Bryson DeChambeau capitalised on a late collapse from Rory McIlroy to win the US Open for a second time with a dramatic one-shot victory at Pinehurst No 2.
DeChambeau took a three-shot lead into the ultimate day however discovered himself two behind when McIlroy – enjoying within the penultimate group – made 4 birdies in a five-hole stretch across the flip to spice up his hopes of an elusive fifth main victory.
McIlroy remained one forward till he adopted back-to-back bogeys from the fifteenth with one other on the par-four final, lacking two putts from inside 4 ft over that closing stretch, as DeChambeau produced a sensational up and down on the final to safe his second main title.
DeChambeau carded a final-round 71 to complete on six underneath and a shot away from McIlroy, who stays with out a main win since his 2014 PGA Championship success, with Tony Finau and Patrick Cantlay ending an extra shot again in third of Matthieu Pavon.
How DeChambeau edged McIlroy in main thriller
McIlroy – enjoying within the penultimate group alongside Cantlay – acquired off to the dream begin when he rolled in from 20 ft on the first, then discovered himself inside one of many lead after DeChambeau failed to save lots of par from the again of the inexperienced on the fourth.
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McIlroy made a birdie on the primary gap to shut the hole on chief DeChambeau to only two pictures
A horrible break for McIlroy on the par-five fifth noticed his wonderful method run off a sloping inexperienced, with the Northern Irishman then chipping right into a bunker from a poor lie on his approach to a bogey that moved DeChambeau two clear.
McIlroy missed the inexperienced 4 occasions in 5 holes however continued to scramble for pars to remain in contact with DeChambeau, who produced an unbelievable up and down on the eighth and holed from 15 ft to stay on six underneath.
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McIlroy made bogey after luck went in opposition to him on the fifth gap within the last spherical of the US Open
The lead was minimize to at least one when McIlroy rolled in from 15 ft to birdie the ninth, with the 2011 US Open champion then draining a 25-footer on the par-five subsequent to seize a share of the lead for the primary time.
DeChambeau briefly edged again forward when he additionally birdied the tenth and did effectively to save lots of par on the subsequent after discovering a greenside bunker along with his method, solely to see McIlroy pull again stage with one other long-range birdie on the twelfth.
A two-shot swing noticed McIlroy convert from 5 ft to choose up a shot on the driveable thirteenth, having taken a beneficial bounce off a grandstand off the tee, as DeChambeau bogeyed the earlier gap after an errant drive left him pitching out.
DeChambeau responded to make a two-putt birdie on the thirteenth to get inside one on seven underneath, which was sufficient for a share of the lead when McIlroy missed the inexperienced off the fifteenth tee and carded a sixth bogey of the week on a par-three.
McIlroy completed runner-up on the US Open for a second successive yr
Nerves grew to become clear from each gamers over the closing stretch, with DeChambeau three-putting from 25 ft on the fifteenth to fall one behind after which McIlroy inexplicably lacking from two and a half ft to save lots of par on the sixteenth.
McIlroy responded to rise up and down from the sand on the seventeenth however gifted DeChambeau the lead on the final, the place he failed to seek out the inexperienced in two and missed a putt to save lots of par from inside 4 ft, falling him again to 5 underneath.
DeChambeau pulled his tee shot into the native space and missed the inexperienced along with his second, solely to provide a outstanding 55-yard pitch from the sand to 4 ft and convert the putt to finish a outstanding main Sunday.
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DeChambeau wins his second US Open at Pinehurst No 2 with a last spherical one-over-par 71
“I felt like I used to be hitting the motive force the best way I wished in the present day,” DeChambeau mentioned within the trophy presentation. “I simply saved staying the course focussed on attempting as many fairways as I may despite the fact that I did not however I acquired myself out of hassle very well however I am unable to consider that up and down, it was most likely the most effective shot of my life.
“I used to be simply attempting to land it just about the place I landed it. I knew that was big to rise up and right down to win this big prestigious championship. It is the spotlight of my life.”
What’s subsequent?
McIlroy is because of be again in motion on the Vacationers Championship, the most recent of the PGA Tour’s Signature Occasions, with early protection reside on Thursday from 12.30pm by way of the crimson button and 5pm on Sky Sports activities Golf.
The ultimate males’s main of the yr is The Open, happening at Royal Troon from July 18-21, the place DeChambeau will once more be among the many pre-tournament favourites. Stream the PGA Tour, majors and more with NOW.
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