With the sun setting on Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina, the practice tee beckoned for Bryson DeChambeau, who was leading the U.S. Open but needed some fine-tuning before one of the biggest days of his professional life.
Always a tinkerer, DeChambeau wanted to dial in his driver and other aspects of his game as Saturday darkness loomed. In fact, he would have an issue with his biggest club the next day while warming up for the final round: after deciding that the clubhead had become a tad too flat from all the repeated use, DeChambeau replaced the titanium head literally minutes before his afternoon tee time.
