{"id":743423,"date":"2026-06-18T01:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T01:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/743423\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T01:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T01:06:11","slug":"u-s-open-2026-brandel-chamblee-has-an-interesting-theory-about-scottie-scheffler-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/743423\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Open 2026: Brandel Chamblee has an interesting theory about Scottie Scheffler \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. \u2014 Scottie Scheffler has spoiled golf fans in recent seasons, so much that it\u2019s worth reminding ourselves that during his relative down year in 2026\u2014which includes one win and seven top 5 finishes\u2014these are his underlying statistics:<\/p>\n<p>1st SG: Total<br \/>\n4th SG: Off-The-Tee<br \/>\n16th SG: Approach<br \/>\n19th SG: Putting<br \/>\n30th Driving Distance<br \/>\n26th Driving Accuracy<\/p>\n<p>Still fantastic, by any measure. But there\u2019s one other number that has sparked curiosity: Scheffler is missing drives to the right more than at any other point during his PGA Tour career.<\/p>\n<p>For a large chunk of the season, Scheffler was missing to the right more than he was missing to the left, which was a stark difference to previous years.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2022\/1777903274127.jpeg.rend.hgtvcom.966.544.suffix\/1781732996819.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2022\/1777903274127.jpeg\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>And Brandel has a theory, which he unleashed during a fascinating segment on Golf Channel\u2019s Live From.<\/p>\n<p>Brandel\u2019s theory is based on a video comparison with his swing in 2015, is that Scheffler\u2019s downswing is more steep than in the past. The club is moving more vertically, and his path is moving more to the left than in the past.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2022\/Screenshot%202026-06-17%20at%2012.53.00%20PM.PNG.rend.hgtvcom.966.544.suffix\/1781732945331.png\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2022\/Screenshot 2026-06-17 at 12.53.00 PM.PNG\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>As we unpack in our ball flight diagnosing tool right here, a path moving more left creates the potential for two distinct type of shots:<\/p>\n<p>A pull left, if the clubface is matching the direction of his golf swing<br \/>\nOr a big pull-fade, when the clubface is open<\/p>\n<p>Interesting stuff from Brandel, and you can watch the full breakdown here:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chef Brandel cooked here talking about Scottie Scheffler\u2019s golf swing and the right misses we\u2019re seeing more of this season <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LcArqta2En\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/LcArqta2En<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LKD (@LukeKerrDineen) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LukeKerrDineen\/status\/2067290713058836543?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article was originally published on golfdigest.com<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. \u2014 Scottie Scheffler has spoiled golf fans in recent seasons, so much that it\u2019s worth reminding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[4225,64,63,755,138747,36416,85],"class_list":["post-743423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-article","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-golf-digest","tag-how-to","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}