BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — SMU’s Bryson DeChambeau won the NCAA individual golf title Monday and Illinois topped the eight team match-play qualifiers.

DeChambeau closed with a 1-under 71 for a one-stroke victory over Washington’s Pan Cheng-Tsung at The Concession Golf Club. DeChambeau finished at 8-under 280.

“I always felt like I could contend for a national championship, but I never believed in myself that I could,” DeChambeau said. “From this year to last year, it was about trusting myself and my game. That allowed me to get here.”

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Quick shoutout to Bryson DeChambeau on winning the NCAA Individual Golf Championship yesterday. No I probably wouldn’t blog this if it was just your standard yearly champion, but taking your shirt off and letting that pasty gut hang for the world to see while saving par from the water officially makes you the coolest bro in college golf and gets you a spot up on the blog. TOFTB at the NCAA Championships then winning the damn thing – power moves only.

#PonyUp