Report: Bryson DeChambeau with Cameron Young 'makes no sense' admits six-time winner

Six-time PGA Tour winner Hunter Mahan believes pairing Cameron Young alongside Bryson DeChambeau in the foursomes at the Ryder Cup as anticipated this week 'makes no sense', following an interview with GolfWRX.

Mahan, 43, was responding to recent claims that DeChambeau, 32, and Young, 28, are regarded by many critics and analysts as a perfect combination for the foursomes at Bethpage.

One of the biggest reasons for that is that they both play the same Titleist golf ball, which is a major asset in the alternate-shot foursomes format.

To further add fuel to the DeChambeau/Young combination, both players were alongside each other during Tuesday's practice round.

They were joined in their fourball practice session by Justin Thomas and Ben Griffin. 

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Some other major clues for the foursomes and fourballs pairings were also revealed. 

But Mahan, who has played in three Ryder Cups previously, considers a DeChambeau/Young partnership could prove a big mistake for captain Keegan Bradley. 

That's because DeChambeau is an all-out attack mode kind of player, while Young is typically much more laidback on the golf course. 

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Mahan told GolfWRX ahead of the Ryder Cup:

"Nobody hits it like Bryson. I’ve watched him hit it on the range a few times. Nobody hits it like him. He’s a player in a different mould.

"A player of his caliber right now, sitting him in two matches seems like a waste. And I think the U.S knows that. And so I think they’re working really hard within the squad to figure out who’s going to be his partner.

"His ball is really his. So you really have to find a good balance with that and make sure the equipment is similar. But you’re going to have to find his energy. You can’t bring his energy down with someone who’s more stoic. People talked about Cameron Young. That doesn’t make any sense to me. You need a high energy guy. You need someone who’s going to roll with him.

"Because he’s going to want to be aggressive, he’s going to want to take risks, he’s going to hit driver down by the hole, and then you’re going to have to have someone who is really creative and hit out of some different lies in different situations. So it’s going to require a certain player to be able to handle Bryson and to be lockstep with him, from how he plays to what he thinks.

"I’m sure the U.S. have worked really hard at that and figuring out how do we get Bryson out there for five matches. But it is a unique challenge. I think that was one of the things I could see that the team really focused on the last six, seven months and figuring out how do we get him on the golf course for five matches, who’s going to be a partner technically, and then also emotionally, who’s going to ride that wave with him and be creative and hit the shots that Bryson hits because he plays a very different game than everyone else."

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