Cameron Champ on cracking drivers and managing expectations

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Cameron Champ on cracking drivers and managing expectations

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Nov 6, 2018

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Cameron Champ discusses his breakthrough PGA Tour win, breaking drivers with his off-the-charts swing speed, and managing expectations as one of the game's rising star. Plus, Alex Myers, Sam Weinman and Hally Leadbetter talk about Bryson DeChambeau's latest victory, a bizarre cheating scandal and golf's best Halloween costumes.

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Nov 6, 2018

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