Bryson DeChambeau came an inch away from getting a hole-in-one on the par 3 8th hole during Sunday’s final round of the U.S. Open.
His tap-in birdie gave him a 1-stroke lead and it seemed like DeChambeau was ready to go on and defend his title.
But then he completely fell apart on the back 9 and wasn’t a factor down the stretch, finishing with a final round 77 that gave him a T-26 finish at +3 for the tournament, nine strokes behind the winner, Jon Rahm.
DeChambeau had back-to-back bogeys on 11 and 12 and then had a double bogey on the par-5 13th, a brutal stretch that dropped him down the leaderboard.
The tires completely came off on 17 where he had quadruple bogey 8 that included this awful shank on a chip shot by the green.
Check this out:
Bryson looking like my around the green game…. pic.twitter.com/QSJ0JRuKy8
— BonesDKGolf (@BonesDKGolf) June 20, 2021
That was pretty wild. And pretty bad.
Golf fans had reactions.
Holy meltdown https://t.co/AA6qi5zA9m
— Jesse Pantuosco (@JessePantuosco) June 20, 2021
How did they find footage of me on #4 at the Island today? Where did they place those cameras? https://t.co/HDYYLIAVwx
— Cade Tolar (@cadetolar) June 20, 2021
Somebody yelled "use your calculator" at him after this shot
— Stephen (@BettorDaysSteve) June 20, 2021
A reminder to myself that I still suck at chipping. https://t.co/ZEyUSLI3b3
— Drunkle Kev (@drunklekev) June 21, 2021