Oct 5, 2020
Innovative & In Charge: How Bryson DeChambeau Is Breaking Golf (Ep. 456)
When somethingās been around a long time, like golf, baseball, journalism, or investing, tradition starts to take hold. The people who made the rules train the next generation, then that generation trains the incoming class, and so on.
Eventually, tradition becomes synonymous with whatās possible. People take tradition without question and it as boundaries defining the laws of the game. You donāt realize youāre playing by someone elseās rules that died 50, 100 years ago because youāve never seen anyone else act outside these rules. Maybe youāve been told, thatās just the way you play the game. Over time, you start to believe it.
Then comes Bryson DeChambeau, an absolute stud on the PGA Tour, US Open Winner and who people call āThe Mad Scientist at Golfā
Heās someone who came along and said yeah, thereās tradition, and thereās also other ways to play this game. Iām going to take the wisdom and knowledge of tradition and combine it with science to blow pastā¦