When World No. 7 Bryson DeChambeau debuted a new, beefier physique last year, many in the golf community had doubts. DeChambeau’s remarkable transformation, bulking up to 240 pounds while becoming the tour’s longest driver by far, understandably raised questions.
Those who lived through baseball’s Steroid Era or had their hearts broken by Lance Armstrong during his Tour de France heyday carry a healthy skepticism about athletes, and for good reason. After decades of being betrayed by our sports heroes, we’ve learned that if a player appears too good to be true, they probably are.
DeChambeau has heard the whispers, the rampant rumors about his new appearance from online truthers who insist his muscular figure couldn’t have been accomplished naturally, that it had to be a product of steroids. Despite continued speculation, the 2020 US Open Champion has repeatedly denied using PEDs, instead pointing to his new diet and a workout regimen emphasizing strength and muscle mass.
To prove his innocence, DeChambeau swung by his local Quest Diagnostics for a drug test, which came back clean with negative results for amphetamines, anabolic steroids, masking agents, human growth hormone and elevated testosterone levels.
So there you have it. DeChambeau has made plenty of enemies on tour (Brooks Koepka has emerged as his arch-nemesis) with his slow play and other eccentricities, but at least you can’t accuse the polarizing 28-year-old of deceiving us via chemical enhancement.
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