LIV Golf star Bryson DeChambeau is one of the biggest draws in the game right now.
DeChambeau is sheer box office in every way and the long-term viability of LIV Golf rests on his shoulders, if truth be known.
Without him, the Saudi-backed outfit would be in real trouble.
The 32-year-old from Dallas has evolved into one of the most popular players on the planet since his move to LIV Golf.
DeChambeau has been speaking about Brooks Koepka’s LIV exit over the past week.
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And with the two-time major winner having still not put pen-to-paper on a new contract, his future with LIV Golf remains uncertain to say the least.
One thing’s for sure, after Koepka’s sudden exit, DeChambeau holds all of the power with LIV and he will undoubtedly use that to his advantage.
However, judging by his latest remarks, it does seem like he’s very excited to play competitive golf again in 2026.
The ball speed Bryson DeChambeau wants to reach on LIV in 2026
DeChambeau seems to be incredibly excited about where his game is right now, ahead of the new LIV Golf season.
The two-time US Open champion will be desperate to get over the line in one of the majors in 2026 after coming so close this year.
DeChambeau spoke to Flushing It about some of the work he’s been putting in during the off-season.
And he made a major claim about what he is planning to do on LIV Golf in 2026.
He said: “I’m not playing until Riyadh. I’m going to be going in hot though. I’m sneaky working on my game really hard.
“I’m going to start ramping up my speed again. I ramped up my speed in November, got it to where I was pumping over 190 quite efficiently with some slow golf balls and stuff. I got to 200 quite a bit.
“I haven’t done much recently though.
“But I’ll get back to speed training right after Christmas and going into the new season, I want to be close to 200. So that’s my goal. I’ll just get to a place where I’m super comfortable swinging fast.”
If DeChambeau does indeed manage to cruise a 200 mph ball speed on LIV next season, it will be even more intriguing to watch him in action.
Aside from Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, DeChambeau is probably the biggest draw in the game.
And the American returning to his real power-hitting days will make him an even more blockbuster athlete than he already is.
Bryson DeChambeau the scientist explains ‘Force = Mass x Acceleration’
DeChambeau has always taken a different approach to most golfers.
He was asked to explain how he thinks the ‘Force = Mass x Acceleration’ equation applies to golf.
“They’re both very important,“ he said.
Is this the end of LIV Golf?
“If you don’t have any mass, you can’t accelerate it. It’s a symbiotic relationship. It’s actually more like F equals M V squared, that’s more of the velocity side of it.
“You can accelerate too, but what I would say is the most important thing is it’s not necessarily the mass or the acceleration, it’s the ability to put pressure onto the club. So you’re able to apply pressure and control that through your grip strengths around a circle, that’s probably the more important piece. Applying controlled pressure to the golf club like grip pressure.
“It’s not that you just accelerate the club, because you have to learn how to control the face through that motion as well. So it’s all, you know, you can say it’s acceleration, but it’s a lot of grip pressure stuff. The more you control the grip pressure and how you’re moving that grip, I would say that’s more the answer to your question.
“And I guess at a certain point there’s diminishing return with, you know, going up in the mass and even down in the mass. There is a sweet spot for swinging a golf club. If you get a speedstick, there’s just not enough mass behind it to create the smash factor necessary, and vice versa if it is too heavy, you can’t swing it that fast.
“I’ll always say swinging and accelerating the club is probably the most important, but the real answer is applying the most pressure to the golf club. The grip pressure. You’re not gripping it tighter, but your hand force into it pulling it and then throwing it around the corner.”
DeChambeau didn’t become known as ‘the scientist’ for nothing!
Golf fans won’t really care about the science behind Dechambeau’s explosive power but they will be desperate to watch the long-hitting American in action in 2026.
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