Brian D. Chembe is set to win the 2020 U.S. Open. Saved his best career at the Open, hitting a 3-under 67 at Winged Foot on Sunday to claim the first major championship of his career. De Chembo’s closing round was just two strokes from the week’s best 18-hole score (65), as he was incisive, sometimes with unstoppable conditions without effort and control around his greens.
De Chembue, who left 21-year-old Matthew Wolf (54-hole leader) behind, cemented himself in the history books in his seventh career, the only golfer in the field to finish with an under-final score. Win on the PGA Tour. The last time the U.S. The only final-round score of the Open champion was in 1955 – 38 years before Dechembu was born (!) – when Jack Flack defeated Ben Hogan in an 18-hole playoff. He also polished the hole number pol૨ in style, but screamed in exactly the same save.
It has been a breakout year for De Chembue, who caught the first major of golf in the 2020-21 season on Sunday. Last year, he added a significant amount of muscle to his 6-foot-1 frame and made himself the tallest golfer on the world team. The new edge is that this calendar year ends in the top five, taking advantage of the top five finishes in the PGA Championship last month and the more pronounced tees with each passing event.
De Chembue was fourth from the team this week and fourth in the driving distance on Sunday. He was also the first player to make an eagle in the final round and win the US Open since 1937, Per Justin Ray. Dichembe completed it on the ninth hole and won from there.
The final undertaking is the aforementioned Wolf, who prepared to make his own history before surrendering his 54-hole two-stroke lead. If he had stopped it, Wolf would have been the youngest winner in the U.S. since 1923 (Bobby Jones) and the youngest major winner since the Tiger Woods (1997 Masters). Instead, he finished the final round with 5 overs 75 as he tried to continue his reminiscent performance of De Chembu. It’s Wolf’s second consecutive top five match in the PGA Championship last month on the heels of a T4 finish.
Moving to the top five is a bilateral tie between third-ranked Harris English (+2) and Louis Ost Stuizen (+2). Dustin Johnson, Will Zaltoris and Xander Schwefel were to end the weekend with 5 overs.
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