Why Bryson DeChambeau didn’t wear his signature hat this week

HAVEN, Wis. — The was a different aura around the U.S. team this week. The problems that have plagued this team in the past were seemingly nonexistent over the past several days.

There was no talk about individuals, no grumbling about pairings, no cryptic critiques of the captain. Just unifying words about teamwork, togetherness, and mutual respect.

To a man, every U.S. players was effusive in their praise of Captain Steve Stricker, and each other. And that spirit led Bryson DeChambeau to make a small, but significant, decision: To trade in his signature Ben Hogan-style cap for a more traditional silhouette.

Why?

“Team unity,” he said. “I want to look like everybody else this week. It was for Team USA.”

Whatever it was for, it worked. Check out his full remarks in the video below.

Luke Kerr-Dineen

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Luke Kerr-Dineen is the Game Improvement Editor at GOLF Magazine and GOLF.com. In his role he oversees all the brand’s service journalism spanning instruction, equipment, health and fitness, across all of GOLF’s multimedia platforms.

An alumni of the International Junior Golf Academy and the University of South Carolina–Beaufort golf team, where he helped them to No. 1 in the national NAIA rankings, Luke moved to New York in 2012 to pursue his Masters degree in Journalism from Columbia University and in 2017 was named News Media Alliance’s “Rising Star.” His work has also appeared in USA Today, Golf Digest, Newsweek and The Daily Beast.