Perhaps the silliest pre-Ryder Cup storyline was Bryson DeChambeau’s perceived lack of attention on the biennial event, which was born out of his announcement that he’d be competing in this week’s Professional Long Drivers Association World Championship. So far, it appears DeChambeau is juggling both duties with relative ease.
Shots have been fired. Daggers have been thrown. Words have been exchanged. The Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka saga, prior to Ryder Cup week, had reached a point where we all had to ask ourselves a simple question – was it ever going to end?
Team chemistry feels like an abstract concept, and defining what it is at the Ryder Cup is a bit of a paradox, for there’s not a universal explanation for what it is and how it’s achieved.
Cantlay, who played in the same pairing as DeChambeau in the final two rounds of last week’s BMW Championship, beating him in a six-hole playoff, offered an answer that was surprisingly long, forthright and thoughtful.