Bryson DeChambeau has experienced another roller-coaster season, in which he played on LIV Golf, at the Ryder Cup and in all four major championships.
DeChambeau claimed just one LIV Golf win this season as he finished third in the individual standings, behind champion Jon Rahm and Joaquin Niemann.
Two-time major winner DeChambeau made history at the Ryder Cup too, although his USA side were beaten by Europe at Bethpage Black.
He did, however, impress individually at major championship level, where DeChambeau secured three top 10 finishes.
That included a runner-up finish at the PGA Championship, although the LIV Golf star did miss the cut at the US Open.
Bryson DeChambeau’s hack for holing short putts
DeChambeau’s big-hitting once again helped him get the better of many opponents at various events, although it was his close-range putting which he once highlighted as a major strength of his game.
Sharing a tip in that area for Rylan Denney Golf earlier in the year, he explained: “I figured this out in 2018.
“I have been using it since then and have been one of the best putters in the world for a long time. The geometry of the dimple really matters and how I negate that, is that I line two dimples up.
“So if you look at the golf ball, you find two dimples that are anywhere but anywhere they are in a line. I then draw a line on that line.
“Now the reason I do that is that I want to be hitting the top or bottom of the dimple, I don’t want to be hitting the sides of them.
“If you are hitting the sides of them it will change the line. If you hit the top of them, it will only change the launch angle a little bit. I would rather have it change the launch angle than the direction, so this helps from five foot and in.
“On the long putts it’s not really going to help, as you are hitting it so hard, but [it will] on the short putts when you are tapping it in.”
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DeChambeau’s ability in that area of his game can be analysed from his latest putting average statistics on LIV Golf.
As per the LIV Golf stats, the American ranked T9 for the average number of putts taken per hole, posting a figure of 1.57.
| Stat | Value | Rank |
| SG: Putting | .346 | 32 |
| Total Putting | 185.9 | 77 |
| Putting Average | 1.758 | 57 |
| Putting from 5′ | 80.49% | 123 |
| Putting from 4-8′ | 69.12% | 89 |
| Putting from 4′ | 93.08% | 88 |
| Putting from 3′ | 99.76% | 34 |
| Average Distance of Putts made | 75′ 0 | 66 |
| Approach Putt Performance | 2′ 3 | 50 |
On the PGA Tour meanwhile, it is perhaps best to analyse his most successful season, when DeChambeau clinched three wins in 2017-2018.
Intriguingly that season, he ranked 32nd for strokes gained: putting, 57th for putting average, and 123rd for putting from five feet.
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