Many American golf fans will have watched the United States win the Walker Cup at Cypress Point last weekend.
The USA dominated Great Britain and Ireland, improving their overall record to 40 wins, one draw, and nine defeats.
However, the 17-9 scoreline does not tell the whole story, as it was actually a close encounter before the final session.
One key player has now revealed how LIV golfer Bryson DeChambeau helped the US pull away from the GB&I team on Sunday.
Bryson DeChambeau helped the USA win the Walker Cup
The United States were only winning 8.5-7.5 before the final session on Sunday afternoon at Cypress Point.
It was not a foregone conclusion that the US would win the Walker Cup, which DeChambeau recognized better than anyone.
The two-time US Open champion attended the event and gave a motivational team talk to the American players before the singles.
Jacob Modleski, who won two points for the USA, has now admitted that DeChambeau’s team talk spurred them on.
“Bryson was out there. Yeah, he was awesome,” Modleski said. “He got us all fired up in the team tent before Sunday.
“You know, it’s funny, because he is who he is, you’d think that, of course, he has won a Walker Cup. But he only had the privilege to play in one, and they didn’t win.
“So he told us, ‘I don’t want any of you to feel how I felt coming off Sunday,’ and that kind of hit home. I think it lit a little bit of a spark in all of us, because we all look up to him.
“For him to say that, put into perspective how special it is to be there, as if we didn’t already have that figured out by the end of the week. Yeah, he was awesome.”
Walker Cup singles results prove Bryson DeChambeau’s speech worked
Bryson DeChambeau’s message to the USA Walker Cup team probably had a bigger impact than even he would have expected.
The United States won eight and drew another of the 10 singles matches on Sunday afternoon at Cypress Point.
The USA went from being at risk of losing the Walker Cup for the first time in a decade to achieving the largest winning margin in eight years.
Perhaps DeChambeau will do something similar to inspire his fellow American players at the Ryder Cup later this month.
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