The Gunslinger (Colour)

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.”

-David Yarrow

Just an American Boy (Colour)

Durango, Colorado – 2026

“Bryson DeChambeau is the embodiment of a proud American. He carries his patriotism with the same passion he holds his golf clubs. He is also as comfortable in front of the camera as he is on the greens of Augusta.

I vividly remember those moments on the 17th green at Bethpage on the Sunday of the Ryder Cup. Things were finally looking up for the American team and Bryson was the talisman. The New Yorkers embraced this Californian born Texan as if he was one of their own. He is box office.

Outside of golf, I found out that Bryson has a fluency in the language of business, trade and economics that would humble many a Wall Street trader.

When I work with anyone whose time is as short as Bryson’s, we prefer to shoot on home ground and play the familiarity card. It is never the time to roll the dice and go into unchartered ground. The Durango & Silverton Railroad in Colorado is well known to us; we know the angles and the light and that meant we had Bryson exactly where we wanted him for the first few moments when the sun popped over the hill. It’s no more than a 5-minute window, but we were prepared.

We have worked with all sorts of people over the years, but few have brought such positive energy as Bryson did. It does make a difference and for all his success and fame, he has a very gentle and unassuming way with people.

I am delighted that he loves this contextual portrait. He plays the role of the gunslinger just as you would expect him to.”

-David Yarrow