Bryson DeChambeau gained the U.S. Open on Sunday for the second time with one other memorable end on the 18th gap at Pinehurst No. 2, together with one other heavy dose of heartache for Rory McIlroy.
In a wild closing hour of extra blunders than brilliance, DeChambeau capped off per week of excessive leisure by getting up-and-down from 55 yards out of a bunker, making a 4-foot par putt to shut with a 1-over 71.
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“That’s Payne proper there, child!” DeChambeau screamed as he walked off the 18th inexperienced.
Payne Stewart famously made a 15-foot par putt on the ultimate gap in 1999 on the first U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, beating Phil Mickelson by one shot.
DeChambeau says he was impressed to go to SMU when he noticed a mural of Stewart on campus.
This was as a lot a couple of blown alternative for McIlroy.
Attempting to finish 10 years with no main, he led by two pictures when he stood on the 14th tee. McIlroy nonetheless led by one shot till he missed a 30-inch par putt on the sixteenth gap. After which on the closing gap, he pitched to only inside 4 toes, solely to overlook the par putt.
He was watching from the scoring room as DeChambeau escaped from an terrible lie left of the green, punching into the green, and expertly hitting the lengthy bunker shot that rolled out on the crispy inexperienced to arrange the profitable putt.