AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bryson DeChambeau is tied for the lead at the Masters at the halfway point, and he’s doing it with 3-D printed irons that were just approved for competition on Monday. For any other player, that would be a ridiculous set of borderline-unbelievable circumstances. For DeChambeau, it’s just another week.
Around the turn of the 2020s, DeChambeau’s beefy arms held golf in a headlock. He was part mad scientist experimenting on his own body, part nerd determined to stuff everyone else inside a locker. He came back from the pandemic transformed into Golf Hulk, and his entire course management strategy hinged on the premise of “hit the ball halfway to Saturn and figure it out from there.