Bryson DeChambeau won twice And lost Rory McIlroy twice: this is the verdict of a spectacular and dramatic 124th US Open of golf. DeChambeau takes home the trophy for the second time, collects a first coin of 4 million euros and at the same time becomes a popular hero, he who until recently was considered arrogant and boastful, he who had mocked Augusta National (), only to be soundly defeated, he who had declared that power in golf is everything and for this reason he had put on kilos of muscle, he who had said goodbye to the PGA Tour to fill his bank account with the Arab millions of the Liv League .
He was all of this, brilliant in his scientific approach (sticks all the same length) yet grumpy with the public and prisoner of an enormous ego. A year ago he was booed when he appeared on the tee of 1, today he is praised, acclaimed, supported at every step, at every shot. Something has changed: today’s Bryson has lost muscle and gained sympathy: he smiles, jokes, talks to the fans, signs autographs. And if instead of the driver to reach the green directly he takes refuge in a more conservative iron in the fairway, he apologizes, knowing he has disappointed those who expected to see the Bryson of the past. The DeChambeau who gives us this US Open is a complete and humanly different sample. The confinement in the Liv did not allow us to recognize him. Today we know it.
Us Open Golf, disappointment for Mcllroy
On the other hand, a new, searing defeat for Rory McIlroy, still looking for a new major after the last one he won way back in 2014. Rory lost the race he seemed to have in hand and he did it in his own way, wasting the unbelievable. And he lost the challenge with himself again. Yet another. The three bogeys in the last four holes condemn him to continue the search. Which borders on obsession. The fact that he left without speaking, he who always shows his face, tells us more than anything else about the level of frustration that grips him. Everything was decided on the 18th hole: McIlroy was in the penultimate team. After overtaking him, he let DeChambeau catch up again. The two were both at -6. McIlroy’s driver ended up in the bushes to the left, forcing him to simply put the ball back in the fairway and then put the approach just over a meter from the shaft. It was enough to hole it out to close the hole in par and still have a good chance of a play-off if not even of victory. Instead he stumbled upon a new, incredible, mistake from short range, exactly like the one just before at 16. Is it possible? Unfortunately, for him, yes. Above all because, in the same conditions, DeChambeau did not fail, from the same distance, after a spectacular exit from the bunker in which he had gotten himself ().
Four days of competition and everything resulted in putts from just over a meter. DeChambeau -6 (despite the final 71), McIlroy -5 (despite the 69). DeChambeau’s joy was uncontainable, underlined by the enormous roar of the crowd, McIlroy’s silence was deafening. But this is golf. Beautiful, exciting, spectacular and dramatic. Behind the two, at -4, an excellent Tony Finau (-4) and a disappointed Patrick Cantlay, who saw the chance to win his first major slip away. At -3 the Frenchman Matthieu Pavon who sees his name for the first time together with those of great champions. The Swede Ludvig Aberg collapsed, 12th at +1, but he is young and has the future on his side. Francesco Molinari finished low in the rankings, 64th at +13. After the historic hole in one that allowed him to make the cut – something that had never happened before -, it was reasonable to expect something more. The reconstruction work continues.
Manassero and Migliozzi cut off the pass for Paris 2024
Matteo Manassero and Guido Migliozzi they get their pass for the Paris Olympics where, from 1 to 4 August, they will be among the 60 protagonists of the men’s individual competition staged at Le Golf National. For both Venetians it will be the second career appearance at the Olympic Games. Manassero made his debut in Rio 2016, Migliozzi in Tokyo 2020.
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