Kevin Cunningham
@GOLF_com
It’s not a shocker that Bryson DeChambeau confirmed as much as the SMU soccer recreation this weekend, or that he joined the enjoyable within the scholar part. However what Bryson introduced with him undoubtedly counts as a shock.
The 2-time U.S. Open champion performed school golf at SMU, the place he rapidly turned probably the most achieved gamers at school historical past. He little doubt spent his fair proportion of time within the scholar part at Mustangs soccer video games as a scholar, and he’s made common appearances since turning into probably the most well-known athletes on the planet.
However this Saturday, DeChambeau had one thing particular in retailer.
Although he performs for LIV Golf, DeChambeau’s profile rose as soon as once more this summer time when he gained his second U.S. Open title at Pinehurst No. 2. Together with the win, in fact, got here some {hardware}: the U.S. Open Championship Trophy, the present model of which dates again to the Forties (the unique trophy was misplaced in a hearth in 1946). And as this 12 months’s champion, DeChambeau will get to maintain the famed silver for a 12 months.
It seems he took it with him to the soccer recreation. Through the second quarter of the Mustangs 48-25 victory over the College of Pittsburgh Panthers, DeChambeau introduced the trophy to the SMU scholar part and, as is perhaps anticipated, the present college students misplaced it.
You possibly can try a glimpse of the second by way of an X submit that made the rounds.
DeChambeau was a college legend lengthy earlier than he gained any professional tournaments. Throughout his time enjoying at SMU, DeChambeau turned the primary SMU participant to win the NCAA Division I particular person championship. Later that very same 12 months, he gained the 2015 U.S. Beginner.
As for the present Mustangs soccer workforce, they’re on a roll. Ranked No. 13 to start out the week, SMU’s dominant win over Pittsburgh improved their report to 8-1.
Kevin Cunningham
Golf.com Editor
As managing producer for GOLF.com, Cunningham edits, writes and publishes tales on GOLF.com, and manages the model’s e-newsletters, which attain greater than 1.4 million subscribers every month. A former two-time intern, he additionally helps maintain GOLF.com buzzing exterior the news-breaking tales and repair content material offered by our reporters and writers, and works with the tech workforce within the improvement of latest merchandise and progressive methods to ship an interesting website to our viewers.