Kiradech among Asians likely to do well in 2021 PGA season

Unless you’re Bryson DeChambeau, the old adage “Drive for Show and Putt for Dough” has for a long time been an essence in golf’s wisdom where the difference between success or despair may be a matter of inches instead of yards.

How quickly a player gets his ball into the hole often makes the vital difference between winning or losing in a sport where only one golfer from a typical starting field of 144 will emerge victorious each week on the PGA Tour.

Of course DeChambeau has rocked the golf world with his Popeye-like forearms and power-packed swing enabling him to launch ball after ball into oblivion in recent times.

The American was ranked as the tour’s longest driver in 2020 with an average 322 yards off the tee and currently leads the 2020-21 season with an eye-popping 337 yards.

Interestingly, a 428-yard drive by DeChambeau at the Travelers Championship last…