The Gunslinger
Durango, Colorado - 2026

When Bryson De Chambeau won
his second US Open at Pinehurst in
2024, he often found himself in some
uncompromising terrain. He is a box
office gunslinger and no round of golf
is mundane. The strength of his short
game that week offered a masterclass
in escapology. It was pure theatre in the
North Carolina sunshine.
That tournament was not far from my
mind when I took Bryson high up into
the mountains of Colorado in January.
I wanted to film him as a Final Frontier
outlaw using the Durango to Silverton
steam train as a prop. I know the track
well and have often worked at one bend
of the track in the early morning when
the sun pops its head over the mountain
to the east and backlights the whole
amphitheatre. It’s almost too good a
location to be real, rather like a Red Dead
Redemption mood board.
If any golfer were to find his ball here on
the cliff face and then get down in two,
it probably would be Bryson. I am not
sure which one of us was more concerned
about the precipitous drop from where
we were standing, but he certainly is
game for most things.
The result is an extraordinary picture full
of vitality and depth. His personality is
well suited to this narrative; he is full of
good energy and then there is material
substance behind it.
Bryson was so excited to see the result of
our adventure and that made me happy;
it is rare to work with someone that is so
emotionally invested in the final product.
I may be a European and have some team
loyalties, but what a guy.