Mark Chapman is joined by the BBC’s Golf Correspondent Iain Carter to speak to the man known as ‘The Scientist. Determined to defy convention, the US Open Champion discusses everything from his extreme training sessions, a similarity to the inventor of the lightbulb and whether he regrets the comments he made in the build up to last year’s Masters. Dechambeau also explains what triggered his inquisitive nature and what he hopes to achieve in 2021.

The 85th Masters starts at The Augusta National Golf Club on April 8th. There will be live coverage of the first men’s major of the year across all four days on the BBC.

You can listen to our coverage across 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra. There’ll be plenty of content across the golf pages on the BBC Sport website, and BBC 2 will have highlights of all four rounds.

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02:40 - Pushed by his father and older brother as a child.

07:08 - Talks about neurological stress he puts on himself during training sessions and almost passing out. Compares his dedication to pushing the boundaries to breaking the 4 minute mile.

10:50 - Quote about Thomas Edison inventing the lightbulb and Vince Lombardi on perfection.

12:20 - Never any intention to hurt anyone’s feelings with his comments about Augusta before the Masters back in November.