PINEHURST, N.C. — Golf has a new hero. Bryson DeChambeau captured his second U.S. Open on Sunday, holding off a back-nine charge from Rory McIlroy to tame a treacherous Pinehurst.
In an epic battle, DeChambeau and McIlroy went to the 18th hole tied at 6-under. McIlroy, up ahead, missed a four-foot putt for par, opening the door for DeCheambeau. Only, it took some sorcery from DeChambeau to make it happen.
After a wayward drive left him hunched under a tree, forcing him to punch out to a greenside bunker, DeChambeau hit the bunker shot of his life, dropping it to within four feet.