DUBLIN, Ohio – In the first in-person press conference on the PGA Tour since the pandemic halted play last year, Jack Nicklaus covered a range of topics Tuesday at Muirfield Village, including Bryson DeChambeauand his ongoing attempt to transform the game.
“DeChambeau 40 years earlier? That was your question,” Nicklaus laughed when DeChambeau was mentioned.
Although it was a different era with vastly different thresholds, Nicklaus’ game was very much cut from the DeChambeau mold of longer drives and increasing returns.
“Bryson figured out that if he was going to miss, let's say he's going to miss 30 percent of the fairways and he's going to be playing 7-iron out of the rough, If he hit it 30 yards further, and missed 30 percent of the fairways, he's going to hit wedge out of the rough,” Nicklaus said.