Mere hours after shooting a final-round 75 in the final group of the Masters to tie for fifth place, four shots behind Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau was at Pinehurst Resort to commemorate his epic bunker shot that helped him win the U.S. Open last summer … over Rory McIlroy.

DeChambeau opened with a par and a birdie Sunday at Augusta National and took the lead by a shot after McIlroy opened with a double bogey on the first hole. DeChambeau didn’t have his best iron game all week and it finally caught up with him. A double bogey on the 11th hole and a bogey on the 12th hole put him out of contention for his first green jacket. McIlroy topped Justin Rose on the first hole of a playoff to capture the career Grand Slam.

On Monday in North Carolina, DeChambeau was joined by hundreds of locals and shown a plaque next to the greenside bunker on the 18th hole at Pinehurst’s No. 2 course that reads, “Bryson DeChambeau blasted a 55-degree wedge from this bunker to 4 feet, setting up his winning put in the 124th U.S. Open Championship.” And it has the June 16, 2024, date along with a quote from DeChambeau calling it “the shot of my life.”

Video also surfaced of DeChambeau attempting to hit that impressive shot again. It’s not clear how many times he attempted to hit the shot, but in the one video that appeared on social media, the ball landed on the front of the green.

Last summer, of course, DeChambeau parred the final three holes to top McIlroy by a shot, the last coming on the 18th when he got up and down from this bunker, making the four-footer for par. McIlroy missed two short putts for par on the last three holes to come up short.

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