AUGUSTA, Ga. — LIV Golf League captain Bryson DeChambeau has used myriad strategies while trying to win a green jacket in the Masters, but none are as outside the box as the formula cooked up by the \u201cMad Scientist\u201d this year.<\/p>\n
DeChambeau confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday that he\u2019ll play with a 5-iron that he fabricated himself with a 3D printer.<\/p>\n
As a younger player, DeChambeau tried to attack the course, famously saying he would play Augusta National as a par-67 course because he was hitting the ball so far off the tee.<\/p>\n
When that plan didn\u2019t work, DeChambeau went more conservative over the past two years, leading to consecutive top-10 finishes in the first major of the year.<\/p>\n
Now, the two-time U.S. Open champion is using perhaps his boldest tactic yet: He\u2019ll try to win the Masters with at least one golf club he built himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the plan as of now,\u201d DeChambeau said, after finishing a nine-hole practice round at Augusta National.<\/p>\n
DeChambeau, who got his nickname because of his analytical, physics-based approach to golf, said he has been working on building his own clubs for years.<\/p>\n
Why use at least one — or maybe more — in the Masters?<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause they\u2019re finally ready,\u201d DeChambeau said.<\/p>\n
The United States Golf Association would have to approve DeChambeau\u2019s clubs before they are used in competition.<\/p>\n
Before his second straight LIV Golf victory in South Africa last month, DeChambeau, 32, said he has been working with new wedges that have \u201calmost a bubble on the bottom\u201d with more head weight.<\/p>\n
DeChambeau previously had manufacturer deals with LA Golf and Cobra; his relationship with the former ended in February. His bag currently includes a Krank driver and fairway woods, Avoda irons and Bettinardi wedges.<\/p>\n
And a 5-iron DeChambeau built himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s this nature that I have about myself where innovation is a habit of mine, and I really find and take pride in that ability to learn — even through failure, even through making a bad decision or a good decision — what I can get from that,\u201d DeChambeau said.<\/p>\n
Now, DeChambeau is ready to put his invention to test on the biggest stage in golf.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll see where it goes. We\u2019ll see where it takes me,\u201d DeChambeau said. \u201cAll I could say now is, if I don\u2019t put them in the bag, it\u2019s my fault now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUGUSTA, Ga. — LIV Golf League captain Bryson DeChambeau has used myriad strategies while trying to win a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82,41405],"class_list":["post-590811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-the-masters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}