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LAS VEGAS – Bryson DeChambeau says he will look a lot different when we see him next on the PGA TOUR because he plans to stack on some serious muscle. While stopping short of saying he plans to go completely incredible bulk on us, DeChambeau has made a conscious effort to attack the gym over the remainder of the fall and may not play again until the Hero World Challenge before heading to the Presidents Cup in December. RELATED: Leaderboard | DeChambeau reunites with Shriners patient “I’m going to come back next year and look like a different person. You’re going to see some pretty big changes in my body, which is going to be a good thing. Going to be hitting it a lot further,â€� DeChambeau said after finishing his title defense at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open with an 8-under 63. “Bigger. Way stronger. Just stronger in general. I am going to look probably a lot bigger, but it’s going to be a fun month and a half off. I have never been able to do this, and I’m going to go do things that are going to be a lot of fun.â€� And of course DeChambeau’s method to get jacked is perhaps not the way you might expect. It is not as simple as lifting weights in the five-time PGA TOUR winners world. He instead uses muscle activation techniques with Greg Roskoph, an important member of his team. He will start his program on Monday and will include some intense stints in Denver with Roskoph as well. “We make sure the neurological threshold is just as high as the mechanical threshold,â€� DeChambeau said. “In layman’s terms, pretty much whatever muscle potentially you have, how big and the muscle spindles you have, you can recruit every single one of them to their full potential throughout the whole range and training the whole range of motion.â€� The workouts are done on specific machines and incorporate neurological fitness, making sure he is not hurting himself or damaging himself in the process but finding the tipping points and staying right near them. “I can literally be in massive amount of pain and we can go do a treatment on one of the patterns directly affecting the neurological pain and not have any pain and get back up off the table,â€� DeChambeau explained of the physical therapy sessions he goes through. “It’s not your normal PT work. I’ve done it. I’ve broken ribs before. I got a rib out of place when I was 14 and went to physical therapy for the long time. It was great but didn’t feel like it ever got better until I started increasing my tolerance levels with weight and strength,â€� he continued. “Once I started doing that I felt like I could tolerate anything. You bring it on and I could tolerate it. So it’s pretty cool what he does. It’s revolutionary in the physical therapy world.â€� Revolutionary and DeChambeau are almost interchangeable words these days.

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As expected, there were more tumbles, stumbles and complete somersaults on the Sunday leaderboard at The Honda Classic than there were ripples along the waters that guard so many of the holes at PGA National's often ferocious Champion layout. RELATED: Final leaderboard | What’s in Jones’ bag? Of course, there seemingly is always an outlier in the crowd. This week at Honda, that was Matt Jones. The well-tested veteran from Australia started Sunday on top by three shots and despite all the tumult around him, he never did budge, never did give in. It was as if he took the strongest rope he could find and tethered himself to the largest rock he could find in the nearby Atlantic Ocean. With the exception of a brief spell on Friday night, the 40-year-old Jones held some sort of ownership of the lead most of the week at Honda. He pretty much just shrugged his shoulders after shooting a record-tying 61 to open, trailed by three on Friday night after his 70, and had the lead again when he went to bed Saturday. By Sunday night, having closed with a technically-sound round of 2-under 68 to push his way to 12-under 268, five shots clear of his nearest pursuer, he'd earned the beautiful crystal trophy he would hold. It had been a while since tasting victory on this side of the pond. Honda was Jones' second PGA TOUR title, adding to the 2014 Vivint Houston Open. Brandon Hagy, an alternate to start the week, battled back after shooting 76 on Saturday to shoot 66 on Sunday and climb all the way into solo second at 7 under. It was a career-best finish for Hagy, arriving on the Californian's 30th birthday. He finished hours ahead of Jones, who on this week resided in a stratosphere all his own. Jones' experience in the wind - he owns two Australian Open titles - showed up on the weekend in the way he flighted his golf ball. It also showed in the way he carried himself. It was well, different. In his 330th career TOUR start, he said he felt the calmest he ever has felt. And after one last par putt fell at 18, Jones got emotional. "I mean, golf ... it's a very tough sport we play out here," Jones said. "It's very cutthroat. We're working to keep our jobs every year. And you have to perform well to be able to do that. It's been seven years since I won, and there have been some lean years in there." When Jones won his first title in Houston seven years ago, he holed a long pitch to prevail in a playoff over Matt Kuchar. He had holed a 45-foot putt at the 72nd hole just to earn his spot. He was catching lightning. This time around, even on one of the TOUR's most demanding tests, things were much easier. His hair is sprinkled with gray for a reason; his seasoning showed in how he managed a golf course that has potential disaster awaiting at every corner. A day after scrambling to a 1-under 69 in the wind, Jones hit 17 of 18 greens and kept giving himself quality birdie looks. He made easy pars, and five birdies. Nobody matched his total of 20 birdies for the week. "I'm wondering why this guy isn't a household name," said NBC's Paul Azinger, admiring the ballstriking display he was witnessing. Jones, now an Arizona resident who works via Facetime with coach Gary Barter back in Australia, said he had felt something coming with his ballstriking. It wasn't too off at Bay Hill, where he missed the cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard two weeks ago. At THE PLAYERS, as he worked on his craft on the practice tee, it clicked. The man with one victory in 329 career TOUR starts confided to a friend that something very good was about to happen at PGA National. As others around him staggered into doubles and triples and penalty areas on the weekend, how was it that Jones remained so calm? He smiled when asked the question. He really doesn't know the "why" of it. Sunday, when Jones made the rare mistake - a three-putt at the seventh, a short miss for par at 11 - he also had an answer. Birdies at the 12th and 13th holes pushed him to a five-shot lead. He treated the ever-lurking Bear Trap (holes 15-17) as if it were a small and harmless cub. Par. Birdie. Par. When his ball he struck with a wedge safely crossed water and hit land on the rugged par-3 17th, he pumped his right fist. Jones really enjoyed the walk up the last. For the second consecutive round he was the lone player in the final six pairings to break 70. All the while, he was so calm. "I couldn't put anything on it. I probably had a goal this week to walk a little slower, and just relax," Jones said. "I'm normally an up-pace, up-tempo person. I play golf quickly. So I tried to stay calm and stay relaxed out there. You have to be when you play this golf course. I set that as a goal this week, and it worked out." It did. Jones was going to take three weeks off after Honda, but now he will be getting ready for his second Masters in Augusta, Ga. The only other one he played was a whirlwind, as he'd won in Houston on the Sunday leading into the tournament to become the last man in. The week remains a blur. He'll take his time and enjoy this visit. There's also the two-year PGA TOUR exemption, and starts in other big tournaments that he wasn't able to play as a golfer ranked 83rd in the world. Jones even mentioned the Olympics as a possibility, and maybe even making his first Presidents Cup team. So many possibilities. Amazing how one week can change a golfer's life. Over four days at Honda, and after seven lean years, Matt Jones had earned every inch of it.

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