DeChambeau beat McIlroy by a stroke at Pinehurst No. 2 on Sunday.
PINEHURST, N.C. — Bryson DeChambeau, this grand conductor who owned every inch of the sport’s grandest stage, pumped his fists and again played to the crowd. It was a virtuoso performance that came down to the final notes on Sunday, a U.S. Open classic in most every way, with a skilled champion — an artist disguised as a brute — hoisting the trophy at the end.
DeChambeau, 30, outdueled Rory McIlroy in a battle of heavyweights that wasn’t decided until the final hole. McIlroy began the day three shots and led by as many as two Sunday. But they traded blows, and DeChambeau turned in an adventurous par on the 18th hole to seal his win. A final-round 71 put him at 6-under-par 274 for the tournament, besting 155 other golfers as well as a punishing course that rewards few and crowns fewer.
The 72-hole tournament came down to the last hole. McIlroy missed a short par putt — 3 feet 9 inches — and closed the tournament with a bogey. DeChambeau, meanwhile, recovered from an errant drive — his worst tee shot of the tournament — and then blasted out of a bunker to within four feet. “That was probably the best shot of my life,” he said during the trophy ceremony.
It was DeChambeau’s second U.S. Open win, and while it might not have perfectly matched the theatrics of Stewart’s battle with Phil Mickelson in 1999, there were no shortage of fireworks and suspense Sunday afternoon.
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