Bryson DeChambeau has won the US Open for the second time in his career by winning at Pinehurst (North Carolina), one stroke ahead of Rory McIlroy, who had the chance to end a ten-year drought without winning a major.
The American player started the last day of the third Grand Slam of the season as leader with a three-stroke lead, but McIlroy turned the scoreboard around with a great success on the green. The world number three started working on the greens after a bogey on the 5th and made four birdies to take the lead for the first time after the 13th, two strokes ahead of DeChambeau.
However, the Northern Irishman, champion of four majors, the last in 2014, counted his last four holes for errors and, although DeChambeau also accused the pressure, the American was better to, at 30 years of age, achieve the second major of his career. One of the stars of the Saudi LIV Golf circuit, DeChambeau won his second US Open after 2020.
The Californian was the one who best resisted a Pinehurst that left the champion’s score at -6. The American missed the 15th, where his rival had also made a bogey, but even worse was the putt that escaped McIlroy on the 16th. Then, the Northern Irishman went to the bunker on the 17th and, most painfully, made a bogey on the 18th with a putt of less than a meter with an unexpected drop.
Behind, DeChambeau needed a par on the last hole to secure the victory and, although he also missed the tee, went to the fescue and then landed in the bunker, the American tied a dramatic victory to avenge his failed attempt a month ago at the PGA Championship. For McIlroy it was the fourth time he had finished second since he won his last major ten years ago.
Tied third, with -4, finished the Americans Tony Finau and Patrick Cantlay, who held on in the fight for the title until a bogey on 16, while solo fifth was Frenchman Matthieu Pavon. As for the Spanish representation, Sergio Garcia finished his most consistent Grand Slam tournament since winning the Masters in 2017.
The Borriol signed 70 strokes on Sunday, par of the course, and with a total of plus one finished in twelfth position. In addition, David Puig, who passed the cut at Pinehurst to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, was 55th.
Until DeChambeau’s victory, only Brooks Koepka, Tiger Woods and Retief Goosen had won more than one title in this PGA Tour tournament since 2000.
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