Bryson DeChambeau unveils frightening display of power in build up to the Masters

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It says so much about the staggering impact Bryson DeChambeau is making on his profession that while the rest of the world’s best are competing for £6.2m on the PGA Tour, the recently minted US Open champion can steal at least a portion of the limelight with details of a practice session. But then, not many players can hit the ball 403 yards - on the fly. Citius, Altius, Fortius… with a dollop of Amplius for incredible measure. The 27-year-old, so dominant in winning his first major at Winged Foot five weeks ago, has taken a month off before the Masters with one objective in mind - to hit it further than any Augusta entrant before. And his revelations from the range in Dallas, suggest that with two weeks remaining before he arrives in Georgia, this one-man revolutionary is already corking the cork as well as he talks the talk. “First time over 400 yards. Carry…” So DeChambeau posted on social media, complete with the evidence of a snapshot of his TrackMan monitor. That it also showed an 8.2 second hang time (close your eyes count to eight seconds and imagine your golf ball remaining in the air for that period) and, of course, the lightning ball speed of 211mph. Yes, DeChambeau was assisted by gutsy gusts, but as he indicated, that will make sense in his exhaustive calculations, because in Mission Greenjacket, the Californian has not reached maximum velocity yet. “Not even the 48in driver,” he wrote. DeChambeau intends to put that monster in the bag come Thurs, Nov 12. The rulebook allows for a club to measure no more than 48in, although nobody has ever before sought to go all the way. Until now.

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