes in mid -round with the galleries – came to define it. No more recently than 2021, its online presence barely existed. He was a polarizing figure in the golf world before even going to heel at full speed by defection on the liv tour supported by Saoudie. He publicly scamped his equipment manufacturer, made cheeky proclamations of sterilization Augusta and embarked on a small quarrel with Koepka, who gradually cost him the support of fans. Now, with more than 2.4 million YouTube subscribers, he has become a cross figure that attracts children to the autograph line as easily as he impresses pure and hard with a ball speed. The teammate Harris English admitted to having been disconcerted by the digital world until Déchambeau gives him an intensive course during the opening ceremony. “It’s his plan,” said English. “Cultivate the game as much as possible, concerning children, bringing them to golf. I think it’s really cool.”
Not everyone is convinced. Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee rejected Dechambeau as “a captain’s nightmare”, wondering if his online follow -up – Slingshot in the stratosphere by a viral video with Donald Trump – is authentic and suggesting that he is more focused on the competition. Dechambeau shrugged. “Whenever people can throw things like that, I appreciate it. It stimulates the conversation. And if it creates more buzz for golf, it’s great.”
Trump himself will attend the opening session on Friday, only a few days after having unleashed European leaders in a side of the United Nations, becoming the first president in office to appear in a Ryder Cup. Dechambeau, who remains a darling of the American right, sees this presence as another lever to stir the crowd. “I hope he will inspire us to victory,” he said. “It will be great for us to have a lot of people on our side. It will be an electrical environment. “
This line will divide opinion, as the Ryder Cup has often. For decades, the event reflects national politics and moods: war on the chest on shore in 1991, Brookline celebrations in 1999, the confrontation between Rory Mcilroy and Patrick Cantlay’s Caddy in Rome two years ago. Bethpage Black, the Long Island track with its story of heckling and hostility, offers another fuel scene. This week, while America continues to manage from political violence in the country, it offers an ephemeral chance for unity with the Republicans and Democrats who aspire to the same red figures each time to fill the dashboard.
Dechambeau knows that he will be one of his central actors, not only because of his records, but because of his personality. His rivalry with McILroy has become a secondary intrigue: McILroy accusing him of seeking attention, Dechambeau threatening to “gas”. However, he was careful on Thursday to highlight respect. “Rivalries are good for the game,” he said. “I have the ultimate respect for Rory. Would I love to compete? Yeah. He is a fierce competitor, a great competitor. ”
However, he supervised less as a lightning rod than the support system. “Whether emotionally or leadership, it is more about pumping people, giving good energy there,” he said. “Helping people understand why we play this week is an absolute priority for me.”
This mixture – the artist’s signing autographs until the queues are lightened in Thursday’s burnt, the mathematics prodigy explaining irons to a length, the Pom -Pom Girl Partisan and champion of the Magi – Dechambeau Movement The Rare Figure which also seems likely to inspire. In a competition defined by the noise and the jingism, he is ready to meet at the front time. “I just want to be part of this team,” he said. “It was a mission project for me. I hope I can provide fun stuff this week and I hope we can recover this cup. ”
