It was an experiment that yielded a US Open win and saw him dubbed 'The Mad Scientist', but Bryson DeChambeau now claims he regrets his huge weight gain in 2020.
The American piled on 50 pounds over the course of a few months, via a combination of heavy weightlifting and a diet plan signified by high calories and protein shakes. It was a formula that seemed to work at Winged Foot, where he blitzed the field to win his first major title by six shots.
But amid a huge focus on producing the longest drives on the PGA Tour, his new tactics also left him red faced that year at Augusta. Claiming he would now be playing the course as a Par-68, implying his big hitting would negate the distance of the four par-five holes, DeChambeau finished tied for 34th and has failed to add a major title since.
