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Get unlimited access to award-winning sports journalism from The Telegraph - Sports Newspaper of the Year - for just £40 per annum Any of Bryson DeChambeau’s rivals daunted by his power show in bludgeoning his way into contention at the RBC Heritage should be warned. “I haven’t even unleashed the Kraken here,” the American said after a 64. Harbour Town Golf Club on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, is a tight layout that is not supposed to play into the blue-veined hands of the big hitters. But DeChambeau, with his newly created status as the longest driver of them all, never has been one to obey convention, and so he has defied it again by reaching 11-under at the halfway point. “I didn’t let the Kraken out today,” DeChambeau said, referring, of course, to his driver. “I can’t. It’s just this golf course; it’s so difficult to try to fit into these tight areas. For example, on the [334-yard] ninth, with driver I’ve been hitting it over the green, flying it over the green if I give it my all. “Yesterday it was into the wind and I had to hit a soft driver up there, and it still went over the green. So I tried to hit a three-wood all the way into that [greenside] bunker and just chip it out, which I did beautifully. I just hit a bad putt.” As Rory McIlroy said after playing with DeChambeau at last’s PGA Tour restart in Fort Worth ‘holy s---, it’s unbelievable, crazy”. “Look, it is impressive,” McIlroy added. “Bryson’s got a conviction, and he’s following it. He’s always thought outside the box and differently to most people. He’s really put his mind at wanting to get longer, and he’s definitely done that.” The stunning transformation can be seen in the 25-year-old’s formerly svelte physique. He has added 40lbs in less than a year, putting on 20lb in the three-month lay-off alone. “I just eat as much as I want right now,” he said after a round featuring eight birdies and a bogey.
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