There's no putting the genie back in the bottle now against golf's power players

Bryson DeChambeau only hit three fairways at Winged Foot on Saturday yet scrambled his way to even par on the day. He was the only player not to have a single round over par through the first three days at the US Open. Picture: AP Photo/John Minchillo

Golf has crossed the Rubicon. If a US Open at Winged Foot is not the answer to the bomb-and-gouge dilemma, what more defence is left?

Regardless of the outcome of the final round, 21-year-old Matthew Wolff and bulked up Bryson DeChambeau have already proven the point that their style of play cannot be stopped even by blanketing a course in thick rough and firming up diabolical greens. They herald a seismic shift in major preparation.