Brandel Chamblee voices disappointment as Rory McIlroy loses the US Open to Bryson DeChambeau

Modified Jun 17, 2024 22:59 GMT

Irish Legends presented by McGinley Foundation - Day One — Brandel Chamblee (Photo by Phil Inglis/Getty Images)

Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee has expressed disappointment after Rory McIlroy's loss to Bryson DeChambeau at the US Open 2024. The 124th edition of the tournament concluded on Sunday, June 16 at Pinehurst No.2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

On Rory McIlroy's loss, Brandel Chamblee said:

"I can’t remember a higher quality player coming up smaller in a big moment down the stretch than that."

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Rory McIlroy made five birdies in the first 13 holes of the day, taking two strokes lead off Bryson DeChambeau. However, he then scored three bogeys on the 15th, 16th and 18th holes. The major let-off was when he missed two putts under 4 feet on the 16th and 18th holes as seen in the above video.

Talking about Mcllroy missing the putt on the 18th hole, winner Bryson DeChambeau said (via BBC):

"Rory is one of the best to ever play. Being able to fight against a great like that is pretty special. For him to miss that putt (on par-4 18th), I'd never wish it on anybody. Luckily, things went my way."

Mcllroy finished as runner-up with one shot behind DeChambeau. Mcllroy scored 5-under 275 and DeChambeu scored 6-under 274.

The World No.3 finished as a runner-up for the second time consecutively at the US Open. Last year, he lost to Wyndham Clark by one stroke. This was also his fifth consecutive top-10 finish at the competition.

Let's take a look at Rory McIlroy's performance at the US Open since 2009:

2009: T10
2010: CUT
2011: 1
2012: CUT
2013: T41
2014: T23
2015: T9
2016: CUT
2017: CUT
2018: CUT
2019: T9
2020: T8
2021: T7
2022: T5
2023: 2
2024: 2

His last Major win came at the 2014 PGA Championship. Since then, he has had four runner-up finishes and 11 top-5 finishes in the Majors.

Despite his loss, Mcllroy enjoyed enormous support in the final round at the US Open 2024. DeChambeau said that the crowd support for Mcllroy motivated him. He said (via BBC):

"I even saw on 10 where he made birdie. I'm like, 'oh, man, he's gunning, he's going for it'. So I had to put my foot on the pedal and push down pretty hard.

"I could hear 'Rory, Rory' chants. That was fun because it gave me the knowledge of what I had to do. There was also a lot of, 'go USA, go Europe'. It was a fun battle between us."

The four-time Major winner Rory McIlroy denied meeting the media after the loss. He won $2,322,000 out of the $21.5 million and 400 FedExCup points for his performance at US Open 2024.