Lessons learned as DeChambeau heads back to Masters drawing board

[ASFN Admin]

Golf's muscular mad professor Bryson DeChambeau arrived at the Masters with a plan to humble Augusta National but left a chastened man on Sunday, finishing well down the leaderboard after a closing one-over 73. The big-hitting DeChambeau, who had been the pre-tournament favourite, had boldly suggested that he saw the famous par-72 layout as a par-67 with his prodigious power allowing him reach the par-fives in two shots and some par-fours in one. DeChambeau would finish with more double bogeys (two) than eagles (one) with a triple bogey thrown in for good measure in his two-under 286 total a massive 18 shots back of winner Dustin Johnson.

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