Bryson DeChambeau, in his short career, has already caused a lot of disruption. He burst on to the scene playing a set of one-length irons which has recently become a Cobra Golf equipment revolution.
He could now be on to a side-saddled putting stroke which is anything but conventional wisdom about the putting stroke. DeChambeau was testing a side-saddle putting stoke at last week’s PGA Tour event, Franklin Templeton Shootout.
He is his own man in all rights and wears a Ben Hogan style cap. He is doing something extraordinary on the greens, something that Sam Snead used in the latter years of his career and made famous in the 1960’s.
Check out the video below:
Side-saddle putters stand next to the ball and face the cup. DeChambeau placed his right hand on the putter grip and his left hand in a modified claw grip. It seems to be working, at least in the video as he drains the putt.
The unothodox golfer recently made headlines when he said in January that the stroke was in development and he expected to put it to good use in competition in the following months.
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DeChambeau employed that stroke during the summer of 2013, winning the Trans-Mississippi Amateur along the way, and continued to practice it with coach Mike Schy. He went away from it because he was wary of the constant scrutiny, but vowed to return to sidesaddle 'once my Tour card is secure.'
Bryson added, “Everything about my game is different; my putting might as well be too.”
Bryson’s head, shoulders and lower legs look almost fixed while swinging in a direction which we’re not used to looking at. The bottom line is if he can get the ball in the hole at a rate which is more frequent than when he uses a conventional putting stance and if it’s fundamentally sound, which it is, he should continue adopting it.
