19-05-2025
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Bryson DeChambeau knocks Shane Lowry from top 10 in Official World Golf Ranking after US PGA Championship
LIV GOLF star Bryson DeChambeau has leapfrogged Shane Lowry in the Official World Golf Ranking.
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Shane Lowry dropped to 13th after the PGA Championship on the OWGR list
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Bryson DeChambeau takes Lowry's place in the top 10 of the rankings
2019 Open winner
The Offally man had a disappointing weekend at Quail Hollow after he missed the cut.
That was after he signed for a level-par 71 on his second round, which ultimately wasn't enough as he missed the mark by a single stroke on +2.
DeChambeau, while finishing T2 at the season's second major wasn't best pleased.
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Speaking to Amanda Balonis, the American said: "I'm baffled right now. Just felt like things just didn't go my way this week.
"Drove it really well. I drove it as good as I can, as of right now, I gave myself a good chance. I just felt like a couple breaks went a different way.
"There were times where I feel like I pressed. Green Mile did it to me yesterday and kind of did it to me again today, and that's golf, man.
"I've got to be more precise and fix what I can fix to make myself more consistent and get up there, the likes what have Scottie is doing right now."
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Scottie Scheffler won top prize, and a third major title after he saw off a determined challenge from
to romp home by five shotts.
This win followed an eight-shot victory in his previous outing in Dallas at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
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This year's PGA Championship has an overall purse of $19million [£14.3m], a new record, while Scheffler will take home $3.42m [£2.5m].
That's up from the $3.3m [£2.48m] taken home by Xander Schauffele last year.
