SMU Daily Campus · Aug 24, 2015
DeChambeau wins U.S. Amateur Championship
U.S. Amateur Champion Bryson DeChambeau (Courtesy of Twitter)SMU senior Bryson DeChambeau won the 115th U.S. Amateur Championship Sunday. With the victory, he joins Hank Kuehne (1998), Colt Knost (2007), and Kelly Kraft (2011) as the fourth golfer from SMU to win the prestigious title. He is also one of only five golfers, including Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jack Nicklaus, and Ryan Moore, to win the NCAA Individual Championship and the U.S. Amateur in the same calendar year.
The event was held at Olympia Fields Country Club in Illinois. After qualifying in the No. 23 position of stroke play, DeChambeau defeated five opponents in commanding fashion en route to the finals.