"He was with me out there." DeChambeau fights back tears after making history with 58 win
Last November Bryson DeChambeau lost his father. Today the 29 year old was fighting back tears as he said, "He was with me out there, all day today." The 2020 US Open Champion had just had his first win since 2021, and it is one for the history books. He fired an astronomical 58 to win at Greenbrier.
From ESPN, by AP:
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. -- Bryson DeChambeau sensed his game was close to delivering something special. Sunday in the LIV Golf Greenbrier was more than he imagined.
DeChambeau became the fourth player on a top-level tour to shoot 58, making birdie on his last four holes to finally capture his first LIV Golf title at the rain-softened Greenbrier. Read more
From Golf Monthly, by James Nursery:
Bryson DeChambeau birdied the final four holes to card a 12-under total and record the first 58 in America since Jim Furyk made history at the Travelers Championship in 2016.
Rolling in a monster putt on the par three last to prompt wild celebrations , DeChambeau jumped into the air before the champagne flowed...
...Told his father would be proud of what he had achieved, DeChambeau replied: “Yeah he would. He was with me out there all day today, without a doubt. It has been almost a year and it has been a really difficult couple of years." Read more
From The West Australian, by Staff Writers for Reuters:
Bryson DeChambeau has won his first LIV Golf title in extraordinary and historic fashion, shooting a 58 to earn an amazing victory at The Greenbrier.
The former US Open champion's 12-under performance in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia, was the first round under 60 so far recorded in the two-year history of the fledgling league. Read more
From SB Nation, by Jack Milko:
Bryson DeChambeau had the round of his life Sunday.
At the Greenbrier’s White Course, site of this week’s LIV Golf event, DeChambeau made 13 birdies en route to shooting an incredible 12-under 58.
At the par-3 18th, DeChambeau drained a long birdie putt, which put an exclamation point on his record-setting round and sent the West Virginia crowd into a frenzy. Read more
From The Independent.ie:
Bryson DeChambeau hailed "one of the best rounds of golf I have ever played in my life" after he shot a record-breaking 58 to win the LIV Golf Greenbrier title.
The 29-year-old American needed to par the last hole to become the first LIV player to break 60, but finished with a birdie two to claim his first title on the new tour...
...It was his first victory since the death of his father Jon at the age of 63 in November last year. Read more
From France 24, by AFP:
The 29-year-old American had 13 birdies against a lone bogey to shoot 12-under and finish on 23-under 187 for the 54-hole event at the resort in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia.
That was enough for a six-stroke victory over Chile's Mito Pereira, who fired a closing 63.
"It's beyond words," DeChambeau said. Read more
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