SAN DIEGO — Bryson DeChambeau had gone 30 consecutive holes with no bogey and after making the flip at 2-under 33, he was just one shot behind the chief in Sunday’s remaining spherical of the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.
Then issues imploded for the defending U.S. Open champion.
DeChambeau had back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 11 and 12, adopted by a double-bogey 7 on the thirteenth and a quadruple-bogey 8 on the seventeenth.
DeChambeau completed his remaining spherical at 6-over 77, together with an 8-over 44 on the again 9. He completed in a tie for twenty sixth at 3-over 287.
“I didn’t get off the rails in any respect. It’s golf,” DeChambeau mentioned. “Individuals will say I did this or did that, and it’s simply golf. I’ve had loads of occasions the place I hit it manner worse than as we speak and I gained. It’s simply a type of issues the place I didn’t have the suitable breaks occur on the proper time. I might have simply gotten to 7-, 8-under as we speak. I simply wasn’t totally assured with the golf swing and simply acquired a bit unfortunate within the tough and a pair different locations.”
After enjoying all the third spherical with no bogey — the primary time he had finished that in 67 profession rounds in a serious — he additionally performed the primary 10 holes on Sunday with out one.
On the par-3 eighth gap, DeChambeau’s tee shot got here inside about one rotation of being an ace. His birdie moved him to 5-under for the solo lead.
Not lengthy after, issues unraveled shortly. After a par on the tenth gap, DeChambeau’s tee shot on the par-3 eleventh went manner proper and landed close to the grandstand. He chipped about 8 toes previous the opening and two-putted for a bogey. On the par-4, 505-yard twelfth, he hit his drive into the suitable tough and knocked his second shot onto the inexperienced. He three-putted from there for one more bogey, dropping him to 3-under.
The actual injury got here on gap Nos. 13 and 17. He slipped on the No. 13 tee field whereas hitting his drive and his ball landed in the suitable tough once more. He was capable of hit his second shot solely 145 yards out of the deep tough, leaving him 191 yards to the opening. He hit his ball right into a entrance bunker after which sailed his fourth shot over the inexperienced. He chipped on and two-putted for a double-bogey 7.
“Sadly, [I] had unhealthy break after unhealthy break occur,” DeChambeau mentioned. “I performed two little photographs subsequent to the inexperienced, each bizarre lies, each attempting to get cute with them and tousled on 13.”
On 17, DeChambeau yanked his tee shot right into a ravine, took a penalty and hit his third shot right into a bunker. With one foot within the bunker and one out, he smashed his ball throughout the inexperienced. He ended up taking a quadruple-bogey 8.
“I hit an awesome second shot — nicely, third shot, and the ball simply spun an excessive amount of,” DeChambeau mentioned. “The wind died down and it landed brief and got here again off of that entrance edge into a very, actually unhealthy lie. I attempted simply chopping it out, and I caught the hosel simply from a bizarre line.”
It wasn’t the title protection DeChambeau hoped for. It was the fourth straight main during which he completed exterior the highest 25 since successful the 2023 U.S. Open by 6 photographs at Winged Foot.
“It’s what it’s,” he mentioned. “It’s golf. It’s life. I’m simply proud that I can maintain my head proper now. I’m OK. I’m all proper.”
DeChambeau mentioned he wouldn’t stew over the way in which he performed the final eight holes for lengthy.
“I don’t even care,” he mentioned. “Individuals suppose that — I’ve modified quite a bit, attitude-wise and every thing. It’s irritating within the second when it’s occurring, however afterwards for me now, I don’t actually care as a lot. I’ve already gained it.”
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