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<\/a><\/p>\nWhile the American team starts with Scottie Scheffler, who happens to be the best player in the world, DeChambeau can be the pepper to Scheffler\u2019s salt and the U.S. team wants all the advantages it can muster.<\/p>\n
The Americans need someone with a personality as big as the moment. As good as Scheffler and Xander Schauffele may be, they don\u2019t go over the top like DeChambeau is capable of doing. He will embrace the theatrics that are part of the Ryder Cup, something Bradley is likely to relish given his own emotional investment.<\/p>\n
Not everyone likes the idea of DeChambeau being on the U.S. team because he left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf but he belongs, just as Brooks Koepka did two years ago. It\u2019s good that the Ryder Cup can transcend the game\u2019s great divide and no player is likely to play the red, white and blue card better than DeChambeau.<\/p>\n
Where DeChambeau is mistaken is his feeling that the PGA Tour should have allowed him to play in the Procore Championship this week in Napa, California, where 10 of his 11 teammates are teeing it up in what feels like a Ryder Cup prep session. DeChambeau was among the players who filed an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour three years ago before eventually withdrawing from the case.<\/p>\n
Still, DeChambeau is in Napa this week for a team dinner and to be part of something bigger than himself.<\/p>\n
Considering DeChambeau\u2019s talent and his evolution as a player, it will be hard for Bradley to sit him for more than one session.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s already playing the Ryder Cup game.<\/p>\n
In a video after European captain Luke Donald filled out his roster with his six picks, DeChambeau suggested the visiting team won\u2019t be able to fully prepare for what\u2019s coming at Bethpage Black.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhatever expectation they should have, they should double it. I don\u2019t think they\u2019re ready for it,\u201d DeChambeau said.<\/p>\n
This is on top of his earlier comments promising a \u201ctsunami\u201d of crowd support later this month on Long Island, adding that the Americans are tired of losing.<\/p>\n
Last weekend, DeChambeau turned up at the Walker Cup at Cypress Point, where he spoke to the U.S. team that ultimately won a lopsided victory over Great Britain & Ireland. He spent time in the team room and delivered a message.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a similar inspiration our captain has provided us for the Ryder Cup this year and it\u2019s bringing your ego. Be who you know you are,\u201d DeChambeau told the team according to a short video he did with the USGA.<\/p>\n
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DeChambeau is not a check-your-ego-at-the-door kind of guy. Anthony Behar, PA Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n
The message is on brand for DeChambeau who, as much as any player in the game, follows his own path. So much for the \u201ccheck your egos at the door\u201d concept.<\/p>\n
DeChambeau isn\u2019t alone stoking the Ryder Cup flame. Prior to the start of the Walker Cup, Rory McIlroy sent a short video to the European team with a simple message, according to Golf Channel:<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease beat them because I know we\u2019re going to beat them at Bethpage,\u201d McIlroy told the team.<\/p>\n
It will be interesting to see how Bradley slots DeChambeau into the U.S. lineup. In the American flameout in Paris in 2018, DeChambeau went 0-3, losing foursomes matches when paired with Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods before losing a singles match to Alex Nor\u00e9n.<\/p>\n
At Whistling Straits four years ago, DeChambeau played two four-ball matches with Scottie Scheffler, winning one and tying another before beating Sergio Garc\u00eda in singles.<\/p>\n
Scheffler seems more likely to play with Russell Henley this year, meaning DeChambeau will probably have a fourth different partner in the matches. When Jim Furyk was captain in Paris, DeChambeau did not play four-balls, in which his ability to make birdies would seem to be maximized.<\/p>\n
Considering DeChambeau\u2019s talent and his evolution as a player, it will be hard for Bradley to sit him for more than one session. It\u2019s not a stretch to see DeChambeau and Ryder Cup rookie Ben Griffin being paired together at least once.<\/p>\n
Imagine the scene if Bradley chooses to send DeChambeau first off on Friday morning in front of the thousands wrapping around the first tee at Bethpage Black. It could be the perfect meeting of a man and the moment.<\/p>\n
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Bryson DeChambeau, shown celebrating after Team USA won the 43rd Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in 2021, may be Captain Keegan Bradley\u2019s not-so-secret weapon this year. Warren Little, Getty Images<\/p>\n