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Yeah. These are grown ups too. Its awful.


Even in my teens and 20s, I never fawned over athletes. It just never seemed like a big deal to me, even when I've golfed with Vikings players in the past at charity events.

Former punter Mitch Berger, is one of the longest drivers I've ever seen, btw. :shocked:
 

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https://www.foxsports.com/golf/stor...beau-claims-2nd-straight-fedex-cup-win-090418

‘Mad Scientist’ DeChambeau claims 2nd straight FedEx Cup win
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NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Golf’s latest search for a breakout star has come to the quirky little laboratory of Bryson DeChambeau.

The 24-year-old physics major known as the “Mad Scientist” won his second straight event in the FedEx Cup playoffs on Monday, shooting a 4-under-par 67 at TPC Boston to win the Dell Technologies Championship by two strokes over Justin Rose.

It was the third win of the year for DeChambeau, who also won the playoff opener at Ridgewood and is guaranteed the No. 1 seed for the Tour Championship regardless of what happens in the third round. And he solidified his claim to be one of Jim Furyk’s captain’s picks for the American Ryder Cup team, where he would join the likes of Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth, back-to-back U.S. Open winner Brooks Koepka and others who have staked a claim to follow Tiger Woods as golf’s next big thing.


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“People can put that title on me, but I’m not going to. Never will,” DeChambeau said after finishing at 16-under 268 to claim his second straight $1.62 million first prize.

“I’m just a player out here trying to do my absolute best. And I’ll say that every single time,” he said. “It is cool to have people say that to you. And it is an honor, it really is. At this moment going forward, though, I’m just going to keep going about my business and doing what I can do.”

DeChambeau is the first person to win the first two tournaments in the FedEx Cup since 2008, when a different points system allowed Vijay Singh to effectively wrap up the title before the final playoff event. DeChambeau still has work to do; he leads Johnson by almost 2,400 points, but the new system keeps the $10 million bonus in flux until the finale at East Lake Sept. 20-23.

Still, the back-to-back wins probably eliminate any doubt about the Ryder Cup team.

DeChambeau attended the last Ryder Cup, outside of Minneapolis — as a spectator.

“I wanted to experience it,” he explained. “I wanted to be a part of that atmosphere and get comfortable with that. So hopefully if I do make it this year that all things considered I’d be more comfortable when I got there. That was really the reason why I went there.”

A physics major at Southern Methodist, DeChambeau brings an unconventional but scientific approach to his game, peppering his comments with references to biomechanics and error tolerance and filling his bag with clubs that are all the same length (34 inches, or roughly the length of a 7-iron) so he would only have to master one swing.

The decision had its doubters, from potential college coaches who turned him aside to his father. (Now the elder DeChambeau uses one-length clubs, too.)

“I’ve had quite a bit of resistance,” DeChambeau said. “There’s only been a few people that have really helped keep pushing me in the right direction, saying ‘Hey, Bryson, you’re doing the right thing, Keep doing it. Just keep figuring things out.'”

He seems to have done that.

After starting the year at No. 99 in the world, DeChambeau moved to No. 7 with the win Monday, one spot past Rory McIlroy.

“He’s facing the biggest and best fields,” said Rose, who birdied three of his last four holes for a 68 and second place. “There’s a lot of conjecture about how he goes about it. But when he delivers as he is now, it just proves it.”

Opening the day one stroke behind leader Abraham Ancer, DeChambeau took control with three straight birdies to finish the front nine. Australian Cameron Smith closed the gap with a pair of late birdies, but DeChambeau answered with a birdie on No. 15 to keep his lead at two shots.

Ancer dropped three shots in a four-hole stretch on the back nine, hitting into a hazard and making bogey on the 18th and finishing with a 73. The 27-year-old Mexican did improve from No. 92 to No. 56 and into the top 70 who advance to the BMW Championship at Aronimink next week.

Matt Kuchar failed to advance to the third playoff round for the first time in 10 years, costing him a chance to bolster his Ryder Cup case. Furyk will make three selections on Tuesday, and a fourth after the BMW Championship.

The likely choices Tuesday would seem to be DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson and Woods, who were Nos. 9, 10 and 11 in points when qualifying ended for eight automatic berths after the PGA Championship. Woods closed with a 71 and tied for 24th; Mickelson, who has played on every Ryder Cup team since 1995, made nine birdies Monday in a closing round of 63.

“So fortunate also that it’s the day before the Ryder Cup picks, although I don’t feel that should be a bearing,” Mickelson said. “I think you have to look at the big picture through the course of the year statistically. … But it certainly doesn’t hurt.”



This was only about a month ago. lol


What is he so upset about?
 

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Even in my teens and 20s, I never fawned over athletes. It just never seemed like a big deal to me, even when I've golfed with Vikings players in the past at charity events.

Former punter Mitch Berger, is one of the longest drivers I've ever seen, btw. :shocked:
I'm the same way. I can't fawn all over another man. When I see grown men wearing another man's name on the back of their shirt it gives me the willies.
 

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I can't even figure out how they are deciding who wins it all so I can't even begin to start on how it possibly should be fixed.
 

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Rory really hasn't played with Tiger in contention. Wonder how long his memory is, going into next season.
 

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Didn't notice that Horschel had finished his round.


Rose needs a birdie on 17 or 18....
 

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It does suck that Tiger wins this but doesn't win the Cup... I honestly have no clue how Rose still wins it... Or how anyone would
 

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WOW that crowd trying to get with Tiger
 

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Some of those hugs are aggressive. Don’t hurt him.
 

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It does suck that Tiger wins this but doesn't win the Cup... I honestly have no clue how Rose still wins it... Or how anyone would
I can't remember what place he was, entering, but I wanna say he was sub10.
 

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I can't remember what place he was, entering, but I wanna say he was sub10.

Yeah.. My brother in law said he had more points than Woods and anyone else for the most part so it didn't matter if Tiger won... Must be nice. Lose this tournament but walk away with $10 million
 

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Yeah.. My brother in law said he had more points than Woods and anyone else for the most part so it didn't matter if Tiger won... Must be nice. Lose this tournament but walk away with $10 million


He's the ranked #1, so it's not all that disappointing to see. There were so many scenarios that had to play out for Tiger to have won, it bordered on ridiculous.
 

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He's the ranked #1, so it's not all that disappointing to see. There were so many scenarios that had to play out for Tiger to have won, it bordered on ridiculous.

oh. I didn't think Tiger would have won the whole thing, nor saying he should have...
 

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:clap:

Classy speech, Rose.
 

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Actually if Rose didn't birdie the 18th he would have lost the Cup to Tiger
 
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