Johnson Wagner Recreates Bryson DeChambeau's U.S. Open-Winning Bunker Shot In All-Time Live TV Moment

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Bryson DeChambeau's bunker shot on the 72nd hole of the U.S. Open to set up his tournament-clinching putt at Pinehurst No. 2 is one for the ages and a shot that will go down in major championship history. Unfortunately for DeChambeau, but fortunately for all of us, Golf Channel analyst Johnson Wagner one-upped the two-time major champion by recreating the shot in the dark.

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For anyone who hasn't been tuning into Golf Channel's ‘Live From’ shows throughout the network's major championship coverage this year, Wagner has become a legitimate star on the show. The three-time PGA Tour winner has taken it upon himself to recreate some of the best moments of each round on the golf course after the fact, and it was no surprise he jumped into the fairway bunker DeChambeau escaped from on Sunday.

DeChambeau faced a 55-yard bunker shot on the 18th hole where an up-and-down would make him a two-time U.S. Open winner and a bogey would put him in a playoff with Rory McIlroy. He pulled off the shot of the year, maybe the decade, and knocked his approach to inside five feet.

Wagner, on his second attempt in front of Bryson himself, knocked the bunker shot to within inches in what has to be one of the greatest live TV moments in golf studio show history.

Trying to hit a 55-yard bunker shot in the dark, with zero warmup, in front of a live TV audience, with the guy who just won the U.S. Open an hour ago looking on, has to be one of the most nerve-wracking things Wagner has ever attempted.

To do it a second time, with DeChambeau playing the role of commentator and instructor, and nearly knocking it in the hole (without the flagstick in!!!) is a shot Wagner and every single one of us will remember forever.

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