Bryson Dechambeau is using his wealth to improve golf (Image: Getty)
has shared plans to change golf by making the sport more accessible for future stars. The ace has acquired a huge amount of land in his hometown in California to get people “off the street” and into golf.
DeChambeau reportedly signed a £100million ($125m) contract to join the Saudi-funded breakaway league in 2022. Some of that money seems to be going to a good cause.
The 31-year-old is keen to get more people from Californian streets into golf via a three-step programme. They begin on the driving range and then take lessons before being introduced to full-sized courses.
DeChambeau has acquired 200 acres of land to springboard his project.
“Making it economically viable and more accessible are two massive things,” DeChambeau said in an interview with YouTuber . “I’ve got a strategy right now that I’m implementing that people have heard. It’s a strategy that essentially brings people from off the street, to the driving range, to lessons and then to the golf course.
“It’s a full three-step process, essentially. Getting them to the driving range, getting them lessons and then getting them on the golf course.
“You have to have it at one place. At a community centre, where it is easily accessible and easily affordable. That’s kind of the model. It’s easy to say. It’s difficult to do with the bureaucracy that’s involved in our systems right now. In California, we are doing a mega-project.
Bryson DeChambeau bagged a lucrative deal with LIV Golf in 2022 (Image: Getty)
“It has been in the works for a couple years now, and we’re at the place where we are getting permits. We have acquired massive amounts of land in my hometown, and it is a three-phase process to build a whole community and increase the size of where I grew up by 30 per cent. It’s a full-scale plan fully throughout [with] county, state, state assemblyman, city officials, mayor.
“You build a community around a multisport complex centre. It’s going to take 12-15 months to get the permits approved for the full scope. It’s over 200 acres of land that we have right now. It’s going to be a multisports complex centre — driving range, golf course, residential, community centre, the whole thing.”
DeChambeau enjoyed a positive 2024, with his victory at the US Open last summer a particular highlight of his year. He came fourth in the LIV Golf rankings last year, earning over £12m in prize money.