Bryson DeChambeau Leapfrogs Matthew Wolff to Win Rocket Mortgage Classic
Bryson DeChambeau acquired the outcome he was in search of from reworking his physique.
With jaw-dropping drives and a few clutch putts, DeChambeau gained the Rocket Mortgage Classic by three strokes Sunday for his first victory of the season and sixth general.
DeChambeau shot a 7-under 65 at Detroit Golf Club, delivering birdies on 4 of the primary seven holes and shutting with three straight. He completed at a career-best 23-under 265.
Matthew Wolff (71) was second. He began the day with a three-shot lead and harm his probabilities with 5 bogeys over his first 10 holes. Kevin Kisner (66) completed one other stroke again.
DeChambeau eliminated all doubt with a powerful end.
He made a 30-foot birdie putt at No. 16, a brief putt for birdie on the following gap and uncorked a 367-yard drive to arrange one other brief putt at 18.
DeChambeau got here into the week with six straight top-eight finishes and was the one participant with high 10s within the first three occasions after the restart from the coronavirus. He gained for the primary time because the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in November 2018.
His power was on full display in Detroit with drives that routinely went about 350 yards.
DeChambeau’s drive on the 621-yard, par-5 fourth went way left and landed in the greenside rough of an adjacent hole. He then cleared trees and landed just short of the green, sending his approach 276 yards and he two-putted from 37 feet.
As his body and power becomes a fixation for those who follow golf, more eyes are on him and it bothered him during the third round.
On Saturday, DeChambeau had a testy exchange with a TV cameraman after a bogey on the sixth hole. After the round, he bristled, saying it isn’t right showing a potential vulnerability and hurting someone’s image.
