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Bryson DeChambeau he captured his first major golf title on Sunday, shooting a three-under 67 to win the 120th US Open and humiliate a relentless Winged Foot design.
The 27-year-old American, who strengthened during the coronavirus lockdown in an attempt to add power to his game, reached ninth par-5 from just 40 feet and scored a six-shot victory over the 21-year-old. compatriot Matthew Wolff.
“Oh my gosh. I can’t believe it,” said DeChambeau, known for his scientific approach to sport. “It has been a lot of work.”
DeChambeau hit just 23 fairways during the week, but finished 72 holes at six-under 274 thanks to Sunday’s only sub-par round at the formidable Mamaroneck, New York track.
DeChambeau became the first player since 1955 to win with the only score below par in the final round, and only the fourth to do so, completing a dominating performance.
The typical deep rough from the US Open couldn’t stop DeChambeau, whose exercise and protein shakes provided powerful boosts, while his calculations and precise readings produced a solid take on a design that crushed his rivals.
“I kept thinking for the last nine years, ‘We have to stay focused. I have to take every shot to the best of my ability.” And that’s what I did, “he said.
DeChambeau’s 325 yards off the tee was a driving distance record for a US Open champion, defying convention by attacking without fear, taking the length of swing speed to overcome the inconvenience of finding the rough.
“I worked my whole life for this,” DeChambeau said. “I wasn’t that scared of disconnecting. I gained the confidence I needed during the week.”
The scientist found an important winning formula. On Saturday night, he was the last player to leave Winged Foot, working in the dark with his driver.
“It was worth it indeed,” he said. “I’m in shock right now. It’s amazing.”
South African Louis Oosthuizen, the 2010 British Open winner, was a distant third with 282, a hit ahead of American Harris English after they both shot 73 on Sunday.
Wolff led teammate DeChambeau in the final duo by two strokes as the day started, but, in his US Open debut, he failed to become the youngest US Open winner since Bobby Jones in 1923 and the longest grand winner. youngster since Tiger Woods at the 1997 Masters.
DeChambeau, who spent a three-month layoff from the coronavirus pandemic building his physique, uses clubs of the same length and a book of lists to judge putts, presenting some complaints of slow play but also six previous PGA Tour wins.
Ninth-ranked DeChambeau won in July at Detroit and shared fourth place on the PGA last month, his best major result to Sunday.
The coronavirus pandemic postponed the US Open from June and led to a spectator ban, though some fans cheered from beyond the border fences.
Wolff led DeChambeau by two shots early, but bogey at third par 3. DeChambeau joined him at 4-under with a birdie in the fourth, going from rough to 13 feet and sinking the putt.
Wolff missed a pair 10-foot putt downhill in the fifth as DeChambeau hit a pair of seven feet and took the lead alone forever, even after they both bogeyed in the eighth.
DeChambeau snuggled into an epic 40-foot eagle putt on the ninth par 5 of 556 yards, but Wolff threw a 10-foot shot to equalize and fall behind.
Wolff started the final nine with a bogey, missing a 10-foot par putt, and DeChambeau threw an 18-foot birdie putt at 11 to take a three-shot lead. Wolff took a bogey at 14 and a double bogey at 16 as DeChambeau closed with seven pairs, the last at 18 from seven feet to seal the victory.
“Going through my body was just chills,” DeChambeau said.
Xander Schauffele shot 74 and settled for fifth with 284, a hit ahead of two fellow Americans, Dustin Johnson and the top-ranked Will Zalatoris.
“Difficult golf course,” Johnson said. “I gave myself enough chances, but I couldn’t pitch well enough.”
Third-placed American Justin Thomas finished with 286 points to share eighth in a group with fourth-placed Rory McIlroy, who closed with 75.
“It was really tough. The wind picked up again,” McIlroy said. “It seems that everyone found it quite difficult. It was a difficult day.”
Sunday final round results of the 120th US Open Golf Championship at Winged Foot in Mamaroneck, New York (United States unless otherwise noted)
274 – Bryson DeChambeau 69-68-70-67
280 – Matthew Wolff 66-74-65-75
282 – Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 67-74-68-73
283 – Harris English 68-70-72-73
284 – Xander Schauffele 68-72-70-74
285 – Dustin Johnson 73-70-72-70, Will Zalatoris 70-74-70-71
286 – Tony Finau 69-73-73-71, Justin Thomas 65-73-76-72, Webb Simpson 71-71-71-73, Zach Johnson 70-74-68-74, Rory McIlroy (NIR) 67-76 -68-75
287 – Lee Westwood (ENG) 67-76-72-72, Adam Long 71-74-69-73, Patrick Reed 66-70-77-74, Viktor Hovland (NOR) 71-71-70-75
288 – Jason Kokrak 68-71-77-72, Paul Casey (ENG) 76-70-69-73, Lucas Glover 71-71-71-75, Alex Noren (SWE) 72-74-67-75, Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) 71-69-70-78
289 – Im Sung-jae (KOR) 70-75-73-71
290 – Erik van Rooyen (RSA) 70-74-76-70, Taylor Pendrith (CAN) 71-74-75-70, Jon Rahm (ESP) 69-72-76-73, Brendon Todd 68-72-75-75, Thomas Pieters (BEL) 66-74-73-77, Joaquín Niemann (CHI) 68-73-72-77, Rafa Cabrera Bello (ESP) 68-70-74-78
291 – Charles Howell 73-72-72-74
292 – Lucas Herbert (AUS) 72-74-74-72, Renato Paratore (ITA) 71-72-73-76, Bubba Watson 72-69-74-77
293 – Tyler Duncan 73-71-77-72, Stephan Jaeger (GER) 71-70-79-73, Romain Langasque (FRA) 71-74-75-73, Daniel Berger 73-70-74-76
294 – Cameron Smith (AUS) 71-73-78-72, Jason Day (AUS) 72-74-76-72, Brian Harman 74-72-75-73, Adam Scott 71-74-74-75, Billy Horschel 72-70-72-80
295 – Shane Lowry (IRL) 76-70-77-72, Patrick Cantlay 70-76-76-73, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 73-72-76-74, Matt Wallace (ENG) 70-75-73-77 , Lanto Griffin 71-74-71-79
296 – Michael Thompson 70-75-75-76
297 – Rickie Fowler 69-77-72-70, Thomas Detry (GER) 71-72-73-81
298 –John Pak 69-76-79-74, Chesson Hadley 73-73-77-75, Ryo Ishikawa (JPN) 72-74-74-78
299 – Adam Hadwin (CAN) 72-73-74-80
300 – Christiaan Bezuidenhout (RSA) 70-76-72-82
301 – Abraham Ancer (MEX) 71-75-79-76, Robert MacIntyre (SCO) 74-72-76-79
302 – Troy Merritt 72-74-78-78
304 – Rory Sabbatini (SVK) 69-76-78-81, Sebastián Muñoz (COL) 71-74-77-82
305 –Shugoi Imahira (Japan) 71-74-78-82
