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Bryson DeChambeau reveals the secrets to his short game
Bryson DeChambeau may be known for his monster hitting, but you don’t win eight times on the PGA Tour, including a U.S. Open, without a very proficient short game.
In his latest video on his YouTube channel, the 28-year-old revealed what he practices when warming up his short game and how it can help improve your game. Here’s a breakdown of Bryson’s prep, but make sure to check out the video below for all his key nuggets.
Around the Green
To begin, Bryson will practice his miniature chips to ensure his “radius control” is on point. Radius control he describes as “everything in wedging,” including using the bounce and ensuring the proper closure at impact. (1:10)
For these drills, DeChambeau keeps his left arm straight and moves his body to where he’s picking the ball, which he says is similar to taking a broom and sweeping. The Californian calls it the “pick and roll,” which produces a low draw, and explains how most people’s issues with chipping tend to come from their overuse of the wrist. (1:27)
DeChambeau will then begin to open up the face, and when it comes to the flop shot, Bryson says the key is “not losing that face-loft control.” He then demonstrates how opening up the face more through the swing will lead to the ball coming out short and dead. (2:30)
A square chip shot (face slightly closed, slight draw chip), a bump and run, and a flop shot will “take care of pretty much any shot on the golf course,” according to Bryson.
From the Rough
From a good lie, DeChambeau will choke down slightly on the club and try and pick the ball. From a medium lie, he will check how much grass is behind the ball to gauge how hard to hit it. Then for the shot, he opens the clubface so it won’t come out too hot.
For a chip from a bad lie, Bryson stresses the importance of getting the heel of the club into the ground so he can dig the ball out, and he describes the shot as almost like a bunker shot. (3:50)
From the Bunker
For his stock bunker shot, Bryson shows how he sets up almost square (slight degree or two open), and like a shot from the rough, he’ll dig the heel in. Feeling like he’s hitting a little cut, Bryson will then hit “2-3 inches behind the ball.” (5:40)
The reason why you sometimes see pros shank the ball from bunkers? Per Bryson, it’s because impact from the bunker is “super close to the hosel” on the club, and the ball then naturally goes from heel to toe for the stock sand shot. (6:19)
Another option, which Bryson demonstrates in the video, is to aim to hit the ball towards the toe, which is done by opening the face and hitting “more up on it.” Per the 2020 U.S. Open champion, knowing where you’re striking the ball on the face of the club is crucial to understanding the different trajectories you can utilize from the sand. (6:50)
For an uphill bunker shot, Bryson revealed that contrary to what a lot of amateurs try to do, it’s not necessary to hit the ball harder. DeChambeau reveals the secret to the shot is to “level yourself to the slope” by tilting yourself to be in line with the bunker. (8:40)
From plugged lies, Bryson says that if uphill, the shot is far easier than many think. The 28-year-old says the problem is that people try and hit the ball too hard, and with no spin, the ball runs forever. Bryson’s secret is to put the “heel underneath” and treat it like “a little chip shot” for a much softer and effective result. (8:54)
Check out the video in full below.
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‘Don’t think I’ll sleep well tonight’ – LPGA pro offers candid take following rough AIG Women’s Open finish
An opening round of 77 left LPGA pro Jenny Shin with a mountain to climb at last week’s AIG Women’s Open.
However, fighting back with rounds of 69 and 67, Shin found herself six shots off the lead and just outside the top 10 heading into Sunday as she went in search of her first major victory.
Shin, who won the US Girls’ Junior at just 13, couldn’t back those rounds up on Sunday, though, and after playing her opening nine holes of the final round in level par, she then bogeyed three holes coming home to slip down the leaderboard and eventually finish T23.
Taking to X following the final round, Shin offered a frustrated and honest take on how she was feeling, posting: “Don’t think I’ll sleep well tonight. What a crappy way to finish.”
Don’t think I’ll sleep well tonight. What a crappy way to finish
— Jenny Shin (@JennyShin_LPGA) August 3, 2025
Shin has made 11 cuts in 13 starts on the LPGA Tour this season, but has been plagued by frustrating Sunday finishes throughout the year. Shin ranks 102nd on tour this year out of 155 for Round 4 scoring in 2025.
Miyu Yamashita won the 2025 AIG Women’s Open with a composed final round of 70 to win her first major of her career by two strokes.
Cameron Young won the Wyndham Championship on Sunday for his first victory on the PGA Tour.
Young dominated all weekend at TPC Sedgefield, running away from the pack to win by six strokes and put himself in contention for a Ryder Cup pick in September.
Ahead of the event, the 28-year-old switched to a Pro V1x prototype golf ball for the first time, following recent testing sessions with the Titleist Golf Ball R&D team.
Interestingly, Young played a practice round accompanied by Fordie Pitts, Titleist’s Director of Tour Research & Validation, at TPC Schedule early last week with both his usual Pro V1 Left Dot ball and the new Pro V1x prototype.
Per Titleist, by the second hole Young was exclusively hitting shots with the Pro V1x prototype.
“We weren’t sure if he was going to test it this week, but as he was warming up, he asked to hit a couple on the range,” Pitts said. “He was then curious to see some shots out on the course. Performance-wise, he was hitting tight draws everywhere. His misses were staying more in play. He hit some, what he would call ‘11 o’clock shots,’ where again he’s taking a little something off it. He had great control there.”
According to Titleist, the main validation came on Tuesday on the seventh hole of his practice round. The par 3 that played between 184 and 225 yards during the tournament called for a 5-iron from Young, or so he thought. Believing there was “no way” he could get a 6-iron to the flag with his Left Dot, Young struck a 5-iron with the Pro V1x prototype and was stunned to see the ball land right by the hole.
“He then hits this 6-iron [with the Pro V1x prototype] absolutely dead at the flag, and it lands right next to the pin, ending up just past it,” Pitts said. “And his response was, ‘remarkable.’ He couldn’t believe that he got that club there.”
Following nine holes on Tuesday and a further nine on Wednesday, Young asked the Titleist team to put the ProV1x balls in his locker. The rest, as they say, is history.
Rickie Fowler fired an opening round of one-under par on Thursday at the Wyndham Championship, as the Californian looks to make a FedEx Cup playoff push.
Fowler is currently 61st in the standings, so will need a strong couple of weeks to extend his season until the BMW Championship, where only the top 50 in the standings will tee it up.
Heading into the final stretch of the season, Fowler has made an equipment switch of note, changing into new iron shafts, as well as making a switch to his driver shaft.
The 36-year-old revealed this week that he has switched from his usual KBS Tour C-Taper 125-gram steel shafts to the graphite Aerotech SteelFiber 125cw shafts in his Cobra King Tour irons, a change he first put into play at last month’s Travelers Championship.
Speaking on the change to reporters this week, Fowler made note that the graphite shafts offer “something that’s a little easier on the body.”
“I mean, went to the week of Travelers, so been in for, I guess that’s a little over a month now. Something that’s a little easier on the body and seemed to get very similar numbers to where I was at. Yeah, it’s gone well so far.”
Fowler has also made a driver shaft change, switching out his Mitsubishi Diamana WB 73 TX for a UST Mamiya Lin-Q Proto V1 6 TX driver shaft in his Cobra DS-Adapt X, which he first implemented a couple of weeks ago at the John Deere Classic.
However, according to Fowler himself, the testing and potential changes are not done yet.
“Probably do some more testing in some different weight configurations with them once I get some time. Yeah, I feel like we’re always trying to search, one, to get better but are there ways to make things easier, whether that’s physically, mentally, whatever it may be. So yeah, I thought they were good enough to obviously put into play and looking forward to doing some more testing.”
Fowler gets his second round at TPC Sedgefield underway at 7.23 a.m ET on Friday.
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