It’s hard to think of a sports venue that clings to tradition and history — while often resisting change — more than Augusta National.
It’s the most famous setting in a sport already known for its old-school, sometimes stuffy nature.
But as the golf world zeroes in on Augusta this week for the Masters, a revolution arrives with it — the data revolution.
And it comes in the form of a 6-foot-1, 240-pound, protein-shake-filled trailblazer named Bryson DeChambeau. Like it or not, he’s changing the game thanks largely to his devotion to the data. Think of it as golf’s version of the Moneyball era in baseball.