September Major Golf Championships are wonderful. The 2020 US Open was extraordinary and fun. The final round featured 2 of the most interesting players in the game today.

Their styles and approach to golf were contrasting.

Runner up Matthew Wolf is young and should be in his senior year in college. He is new to professional golf, a bit raw, with highly unusual pre-swing mannerisms, completely unique golf. His swing is also quite different compared to the modern robo-pro.

Bryson Dechambeau, the 2020 US Open champion is a scientist. His swing is robotic but slashing, displaying cartoon like speed.

Both Wolff and DeChambeau display incredible power, to go with deafening touch with short shots. Each player proved that thick high US Open rough does not prevent them from playing well.

The champion only hit 23 if 56 fairways. This statistic is completely unimaginable and this was a reaction from one of today’s best, Rory Mclroy.

“I don’t really know what to say because that’s just the complete opposite of what you think a U.S. Open champion does,” he said.

Over the last 18 months, Bryson Dechambeau has intentionally gained 40 to 50 pounds of body weight. Much of it seems to be muscle. He has added 15-20 mph speed to his swing using a scientific approach.

Wolff has some old style swing characteristics that has peaked the interest of many. In fact, right after the event one of my golf buddies, Lee Capell, wanted to know what I thought about Wolff’s heel lifting on the backswing.

Here is my condensed opinion. If you can make the proper hip turn without laterally swaying while maintaining balance it can be helpful.

Strength and conditioning has never been brought to the forefront of golf as it was this past weekend. Next week, I’ll take a deeper dive into fitness so stay tuned.

Last week, I set up the lesson with questions and promised to provide the answer key this week. So here are your answers in order:

1. Yes. 2. Fall. 3. Later than you think. 4. Earlier than you think. 5. Missing out on golf. 6. Yourself. 7. More. 8. Play more. 9. Better.

The Lexington County Recreation and Aging ommission. Family Junior Fall season registration is underway and this program features the entire family participating in golf.

All learn together. The program has been constructed to look a bit like youth T-ball, Coaches Pitch baseball and the introductory youth soccer programs.

The parents are actually “on the field”. They can serve as “Golf Guides”, caddies, or even playerpartners. This is a brand-new Grow Golf Now curriculum that offers both fundamental methods based on skill along with strategies if playing the game.

For more go to the LCRAC website, find Athletics, then click here in the last paragraph of the description to find Family Junior Golf program.

This Family Junior program is now looking for community volunteers to serve much like youth league baseball, soccer, basketball, and football coaches. This golf program’s roots actually go back to 1992 with the LCRAC. There is no golf experience or background necessary, just an interest in being involved in recreational youth sports.

Email BJ Belville for LCRAC at bj@lcrac.com .