Bryson DeChambeau devoted his thrilling US Open triumph to the late Payne Stewart and revealed an iconic putt from the legend helped him safe the trophy.
DeChambeau beat four-time main winner Rory McIlroy to emerge victorious at Pinehurst as he grew to become the twenty third particular person to win a number of US Open titles.
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Instantly after he holed the successful putt, DeChambeau took off his hat and held his ball marker to the digital camera, which depicted a silhouette of Stewart celebrating his iconic putt at Pinehurst when he gained the identical event 25 years in the past.
“That’s Payne proper there, child,” DeChambeau stated.
Paying tribute to Stewart was the theme for DeChambeau all through this yr’s US Open, with the LIV star dangling an ivy cap — the fashion of hat Stewart wore — on his golf bag.
DeChambeau continued the reward for Stewart in his interview instantly after successful.
After wishing the group a contented Father’s Day, DeChambeau honoured his late dad by stating his newest US Open triumph was “for him” in addition to Stewart, who tragically handed away at 42 in a airplane crash in 1999.
“Additionally to Payne Stewart,” DeChambeau stated.
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“He was the explanation I went to SMU (Southern Methodist College), he’s the explanation why I wore the cap.”
Footage of DeChambeau’s unbelievable shot out of the bunker and onto the inexperienced on the 18th gap was then displayed on a display screen.
When requested what DeChambeau’s plan was when figuring out get out from the bunker, the 30-year-old revealed it was the reminiscence of Stewart’s putt all these years in the past that helped him know the place to hit the ball.
“Hit and hope,” DeChambeau joked.
“No, I used to be attempting to land it just about the place I landed it and run it out to the fitting.
“I remembered Payne’s putt and the way it broke up there. I knew that was clearly big to stand up and right down to win this prestigious championship.
“It is going to be the spotlight of my life. I nonetheless can’t imagine it. It’s unbelievable.”