The trash-talking has begun.Tomorrow, DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka, who both play on the LIV Golf circuit, will compete against PGA Tour stars McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler in the Crypto.com Showdown (6 p.

Scottie Scheffler owned 2024, but he wasn't a factor in the most riveting finish of the golf season. That took place on Sunday at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst, where Bryson DeChambeau delivered arguably the shot of the year to claim a second major by one shot over Rory McIlroy.

McIlroy suffered one of the toughest defeats of his career when he lost the lead on the back nine, missing a putt a little more than two feet away on hole 16 and then another putt — this time from four feet — on the last hole to finish behind DeChambeau.