Man goes to Bryson DeChambeau residence — and makes gap in a single after 5 swings

Jimmy matter-of-factly requested the query seemingly everybody who’d watched beforehand questioned about.

What would occur if he broke a window?

Bryson DeChambeau, although, had issues lined. Actually. Ought to Jimmy skinny one into DeChambeau’s residence as he tried to drop a ball over it and right into a yard gap, nets arrange close to the makeshift tee field would catch the stray. 

Perplexed? That’s a part of the attraction right here. What went down in a video launched Thursday by DeChambeau, the two-time main winner, wasn’t standard, tee-shot-to-second-shot-to-putt golf, and DeChambeau’s change into a little bit of a star in that area, doing so on the booming YouTube medium. There, he’s tried to interrupt 50 from the ahead tees. He’s supplied classes. He’s tried challenges — together with one lately that captured each curiosity and clicks.

May he make a gap in a single over his residence? The shot was about 100 yards. The peak to clear his roof was 33 toes. DeChambeau advised himself he might take one swing on day one, then, if he failed, take two on day two, three on day three and so forth — and on day 16, he succeeded. Hundreds of thousands watched. 

Hundreds of thousands seemingly additionally questioned: How would Joe or Jane Schmo fare, although?

Or Jimmy?

How about for 100 grand?

DeChambeau let him attempt. On Thursday’s video, DeChambeau was handing out money via a sponsor for varied challenges, and the final introduced a person named Jimmy to his home for the try on the six-figure payday. He might take as many swings as he’d like — from 10 a.m. to five p.m., and DeChambeau thought he’d do it, although it’d be a marathon.  

His guess was Jimmy would want 5 hours and 43 minutes.

“I believe there’s going to be some ups and downs on this problem for him,” DeChambeau stated on the video. “He’s actually going to battle proper off the rip. He’s not going to be snug. He’s not going to know the way far to hit. What’s a 95-yard shot? As we inform him the place the balls are touchdown, the place they’re going, I believe he’s going to begin moving into the circulate of it. After which about three hours in, he’s going to begin struggling. It’s going to be a lot. His again goes to be hurting, every part’s going to be hurting, and I believe on the 5-hour, 43-minute mark or one thing like that, he’ll lastly get it carried out.”

Shot one? Off a 54-degree wedge, his ball was lengthy. “Hey, I bought it over the web,” Jimmy stated. “I used to be fairly pleased about that.” 

Shot two? Lengthy.  

Shot three? Off a 58-degree this time, his was lengthy once more. 

Shot 4? Pin excessive and to the proper. 

How lengthy is that this going to go on for?

Yet another swing. 

Shot 5? In. Jimmy’s ball dropped in need of the flag and to the left of it, and it rolled in from there for the ace. 

A producer shouted. Bryson and Jimmy hugged. They pushed one another away. They hugged once more. They pushed one another away once more. Jimmy walked round. He threw his hat down. He ran to the yard. Yup, he made it. DeChambeau did some math. He pulled out his telephone and confirmed that the time was 10:06. 

Jimmy wanted simply six minutes. 

“Took me 134 freaking balls.” DeChambeau stated on the video — then threw down his telephone.

Jimmy then referred to as his spouse, Kaydee.

Stated Jimmy: “Uh, we simply gained $100,000.” 

Stated Kaydee: “What?”

One other good query. 

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