Why Bryson DeChambeau is different from every golfer you've ever seen

ATLANTA -- His career was in its infancy, the professional game still new and humbling. Bryson DeChambeau came to it with a good bit of fanfare, having won at the top levels of amateur golf, but now he had been beaten up and chastened and had little idea what lay ahead. And so he decided ... to go to the Ryder Cup? Yep, two years ago, DeChambeau paid his own way to Minneapolis to take in the Ryder Cup as a spectator. He did it to see what the event was like, thinking he might be on that stage one day. Why he felt that at the time is a bit of a mystery, as DeChambeau had just earned his PGA Tour card at the Web.Com Tour Finals after failing to earn it in his first few months as a pro. But while at Hazeltine, DeChambeau was looking for no favors. He wanted to experience golf's biennial pressure chamber from outside the ropes. U.S. captain Davis Love III happened to recognize him in the crowd and invited the upstart golfer to meet with...

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