Bryson DeChambeau Blames Bad Shot At Masters On “Spin Rate” In 185 Words
- Updated: April 13, 2019
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The next time somebody asks why you hit a bad golf shot, try taking a page out of the Bryson DeChambeau playbook and blame it on
The 25-year-old mad scientist held the solo first round lead but fell back down to Earth at a rate of 9.81 m/s (because that’s the acceleration of gravity, obviously) on Friday after a 3-over 75.
Following his round, he was asked what went wrong on the 9th hole where he made one of his four bogeys. He also made a double on 10, but that’s neither here nor there.
This was his lengthy (185 words to be exact), scientific explanation, according to SI.com:
“I think what happened there was that I didn’t catch the proper spin rate. I caught a lower spin rate with a lower trajectory and it just flew right over the green and just kept ascending. Normally we think on a downhill slope to an uphill flag it’s going to go shorter, it’s going to play even more uphill. Clearly the wind must have shifted just a little bit off of the right and not into us, and I drew it with the wind and it actually probably helped it, and then I had a lower spin rate, and it just said, ‘See ya later.’ Just because of the downslope. Sometimes if I catch it just right it will deflect properly and it will go through the turf with a lot of spin and then if I, if it—well, actually, excuse me. If it deflects, it comes out with a lot of spin. If it doesn’t deflect, I can hit it high on the face and it just seems like it just launches off of that. It’s like I’m hitting a 6-iron off of that.”
Good thing he doesn’t overthink things! *eye roll*
We don’t even know how to break this response down. What we did get from it was he didn’t catch the proper spin rate on his approach. After that it’s basically gibberish.
“Mind-blowing,” DeChambeau continued. “I execute everything I want to and the result doesn’t show.”
There are two types of golfers at the pro level: artists and scientists. Augusta National is a canvas to be painted, not a science lab. They don’t allow greens books for a reason. They want their champions to be able to feel the game, not calculate percentages.
Unfortunately, Bryson is a
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