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Bryson DeChambeau reacts after sinking a par putt on the 18th hole to win the US Open Golf Championship on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, in Mamaroneck, New York.
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New York: Bryson DeChambeau captured his first major golf title on Sunday, shooting a three-under par 67 to win the 120th US Open and humiliate a relentless Winged Foot design.
The 27-year-old American, known for his scientific approach to golf and reinforced driving mastery, reached ninth par 5 from just 40 feet and scored a six-shot victory over his 21-year-old compatriot Matthew. Wolff.
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.
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.
American Xander Schauffele, still in search of his first major title, shot 74 and settled for fifth place with 284, his fourth top-six finish in four US Open starts.
Wolff led his partner in the last duo, DeChambeau, by two strokes when the day started, but failed to become the youngest US Open winner since Bobby Jones in 1923 and the youngest senior winner since Tiger Woods at the Masters. of 1997.
Wolff, coming from fourth place last month in his big PGA Championship debut, failed to duplicate the feat of 20-year-old fan Francis Ouimet in 2013 by winning his debut at the US Open.
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.
Spending more than an hour on the practice tee Saturday night after all the other players had left, DeChambeau worked on his drives that paid off Sunday.
DeChambeau and Wolff exchanged impressive eagle putts on the 556-yard par-5 ninth, the easiest hole on a course that averaged 75 on Sunday.
DeChambeau drove down the fairway, threw within 40 feet and curled up on his eagle putt to reach 5 under par. Moments later, Wolff hit a 10-foot shot to stay one shot behind.
Wolff stumbled over a bogey at par 3 10, missing a par putt from just 10 feet, two drifting and the only challenger on five shots.
When DeChambeau threw an 18-foot birdie putt at par 4 11 to get 6 low and three ahead, also 3 low in the only sub-par round of the day, the scientist seemed to finally have found a major winning formula. .
At par 4 14, DeChambeau rolled on a par putt uphill from just nine feet, while Wolff missed a par putt downhill from the same distance.
Wolff took a double bogey at 16 to fall back six and DeChambeau saved the final seven holes for the win.
Up front, Wolff bogeyed at par 3 third, missing a par 12 feet for par, and DeChambeau equaled Wolff for the lead at 4 under par with a birdie on par 4 fourth, shooting from rough to 13 feet. cup and hole the putt.
In the fifth, Wolff found rough and a bunker and missed a par 10-foot putt downhill, while DeChambeau landed a par 7-foot for par and the lead alone, holding his lead after both bogeyed the eighth.
World number one Dustin Johnson shot 70 to share sixth place with fellow American Will Zalatoris with 285, never getting a round below average.
“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 place in a group with fourth-placed Rory McIlroy, a four-time major winner who closed with 75.
“It was really difficult. The wind picked up again, ”McIlroy said. “It seems that everyone found it quite difficult. Just a difficult day. “
Jon Rahm, second-placed from Spain, shot 73 to close with 290.
