Xander Schauffele won his first ever major last night, avoiding a playoff with Bryson DeChambeau by birdieing the 18th to win the PGA Championship at Valhalla.
It was a record low score for a major championship as the American finished the tournament on -21, beating Jason Day's record from the same major back in 2015 by a single shot.
DeChambeau himself put in a stellar final round performance, shooting a 64 to claim the sixth top ten major finish of his career and his second one this year, having come sixth at The Masters last month. He's in good form and has slowly become a fan favourite through his YouTube channel despite joining the widely unpopular LIV Golf tour last year.
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Bryson DeChambeau reacts to spectator stealing ball from young fan
He picked himself up some more fans over the weekend after a clip surfaced of DeChambeau shouting at a man who intercepted his attempt to give a ball to a young fan after his ninth hole yesterday.
🚨🗣️🏃 Bryson DeChambeau tossed a boy his ball on his way to the 10th tee but it got intercepted by an older man… Bryson yelled at the man until he retuned it to the boy 🦸🏼♂️ #PGAChampionship
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) May 20, 2024
You have to commend DeChambeau for doing the right thing and he remained classy in his press conference after his round, being quick to congratulate Xander Schauffele on the win.
First emotions, proud of Xander for finally getting the job done. I mean, he's an amazing golfer and well deserved major champion now.
He's played well for a long, long time. Played against him as a junior. It's cool to see him - not only he's just a great human being, but an unbelievable golfer, and it shows this week. Super happy
He also talked about how doing more stuff off the course, like content creation, has actually helped his form on the course.
A lot more time. As funny as sounds, as weird as it sounds, having a lot more time back at home to work on my game, to work on content creation with my team that I have back at home allows me to plan and strategise a little bit better than what I have.
And like he said, I empty the tank when I'm at tournaments. So sometimes when I'm on a two-, three-week stretch I get pretty drained, and having that time to rest and recover is super important for me and it's given me a lot of time to reflect on what's most important outside of golf as well.
He may have come up short again this time, but it'll become harder to keep Bryson DeChambeau away from a second career major if he can continue this form into the summer.
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