WASHINGTON (AFP) – Bryson DeChambeau, the 2020 US Open champion, fired the lowest round in LIV Golf history on Sunday, shooting a 12-under par 58 to win the LIV Golf Greenbrier title.
The 29-year-old American had 13 birdies against a lone bogey to finish on 23-under 187 for the 54-hole event at the resort in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia.
That was enough for a six-stroke victory over Chile’s Mito Pereira, who fired a closing 63.
DeChambeau’s score at the Old White course also matched the lowest round in US PGA Tour history, the 12-under 58 fired by American Jim Furyk in 2016 at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut.
“It’s beyond words,” DeChambeau said. “I’ve been working so hard for a long time and I knew something special was going to come at some point. I just didn’t know when.”DeChambeau called it “probably the greatest moment in my golfing career.”
DeChambeau birdied 22 of his last 34 holes on The Old White for his first victory since the 2021 PGA Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill.
“Just having my place in history here is something I’ll cherish for the rest of my life,” DeChambeau said after his course-record effort.
It also was DeChambeau’s first win since his father, Jon DeChambeau, died last November at age 63 after years of battling kidney disease.
