Art gives way to science in yet another sport. But won't we all lose out when the magic is gone? Bryson DeChambeau sounds like a character from a novel, one perhaps set on the Côte d'Azur in the 1930s, a raffish figure with a taste for the high life. He is, in fact, a 27-year-old golfer from California, and the only high life that interests him is the flight of a golf ball, which when hit by Mr DeChambeau goes an outrageous distance. Nicknamed "the scientist" for his single-minded application o...
The Guardian view of golf's wedge issue: the triumph of brain and brawn | Editorial
The Guardian - 25 Sep 2020 21:25
Art gives way to science in yet another sport. But won't we all lose out when the magic is gone? Bryson DeChambeau sounds like a character from a novel, one perhaps set on the Côte d'Azur in the 1930s, a raffish figure with a taste for the high life. He is, in fact, a 27-year-old golfer from California, and the only high life that interests him is the flight of a golf ball, which when hit by Mr DeChambeau goes an outrageous distance. Nicknamed "the scientist" for his single-minded application o...
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