Bryson DeChambeau is the new Major winner of 2024. He beat his biggest rival, Rory McIlroy, in a tense final to claim his second US Open victory. This makes him only the 23rd player to win the tournament more than once. With a total prize money of 21.5 million US dollars, he therefore won the highest Major prize money of all time. 4.3 million US dollars was awarded for winning the US Open 2024. In addition to the prize money, there are other figures that are worth looking at: We take a look at some interesting statistics from the final round and the tournament as a whole.
US Open Golf 2024: Bryson DeChambeau’s biggest weakness
It should come as little surprise that Bryson DeChambeau, the long drive expert, played the longest average distance from the tee. With an average of 337.9 yards, he is just ahead of his strongest competitor in the tournament, Rory McIlroy with an average of 335.6 yards. However, DeChambeau’s precision seems to suffer from this enormous length. On Sunday, the most important day of the tournament, the LIV player only hit five out of 14 fairways: “Man, I felt like I was hitting the driver pretty well today. It just wasn’t starting exactly where I wanted it to.” This makes him the worst player in this ranking alongside David Puig. In the overall standings in this category, he is only tied 66th after 72 holes. The best performance in this regard was shown by Sepp Straka, who hit 49 out of 56 fairways, which equates to 88 percent.
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Nevertheless, the eventual winner reached the greens in regulation 65 percent of the time, which only six players managed better than him. He also putted solidly with an average of 1.72 putts, but his putting in the final round was the worst of all four days of play.
Rory McIlroy’s most expensive mistake ever?
Rory McIlroy is tied 16th in the “Putting” category and is definitely one of the better putters in the tournament. However, the Northern Irishman will certainly not be able to forget one particular slip-up on the green in the battle for his tenth major title. McIlroy and DeChambeau went into the 18th hole with a total score of six shots under par each and McIlroy had the chance to hole out for par from about one meter on the green. McIlroy blundered, his ball missed the hole and he opened the door to victory for DeChambeau. Rory McIlroy has already had 496 putts from this distance this season – 100 percent of these putts made it into the hole. Except for this one, which robbed him of the chance to win the major title.
Nevertheless, McIlroy played one of only 13 rounds under par on Sunday at Pinehurst No. 2 with a 69. 71.78 was the average score of the day on the par-70 course. DeChambeau finished the day with a 71, which was his first and only round over par in the tournament. No player remained under par in all rounds. With 17 birdies, the eventual winner played more birdies than anyone else. An extreme counter-example here is Scottie Scheffler. The world number 1 played his worst tournament for a long time: Scheffler collected just four birdies over 72 holes. He usually averages 5.22 birdies per round on the PGA Tour.