Bryson DeChambeau Looks Especially Jacked Up at 2021 Masters

Bryson DeChambeau strutted into Auguta National looking to beat the course into submission in 2020. A few months later, he appears primed to give it a second rip.

DeChambeau was seen swinging his driver on the practice range ahead of this week's Masters like he was in a World's Strongest Man competition and had something to prove. Perhaps that's exactly how he feels after making some stunning statements about his ability to overpower the course last year only to finish tied for 34th place.

DeChambeau is currently the second favorite to win the tournament. He has +1100 odds at WynnBET to claim the green jacket this week, which means if you bet $100 on him to win and he does, you win $1100. He's also +100 to finish in the Top 10, which means Vegas oddsmakers believe he has a 50-50 chance of finishing in that position or better.

After winning the 2020 U.S. Open by hitting his driver as hard as he could and then gauging the ball out of the deep stuff to great success at Winged Foot, many wondered if DeChambeau would likewise overpower the more friendly fairways of Augusta National. DeChambeau even said last year the course was more of a Par 67 to him, not a Par 72, which was a direct insult to the length at Augusta and the challenge the course presents.

He then tried to go out and back it up on the course, attempting to drive the 350-yard Par-4 third hole every day of the week without success. He even lost his ball on that hole on Sunday. Some of his other risker shots didn't pay off either and he finished outside the Top 30 in 2020.

That was 2020. This year DeChambeau has already won the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He tried to drive a 500-plus yard Par-5 on that course and actually cleared the water some 400 yards from the tee. Why wouldn't he try and drive a hole nearly 200-yards shorter at Augusta? Based on those practice swings, DeChambeau is not backing off his goal of overpowering the course.

It's a bold strategy and it didn't pay off last year. Oddsmakers like him to contend in 2021, however. Are you a risk taker or risk adverse? If it's the former, you gotta love DeChambeau and his practice routine so far.