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Bryson DeChambeau Advances to Top of FedExCup Rankings After Registering Second Win of the Season at Bay Hill; Playmate Lee Westwood comes up short in his bid for his first PGA Tour win since 2010
By Ali Stafford
Last Updated: 03/07/21 11:31 pm
Bryson DeChambeau claimed a narrow victory at Bay Hill
Bryson DeChambeau went through a thrilling final round fight with Lee Westwood to secure a one-shot victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
The US Open champion posted a record 71 on a thrilling Sunday at Bay Hill to finish the week on 11 under and post a second PGA Tour win of the season, placing him at the top of the FedExCup rankings.
DeChambeau finished off a shot over nighttime leader Westwood, who mixed two birdies with three bogeys in a close of 73, with Canadian Corey Conners two strokes behind in third place after a 74 of two-over-74.
Lee Westwood, a 25-time European Tour winner, was seeking his first PGA Tour title since the 2010 St Jude Classic.
Jordan Spieth bogeted three of his last four holes to finish tied for fourth alongside Andrew Putnam and Richy Werenski, while Tyrrell Hatton scored 5-for-77 to finish his title defense a part of 21st.
DeChambeau narrowly avoided going out of bounds from the first tee on his way to a bogey on the opening hole and holed a nine foot to save par on the third where Westwood failed to convert from a similar distance and dropped a shot afterwards. of a wild impulse. .
Bryson DeChambeau posted rounds of 67, 71, 68 and 71 to secure Bay Hill’s victory.
A 35-foot birdie in the fourth moved DeChambeau to share the lead and Westwood squandered the opportunity to take a ten-foot inside shot in the next, before both players birdied the sixth par-five in completely different ways.
DeChambeau crashed a 377-yard drive over the water in a fairway bunker and regained form by losing the green with his second chip at four feet, while Westwood went up and down from much further back to make his own birdie.
0:51 Bryson DeChambeau took the aggressive route over the water at Bay Hill’s iconic par-five sixth, dropping less than 90 yards from the flag.
The Englishman dropped a shot in the seventh to get to the corner one back and holed from two meters in the 10th to avoid falling further back, while DeChambeau drained a 50-foot shot to save par in the next after nearly finding it. water off the tee and send your approach to the sand.
Westwood hit a 30-foot birdie at 12 and responded to a three-putt bogey from the edge of the 14th green by making a 20-foot shot to make a par on the next, but then failed to convert a six-foot birdie opportunity. . in par five 16.
DeChambeau regained par at 16 after being stuck in a bunker and forced to dive, keeping him one ahead, before holing out from six feet to save par at last to complete an eighth PGA Tour victory.
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