AT FIRST glance, the fortunes of Bryson De- Chambeau – world golf ’s most ferocious hitter and one of its most divisive characters – and Liam Livingstone would seem a tenuous one.
Ask Julian Wood, though, and the parallels are clear.
The former Hampshire all-rounder was one of the cleanest strikers of a cricket ball in the county game during his fouryear career at Northlands Road.
Now a coach specialising in power hitting, he’s helping the likes of Livingstone and some of the world’s finest short format players to maximise their ability to hit the ball huge distances.
Wood believes the way D...