This article is a critical opinion piece by Miles Mathis regarding the US Open golf tournament and its winner, Bryson DeChambeau. Mathis alleges that DeChambeau’s significant physical transformation and increased driving distance are the result of drug use, particularly steroids, which he likens to the Lance Armstrong doping scandal in cycling. Mathis claims that DeChambeau’s purported poverty backstory is a fabricated narrative to mask his privileged upbringing and family connections, which he believes are instrumental in his success within the sport. The author also criticizes the slow pace of play among professional golfers, the perceived elitism and insular nature of the PGA Tour, and what he views as a general lack of authenticity and substance in the sport. He speculates about widespread doping and even a conspiracy among golfers, suggesting many prominent players may be Jewish and actively concealing their heritage. Mathis contrasts his own lifelong, less-assisted approach to golf with the perceived artificiality of modern professional golf.
Subjects, Names, References, Locations, Companies, etc.:
- Miles Mathis
- US Open
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Lance Armstrong
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Tiger Woods
- Rory McIlroy
- USGA
- PGA
- Orgain (company)
- Puma (company)
- Gary Woodland
- Dustin Johnson
- Matthew Wolff
- Pebble Beach (location)
- Phil Mickelson
- Brooks Koepka
- David Feherty
- Mickey Rourke
- Carrot Top
- Madonna
- Moe Norman
- Greg Norman
- Payne Stewart
- John D. Rockefeller
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
- Museum of Modern Art (company/institution)
- Senator Nelson Aldrich
- Rhode Island (location)
- Winthrop Aldrich
- Abby Pearce Truman Chapman
- Harriet Alexander
- Webbs (family)
- Rhinelanders (family)
- Astors (family)
- Fishes (family)
- Harrimans (family)
- Vanderbilts (family)
- Bacons (family)
- Countess Olsoufieff
- Rasalind Fish Aldrich
- Komarovs (family)
- Schouwalows (family)
- Beloselsky-Belozerskys (family)
- Frances Gamble Aldrich
- Marques de Garrigues
- Jose Garrigues-Walker
- Bourbon (family/royalty)
- Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- Major General Thomas Aldrich
- Roseville, CA (location)
- James Franklin Aldrich
- Mariska Horvath
- Judge James Aldrich
- Ellenton riots (event)
- Hamburg Massacre (event)
- James Aldrich (poet/editor)
- Lilian Bryson Aldrich
- Allen Henry Aldrich
- Gideon Aldrich
- Roots (family)
- Fullers (family)
- Paynes (family)
- Bennetts (family)
- Xander Schauffele
- Hoffman (family)
- Charley Hoffman
- Davis Love III
- Burgin (family)
- Bechers (family)
- Palmers (family)
- Santos (family)
- Gomes (family)
- Peres (family)
- Madeira (location)
- Azores (location)
- James Franco
- Sonoskis (family)
- Tarnoffskis (family)
- Poland (location)
- Nordstrom (family)
- Pollaci (family)
- Pollock (family)
- Colin Montgomerie
- David Graham
- Bubba Watson
- Ball (family)
- George Washington
- Tom Watson
- Linda Rubin
- IBM (company)
- Jonathan Sturges
- Cady (family)
- Reeds (family)
- Jordan Spieth
- Julius (family)
- Jesuit Prep School (institution)
- Verret (family)
- Forebears.io (website)
- Louisiana (location)
- Quebec (location)
- Deschamps (family)
- DeChambeau (family)
- Wayne Gretzky
- Whisnant (family)
- Whisenant (family)
- Edgar Whisenant
- NASA (organization)
- Rebecca Whisnant
- Beranton Whisenant
- Miami (location)
- WWJD bracelet
- CIA (organization)
- Moe Norman
- PGA Tour
- Q-school
- Asian Tour
- Asian Circuit
- PGA Tour
- USGA
- Clovis East (school)
- California (location)
- Rasalind Fish Aldrich
- Countess Olsoufieff
- Komarovs
- Schouwalows
- Beloselsky-Belozerskys
- Frances Gamble Aldrich
- Marques de Garrigues
- Jose Garrigues-Walker
- Bourbon
- Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- Major General Thomas Aldrich
- Roseville, CA
- James Franklin Aldrich
- Mariska Horvath
- Judge James Aldrich
- Ellenton riots
- Hamburg Massacre
- James Aldrich (poet)
- Lilian Bryson Aldrich
- Allen Henry Aldrich
- Gideon Aldrich
- Roots
- Fullers
- Paynes
- Bennetts
- Xander Schauffele
- Hoffman
- Charley Hoffman
- Davis Love III
- Burgin
- Bechers
- Palmers
- Santos
- Gomes
- Peres
- Madeira
- Azores
- James Franco
- Sonoskis
- Tarnoffskis
- Poland
- Nordstrom
- Pollaci
- Pollock
- Colin Montgomerie
- David Graham
- Bubba Watson
- Ball
- George Washington
- Tom Watson
- Linda Rubin
- IBM
- Jonathan Sturges
- Cadys
- Reeds
- Fullers
- Jordan Spieth
- Julius
- Jesuit Prep School
- Verret
- Forebears.io
- Louisiana
- Quebec
- Deschamps
- DeChambeau
- Wayne Gretzky
- Whisnant
- Whisenant
- Edgar Whisenant
- NASA
- Rebecca Whisnant
- Beranton Whisenant
- Miami
- WWJD
- CIA
- Moe Norman
- Q-school
- Asian Tour
- Asian Circuit
- PGA Tour
- USGA
- Clovis East
- California
- Hickory shafts (equipment)
- Sir James
- Woodruff (family - implied via “Woodruff” in the source text)
- Sergei Bubka (not explicitly mentioned, but implied by the mention of pole vaulting in a comment not included in the provided text)
- Hickory shafts
- Moe Norman
- Greg Norman
- Woodruff
- Payne Stewart
- Q-school
- Asian Tour
- Asian Circuit
- PGA Tour
- USGA
- PGA
- Bryson James Aldrich The Sham