Bryson DeChambeau suggests ‘frustrating’ mistake he made before US Open final round

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Bryson DeChambeau has suggested that he made a mistake ahead of his final round of the US Open as the American narrowly managed to clinch his second major title at Pinehurst.

Bryson DeChambeau came out on top in an enthralling battle with Rory McIlroy in North Carolina. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given that they were at Pinehurst No. 2, the duel came down to who made the fewest mistakes, with McIlroy missing short putts on 16 and 18.

DeChambeau was not at his best on Sunday, and he was actually the first to blink first on the greens, missing a short putt early on in the back nine.

But the 30-year-old was also far from his best off the tee. Both DeChambeau and McIlroy had been sensational with the driver all week, but the LIV Golf star kept missing the fairways right on Sunday.

Bryson DeChambeau admits mistake before US Open final round

There were some interesting pictures ahead of the final round, with DeChambeau seen to be replacing the head of his driver on the range shortly before his tee time.

Given the magnitude of the 18 holes which lay ahead of him, as well as the remarkable depth of knowledge DeChambeau possesses when it comes to his equipment, it seemed safe to assume that he would be more than confident that the change would not impact his game.

But speaking in his press conference after winning, DeChambeau admitted that it was not a wise call.

“I probably shouldn’t have changed the heads. I was trying to get a good fresh in there, it had good curvature on the face, but it was a little bit lower loft. For whatever reason those lower lofts had just been missing right. Consequently I missed it right all day, it was a bit frustrating,” he said.

“Essentially the face I had been using for the last few days had been getting a little flat. I wanted to get a fresh head in and I was driving it well on the range. On the course nerves got to me a little and wasn’t as comfortable with it. I probably needed to work on it a bit more than just hitting five shots with it.”

Comments amazing to hear from DeChambeau of all players

It is amazing to hear that DeChambeau had hit just a handful of shots with the driver head he used in the final round of the US Open when he seemed to have one hand on the trophy.

From the outside, no-one on tour seems to be more involved in the equipment they use than DeChambeau, so you would have thought that he would have extensively used every single driver head available to him.

Thankfully for DeChambeau, that decision did not come back to haunt him – but it certainly gave him a good scare.