US Open winner Bryson DeChambeau urges PGA Tour and LIV Golf to ‘figure it out’

Bryson DeChambeau hopes golf’s civil war will swiftly come to an end in the wake of his dramatic US Open victory over a devastated Rory McIlroy at Pinehurst.

DeChambeau saved par from a bunker on the 72nd hole to inflict more misery on McIlroy, who had led by two shots with five holes to play in pursuit of a fifth major title and first since 2014, but agonisingly missed short par putts on the 16th and 18th.

DeChambeau concedes he is “part of the reason” for the schism in men’s professional golf after joining LIV Golf two years ago and being one of the players to file an anti-trust lawsuit against the PGA Tour.

The highly unorthodox American has often been a polarising figure, attracting fans with his prodigious hitting but putting off others by claiming that Augusta National was therefore a “par 67” for him and trying to convince a referee to award him a free drop from an anthill because they were “dangerous animals”.

Bryson DeChambeau has won @USOpenGolf for the second time