SMU's DeChambeau Uses Physics and Irons for Rare Dual Titles

Bryson DeChambeau is a physics major with a unique approach to golf, and a set of irons all cut to the same length.

There is also the Ben Hogan-style cap the SMU senior wears when he plays, and the rare distinction that added him to a group of elite golfers: Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Ryan Moore.

"I've been practicing my whole life for something like this, and to be able to finally do something history-worthy, I guess you could say is incredible," said DeChambeau, only the fifth golfer to win both the U.S. Amateur and NCAA individual titles in the same year.

All with a swing of his own developed over years of experimentation since his coach, Mike Schy, threw the book "The…