Matthew Fitzpatrick became the latest to express displeasure at how far Bryson DeChambeau is hitting the golf ball these days when he said, “It just makes a mockery of the game” during last week’s BMW PGA Championship. Matthew might not want to watch these videos of Kyle Berkshire then.
While Bryson has become arguably the longest hitter on the PGA Tour after gaining about 20 kilograms, he is a bunter compared to the reigning World Long Drive champ. Berkshire brings new meaning to the phrase “overpowering a golf course”, and his Instagram feed is filled with laughable examples of him bringing long holes to their knees.
Well, probably not laughable to people like Fitzpatrick. Shield your eyes, golf purists! Here’s Berkshire reaching a 536-metre par 5 with a driver and a wedge:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGJQjJjBn2h/?utm_source=ig_embed
Here he is nearly reaching a 628-metre par 5 with a driver and an iron:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CB4AXQsBwH_/?utm_source=ig_embed
And here he is finding the green on a 406-metre par 4 with his tee shot using a 7-iron:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEpt0BOhnl_/?utm_source=ig_embed
Just absurd stuff. OK, so it’s only about a 275-metre carry, but that’s not how the hole is supposed to be played. Play the game with some structure, Kyle, geez! Think of the kids! And mid-twentysomethings like Fitzpatrick!
Anyway, you get the point. Kyle plays a different game and he recently promised to share a video of him playing an 769-metre par 6. Don’t worry, Matthew, it should take him three shots to reach that one. We think…
