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The world number seven will make his second appearance at the
Ryder Cup, a biennial team competition between the United States
and Europe, which will be held at Whistling Straits from Sept.
24-26.
After the Ryder Cup, he will travel to Nevada for the
Professional Long Drive World Championships from Sept. 27,
becoming the first full-time PGA Tour professional to compete in
the event.
DeChambeau, who packed on 20 pounds of muscle last year and is
the longest hitter on the PGA Tour, said the long drive training
had taken a toll.
"My hands are wrecked from it," the 2020 U.S. Open champion told
Golf.com https://golf.com/gear/drivers/bryson-dechambeau-ryder-cup-long-drive
on Tuesday. "People don't realise how difficult long drive
really is. In golf, it's the one thing where you can judge your
accomplishments by a number.
"It's like a shot-putter shot-putting a new record number.
You're trying to find that full potential to break through."
DeChambeau earned an automatic spot on the U.S. team and said
while it was "daunting" to balance his Ryder Cup preparation
with his long-drive training he had learned how to balance it.
"I do it every week," he said. "At first, when I was trying to
do it last year, it was very scary.
"But now that I've been through it and experienced the worst
pains from it, and the most relaxed state of it where I'm not
doing any speed training, I know how to kind of balance it - for
the most part.
"Why not go hard at life and do both?"
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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