What’s In The Bag: Bryson DeChambeau, 2018 Dell Technologies Championship

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Bryson DeChambeau is making a statement to the rest of the PGA. His style might be completely unique, but he’s here to win and he’s after one of Jim Furyk’s at-large Ryder Cup picks.

In arguably the strongest field he’s faced this season Bryson didn’t back down. Amidst an onslaught of low scores from some big names Bryson carded a 4-under 67 during Monday’s final round and a total of 268 (-16 under) outlasting Justin Rose by two strokes to win the 2018 Dell Technologies Championship.

This is Bryson’s 3rd win of the season, and second consecutive win to begin the FedEx Cup playoffs. While 7 other players have won multiple playoff events in one year, only Vijay Singh has won the first two playoff events, a feat he accomplished back in 2008.

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Bryson DeChambeau is the sixth player to win back-to-back events in the FedExCup Playoffs. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

DeChambeau joined some elite company with this victory, Golf Channel’s Dell Technologies Championship coverage noted yesterday that Bryson is the fifth player in the last 30 years to win 3 times on Tour in one season before the age of 25. The other four? Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, and Justin Thomas.

Since we’ve talked about Bryson’s unique setup after wins at the Memorial Tournament and the Northern Trust, let’s take a look at the FedEx Cup standings and rundown who is in the top 70 and headed to the BMW Championship and who is out and headed to vacation.

Following his back to back wins, Bryson finds himself number 1 in the FexEx Cup Standings and has already secured his spot into the season finale at the Tour Championship. Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose, Tony Finau, and Justin Thomas round out the top 5 and are all within striking distance of the top spot.

Keith Mitchell, Peter Uihlein and Brice Garnett all made late charges on Monday in Boston, each sinking multiple birdies in the final stretch to secure their place at the BMW Championship.

Perhaps the most impressive of all was Abraham Ancer’s T-7 finish when he needed it the most. Since points are weighted so heavily in the FexEx Cup Playoffs, Ancer shot up the rankings from 92nd to 56th and is safely onto the next tournament.

Current FedEx Cup Standings Thru Dell Technologies Championship

  • 1. Bryson DeChambeau

  • 2. Dustin Johnson

  • 3. Justin Rose

  • 4. Tony Finau

  • 5. Justin Thomas

  • 6. Brooks Koepka

  • 7. Bubba Watson

  • 8. Cameron Smith

  • 9. Phil Mickelson

  • 10. Jason Day

  • 11. Webb Simpson

  • 12. Patrick Cantlay

  • 13. Patrick Reed

  • 14. Francesco Molinari

  • 15. Billy Horschel

  • 16. Kyle Stanley

  • 17. Paul Casey

  • 18. Aaron Wise

  • 19. Jon Rahm

  • 20. Tommy Fleetwood

  • 21. Patton Kizzire

  • 22. Marc Leishman

  • 23. Kevin Na

  • 24. Rory McIlroy

  • 25. Tiger Woods

  • 26. Rickie Fowler

  • 27. Jordan Spieth

  • 28. Hideki Matsuyama

  • 29. Emiliano Grillo

  • 30. Gary Woodland

  • –Tour Champ Cut Off–

  • 31. Chez Reavie

  • 32. Brandt Snedeker

  • 33. C.T. Pan

  • 34. Pat Perez

  • 35. Andrew Landry

  • 36. Chesson Hadley

  • 37. Rafa Carbrera Bello

  • 38. Brian Harman

  • 39. Kevin Kisner

  • 40. Luke List

  • 41. Xander Schauffele

  • 42. Austin Cook

  • 43. Ryan Armour

  • 44. Andrew Putnam

  • 45. Ian Poulter

  • 46. Byeong Hun An

  • 47. Adam Hadwin

  • 48. Adam Scott

  • 49. Beau Hossler

  • 50. Alex Noren

  • 51. Brendan Steele

  • 52. Keegan Bradley

  • 53. Si Woo Kim

  • 54. Tyrrell Hatton

  • 55. Brian Gay

  • 56. Abraham Ancer

  • 57. Charles Howell III

  • 58. Ryan Palmer

  • 59. Zach Johnson

  • 60. Henrik Stenson

  • 61. Jason Kokrak

  • 62. J.J. Spaun

  • 63. Brice Garnett

  • 64. Peter Uihlein

  • 65. Daniel Berger

  • 66. Keith Mitchell

  • 67. Chris Kirk

  • 68. Scott Piercy

  • 69. Louis Oostuizen

  • 70. Ted Potter, Jr.

However, the most interesting cluster of players are from 24-28. Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth and Hideki Matsuyama all need to play well this week at Aronimink Golf Club to guarantee their place in the top 30 and the final event of the year.

Bryson’s Unique Setup

Bryson’s setup did not change from a week ago at his win in the Northern Trust, but in case you missed it, here are the clubs he used to win the Dell Technologies Championship.

WITB: Bryson DeChambeau’s Clubs

Driver: Cobra King F8+ Nardo (TPT Model 14 MKP LT shaft at 45.5 inches), 8 degrees

3-Wood: Cobra King LTD 3/4 (14.5 degrees) with Project X HZRDUS Black 85X shaft)

5-Wood: Cobra King F8+ (17.5 degrees) with Project X HZRDUS Black 85X shaft

Utility Irons: Cobra King One Length Utility (4-5) with True Temper X7 shafts

Irons: Cobra King Forged One Length (6-PW) with True Temper X7 shafts

Wedges: Cobra King V Grind (50 degrees) with True Temper X7 shaft; Cobra King WideLow Grind (55 and 60 degrees) with True Temper X7 shafts

Putter: SIK C-Series

Ball: Bridgestone Tour B X

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Keith Schneider

Web Content Manager at GolfDiscount.com
Keith SchneiderAge: 34 Handicap: 4.9 Introduction to golf: Age 14 Playing years: 20 Rounds per year: 75+ Hole in Ones: 1WITB Driver: Titleist TS2 10.5° Project X HZRDUS Smoke 65 6.5 3 Wood: Cobra King F9 Fairway Wood 3-Wood Project X HZRDUS Smoke 75 6.5 2-Iron: Mizuno MP-18 MMC Fli-Hi KBS Tour C Taper Lite Stiff 1° weak 1.5° upright Irons: Mizuno MP-68 (4-PW) +1/2" Dynamic Gold X100 2° upright Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM7 51° 8° bounce Dynamic Gold S400 F Grind Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM7 Wedge Works 55° 14° bounce Dynamic Gold S400 F Grind Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM7 Wedge Works 60° 6° bounce Dynamic Gold S400 K Grind Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Style Newport 2 35" Balls: Titleist ProV1x, TaylorMade Tour Preferred X or Callaway Chrome Soft X
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