Bryson DeChambeau breaks Paige Spiranac’s heart after US Open meltdown

Paige Spiranac is used to dishing out home truths to Bryson DeChambeau, but she felt nothing but sadness after a cruel twist.

Paige Spiranac feels sorry for Bryson DeChambeau.

Paige Spiranac is closing her Bryson DeChambeau burn book.

This week the former golfer turned social media influencer offered her condolences to polarising star DeChambeau, who imploded in the final round of the US Open on Monday (AEST) to cough up the outright lead and finish well back in the pack.

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“I feel bad for Bryson. We’ve all been there with golf and it’s a horrible feeling,” Spiranac tweeted at the time.

DeChambeau, last year’s US Open champion, had a one-shot lead at 5-under par, but lost his way big time during his final nine holes and ended at 3-over. He finished the tournament tied for 26th.

“I didn’t get off the rails at all,” DeChambeau said of his performance. “It’s golf. People will say I did this or did that, and it’s just golf. I’ve had plenty of times where I hit it way worse than today and I won. It’s just one of those things where I didn’t have the right breaks happen at the right time.”

Spiranac — who has long been an outspoken critic of DeChambeau’s at-times petulant behaviour — addressed his meltdown in the latest episode of her podcast, saying his downward spiral “broke (her) heart”.

“He looked like he was about to cry on No. 18, and I know a lot of you guys are going to say, ‘Well, it’s Bryson, it’s karma, he deserves it’,” Spiranac said on Playing-A-Round. “Whatever it may be, and regardless of your opinion on Bryson DeChambeau, we have all been in that position.

“We’ve all been on the golf course where it feels good, and all of the sudden, it takes a turn for the worst. I never want anyone to feel that way or go through that because it’s horrible, it is truly horrible.”

DeChambeau lost the plot on the back nine of his final round (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images).

Spiranac also explained that while she has called out DeChambeau’s actions in the past, her intentions are not malicious.

“I know a lot of people think that I’m a Bryson hater, I am not a Bryson hater. I said some things about Bryson when he was acting up, being a little bit of a jerk, called him out on it, but since then, I haven’t had a problem with Bryson,” Spiranac said.

“He is fun to talk about, at times he is fun to hate on, he is an easy joke, and most of the time when I’m messing around with it, it’s a bit.”

Spiranac told her listeners that she never wanted to “seem hateful towards someone else”.

“It’s all in good fun, and maybe I’ve crossed the line here or there, but I’ve just tried to do it in a humorous way,” she said.

Although DeChambeau can bounce back, according to Spiranac, she was excited for this year’s champion, Jon Rahm, who celebrated with wife Kelley Cahill and their newborn son, Kepa, on Monday.

“LFG Jon Rahm. Much deserved,” she tweeted.

This story first appeared on the New York Post and was reproduced with permission

Originally published as Bryson DeChambeau breaks Paige Spiranac’s heart after US Open meltdown