DeChambeau amid distance rollback talk: 'They can't take working out away'

Bryson DeChambeau isn't worried about any potential rules that would dial back his long-distance shots.

"No matter what rules they give me, I'm going to try and do my best to maximize my athletic ability," DeChambeau said Wednesday, according to Golf Channel's Rex Hoggard. "They can't take working out away from me. I know that."

When the PGA Tour went on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, DeChambeau spent his time away bulking up. Since golf resumed, he's catapulted to first on the circuit in driving distance with a 323-yard average.

His comments come after R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said last week that while DeChambeau's gains are "extraordinary," golf is a "game of skill."

"No matter if they roll the ball back there's still going to be a percentage difference. Even if it gets rolled back there's still going to be a gap,” DeChambeau continued. “Whether it's closer now, it is what it is. I'm not really worried about it. I'm just going to keep trying to make those athletic gains so that I can be the best golfer that I can possibly be.”

The 26-year-old took home his sixth PGA Tour title earlier in July, winning the Rocket Mortgage Classic.