Can Bryson go back-to-back?
IT was a memorable victory at Pinehurst in 2024, with Bryson DeChambeau outlasting Rory McIlroy in a final spherical shootout to safe a second US Open title.
That win got here 4 years on from his first US Open triumph in 2020, with DeChambeau exhibiting a liking for what’s historically golf’s most demanding course arrange.
Now 12 months on from his second nationwide open victory, and with a few his high-profile rivals in type after taking out the primary two main championships of 2025, the query is, can Bryson go back-to-back on the upcoming US Open?
On current type, many will agree it’s a distinct chance, with DeChambeau threatening for a time over the ultimate two rounds of the PGA Championship, earlier than ending because the runner up, coming after taking part in alongside McIlroy within the final group on Sunday on the US Masters in April.
And in between the 2 main championship occasions, DeChambeau claimed a formidable win on the LIV Golf Tour in South Korea. In a final day duel with Charles Howell, DeChambeau countered his Crushers GC teammate’s nine-under par 63 with a 66 of his personal to win by two pictures.
Previous to that at his earlier two LIV occasions DeChambeau had been in profitable positions, main after 36-holes on each events earlier than being run down by Joaquin Niemann in Mexico Metropolis and by Aussie Marc Leishman in Miami.
Whereas the 2 US Open wins on DeChambeau’s resume is spectacular and can give him confidence, so too will his tie for fifteenth as a 21-year-old rookie skilled when the event was final performed at Oakmont again in 2016.
Nonetheless, whereas DeChambeau will arrive on the 2025 staging of the US Open as one of many favourites, the challengers are lining up.
McIlroy might be on the lookout for some kind of redemption after his heartbreaking US Open loss final yr, Scottie Scheffler now has three main titles to his credit score and is a participant to beat each time he tees it up, whereas Jon Rahm is a category performer who bobbed up on the PGA and wouldn’t shock have been he to win at Oakmont.
Throw in Niemann, the standout participant on the LIV Tour over the previous two years, Xander Schauffele, a two-time main champion in 2024, together with the younger weapons together with Ludvig Aberg, and the 2025 US Open, bringing the perfect gamers collectively, guarantees to be one other enthralling contest.
Scott’s main streak continues – however now there’s work to be finished
Whereas the ramifications might not be felt till subsequent yr, following a late collapse on the PGA Championship 44-year-old Adam Scott can have some work to do ought to he hope to proceed his exceptional streak of consecutive appearances within the main championships.
Scott had climbed the leaderboard at Quail Hole in Charlotte within the closing spherical, and at six-under taking part in the brief 14th gap, a rating which might end second, was each probability of ending amongst the leaders.
What adopted was a bogey at 14, one other at 17, then a double bogey six on the par 4 18th and Scott slipped to a tie for nineteenth, exterior the highest 15 who earn an computerized exemption into the sphere for the 2026 PGA Championship.
The US Open might be Adam Scott’s 96th consecutive look in a serious championship.
Because of his late spherical struggles, Scott will now should earn a spot in subsequent yr’s occasion by different means, for what would probably be his 99th consecutive look at a serious, the longest sequence amongst energetic gamers.
The PGA Championship was his ninety fifth main in a row, along with his unbroken 24-year sequence, which started on the 2001 Open Championship, nearly double that of Jordan Spieth, who with 49 appearances has the next-longest run amongst energetic gamers.
The streak is second solely to Jack Nicklaus who performed 146 majors with out lacking one between 1962 and 1998.
Scott, who will play the upcoming US Open, then the Open Championship at Portrush, earlier than as a former champion the US Masters subsequent April, may assure a begin on the 2026 PGA by profitable one other PGA TOUR occasion, or by ending within the top-70 on the season-long PGA TOUR FedEx Cup rankings.
