Bryson DeChambeau will turn professional right after The Masters.
For now, he still has the “A” next to his name — amateur.
He hasn’t played like one over the past several months and he will get a chance to compete against some of the world’s best starting Thursday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He received an invite from Arnold Palmer and that’s huge.
DeChambeau has earned it. He finished runner-up at the Aussie Masters and made the cut in Abu Dhabi and Qatar, two European Tour events earlier this season.
He’s the former NCAA individual champion and the reigning U.S. Amateur champion. The latter earned him his spot in the Masters.
DeChambeau is the guy who embraces the science of golf. He is a student of Homer Kelley’s theoretical book: The Golfing Machine.
All of DeChambeau’s irons are the same length. He is solid and long, two requirements for success on tour these days.
He will tee off Thursday morning with former midshipman and retired Naval officer Billy Hurley III and Ricarco Gouveia.
Keep an eye on DeChambeau this week. He could be “the next big thing” on the PGA Tour.
But for now, he’s still getting his feet wet and is, as he describes himself: “An Intern.”
