Bryson DeChambeau fired a final-round 71 on Sunday to win the US Open in dramatic style, bettering Rory McIlroy by one stroke at Pinehurst No 2 in North Carolina. It was DeChambeau’s second major victory. He won the 2020 US Open at Winged Foot.

It came down to the 72nd hole. Tied going into it, the American managed a par on the last, getting up and down from a greenside bunker 55 yards away. DeChambeau hit an unbelievable bunker shot to four feet and sank the putt to finish at six-under, a stark contrast to McIlroy, who also had four feet for par on the 72nd hole but missed.

McIlroy made three bogeys in his final four holes, including two missed par putts inside four feet, to finish five-under. DeChambeau played the same stretch in one-over, which was good enough to get the job done.

Tony Finau and Patrick Cantlay finished in a tie for third at four-under. Matthieu Pavon was fifth at three-under.

“Man, I can’t believe that up-and-down on the last. That was overall probably the best shot of my life,” DeChambeau said.

DeChambeau started the day with a three-shot lead, but it was just one by the turn. McIlroy charged with two-under front nine and turned on the jets with birdies at 10, 12 and 13 to momentarily take a two-shot lead. But DeChambeau answered back with a birdie of his own at 13, and McIlroy couldn’t manage his nerves down the stretch. He made a bogey on the par-three 15th after flying the green long. Then he missed a pair of short par putts on 16 and 18 to lose in excruciating fashion.

McIlroy’s chase for an elusive fifth major victory will continue.