‘Didn’t talk to me once’ – Bryson DeChambeau gives insight into Masters rivalry with Rory McIlroy

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RORY McILROY “didn’t talk once” to playing partner Bryson DeChambeau on a gripping final day of the Masters.

The Northern Irishman, 35, burst into tears on the 18th green as he finally ended his 14-year wait for a Green Jacket – but only after threatening to blow a five-shot lead with eight holes to play.

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McIlroy infamously imploded to gift DeChambeau the US Open title last year and vowed revenge – and looked set to do the same as a rampant Justin Rose charged back to force a playoff.

After his US Open heartbreak, McIlroy – speaking in Las Vegas last December – said: “I’d like to go up against Bryson and get him back for what he did to me at the US Open.”

DeChambeau jokingly responded: “To be fair, you kind of did that to yourself.”

While there’s no real bad blood between the superstars, it’s reported by golf.com the pair are “not friends”.

On Sunday, McIlroy got his wish as he was partnered with the American for the final round – but refused to utter a word to him all day on the course, according to his rival.

When asked how McIlroy was doing in the clubhouse after his win, DeChambeau replied: “No idea…

“He didn’t talk to me once all day.”

When asked if he had tried to chat with the new champion, DeChambeau snapped: “He wouldn’t talk to me.”

It’s not unusual for rivals gunning for glory to ignore each other during the final round – and DeChambeau didn’t appear to hold any ill will towards the eventual champion.

Despite the blunt interview, the American – who hilariously became an unlikely sex symbol during the Augusta weekend – revealed his heart was breaking for McIlroy as he looked destined to miss out on yet another Major.

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After McIlroy found Rae’s Creek in his approach to the 13th to eventually notch a double bogey, DeChambeau said: “I wanted to cry for him.

“I mean, as a professional, you just know to hit it in the middle of the green, and I can’t believe he went for it, or must have just flared it.

“But I’ve hit bad shots in my career, too, and it happens. When you’re trying to win a major championship, especially out here, Sunday of Augusta, the Masters, you have to just do it and get the job done and do it right.

“There were times where it looked like he had full control and at times where it’s like, what’s going on? Kind of looked like one of my rounds, actually.”

McIlroy’s success on the course comes after a turbulent year off it.

And that was typified by his emotional embrace of wife Erica Stroll and daughter Poppy as soon as he made his way off the 18th green.

After his win, a tearful McIlroy said: “It’s a dream come true.

“I have dreamt about that moment for as long as I can remember.

“Watching Tiger (Woods) here in 1997 do what he did, winning his first green jacket, I think that inspired so many of my generation to want to emulate what he did.

“It feels incredible. This is my 17th time here and I started to wonder if it would ever be my time.

“The last 10 years coming here with the burden of the grand slam on my shoulder and trying to achieve it, I wonder what we’re going to talk about going into next year.

“I’m absolutely honoured, thrilled and proud to be able to call myself a Masters champion.”

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