Rory McIlroy ignored Bryson Dechambeau in Masters final round: He didnt talk to me once all day

AUGUSTA, Ga.— Bryson DeChambeau, who played in the final round with Masters winner Rory McIlroy, said he tried to converse with McIlroy all day and McIlroy refused to engage.“He didn’t talk to me once all day,’’ said DeChambeau, who shot 75 and finished four shots out of the lead.Asked if he tried to initiate conversation with McIlroy, DeChambeau said, “He wouldn’t talk to me.

He was just like … just being focused, I guess.It’s not me, though.”DeChambeau said he “wanted to cry’’ for McIlroy after the Northern Ireland native hit his third shot into Rae’s Creek to bring everyone back into the tournament he was controlling.“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,’’ he said.

“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?’”There was a thought that when DeChambeau drained his 48-foot birdie putt on 18 to close his third round on Saturday evening, it may have propelled him to a Masters victory on Sunday.The birdie got DeChambeau to within two shots of McIlroy and, more importantly, it earned him a spot in the final pairing on Sunday.DeChambeau got off to a dream start when McIlroy took double bogey on the first hole after hitting his tee shot into the fairway bunker, leaving the two tied at 10-under par.He then took a one-shot lead with birdie on No.

2.So, a three-shot swing in two holes and DeChambeau appeared on his way … until he wasn’t.DeChambeau would slowly and agonizingly melt down from there.While he bogeyed No.

3, McIlroy birdied it and regained the lead that DeChambeau would never regain.DeChambeau bogeyed No.

4, McIlroy birded it and Mc...