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What was it like to recruit Bryson DeChambeau? His college coach recounts

In just a handful of years as a professional, Bryson DeChambeau has transformed himself into one of the world’s biggest stars – literally. But before he was a U.S. Open champion, multiple-time PGA Tour winner and even hotshot amateur with victories at the NCAA Championship and U.S. Amateur in the same year, he was a quirky teenager who “didn’t hit it anywhere” and looked like “the biggest 3-year-old you’ve ever seen.”

Those were two assessments from Josh Gregory, a current instructor on the PGA Tour but back then the newly hired head coach at SMU following back-to-back NCAA titles at Augusta State.