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2015 US Amateur pin flag Olympia Fields Country Club Bryson DeChambeau open pga

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    OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Southern Methodist University senior Bryson DeChambeau became the fifth player to win the NCAA championship and the U.S. Amateur Championship in the same year Sunday when he claimed the Havemeyer Trophy with a 7-and-6 decision over the University of Virginia’s Derek Bard at Olympia Fields Country Club.
    “Having my name etched on this trophy with the great Bob Jones as well as Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, all those guys, it's incredible,” said the 21-year-old from Clovis, Calif., who wears a Ben Hogan-style cap. “I can't even imagine what I just did. It won't sink in, I'm sure, for the next couple days. But I'm honored.”The 2015 United States Walker Cup Team member, who took individual honors at the Concession Club in Bradenton, Fla., in May for the NCAA title, joins Jack Nicklaus (1961), Phil Mickelson (1990), Tiger Woods (1996) and Ryan Moore (2004) in winning both championships in the same year.
    “I'm in golf history,” said the SMU first-team All-American, who is No. 7 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking™. “That's pretty incredible. I don't understand it yet. I had a little bit of an understanding of what I just did, but I haven't felt the impact of it yet. That's an honor to be in that field.”
    DeChambeau, who was 2 down through seven holes, swung the match on the next hole when he chipped in for a winning birdie from deep greenside rough to reduce his deficit to one hole.
    “I think the turning point of the whole day really is he when airmails the green on (No.) 8 and flops it in,” said Bard, 20, of New Hartford, N.Y. “You have to pull off shots like that if you want to win a championship like this. It's one of those signature shots. It was pretty cool to watch. He hit a perfect shot up there and tumbled in. Like I say, he deserves it and from that point on, he really took control.”
    DeChambeau, who shot 61 in the third round in helping the USA win the 2014 World Amateur Team Championship in Japan, followed that chip-in with a win on the 10th hole to square the match. He then took Nos. 14, 15 and 16 (14 and 15 with birdies) for a 3-up lead. He double-bogeyed the 18th and held a 2-up lead through the lunch break of the 36-hole championship match at Olympia Fields’ North Course, host to two U.S. Open Championships.