Bryson DeChambeau has revealed that Rory McIlroy did not speak to him at all during the final round of the Masters.
Ten months after DeChambeau edged out McIlroy to win his second US Open title at Pinehurst, the pair made up the final group at Augusta National, where McIlroy almost threw away a five-shot lead before beating Justin Rose in a play-off.
Asked after slipping to a tie for fifth following a closing 73 how McIlroy was feeling as he signed his scorecard, DeChambeau said: “No idea. Didn’t talk to me once all day.”
Pressed by another reporter on whether he had tried to initiate conversation during the round, DeChambeau added: “He wouldn’t talk to me.”
Despite the lack of conversation, DeChambeau said he felt bad for McIlroy when the Northern Irishman hit his approach to the 13th into Rae’s Creek to run up a double bogey.
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“I wanted to cry for him,” he said. “I mean, as a professional, you just know to hit it in the middle of the green, and I can’t believe he went for it, or must have just flared it.
“But I’ve hit bad shots in my career, too, and it happens. When you’re trying to win a major championship, especially out here, Sunday of Augusta, the Masters, you have to just do it and get the job done and do it right.
“There were times where it looked like he had full control and at times where it’s like, what’s going on? Kind of looked like one of my rounds, actually.”
