He is the golfer who received an apology from Bryson DeChambeau after the only DP World Tour victory of his career

Much of the focus after Richard McEvoy won the 2018 Porsche European Open was on the ‘classless’ actions of Bryson DeChambeau as he departed the 18th green.

DeChambeau threw away a golden opportunity to secure his first victory on the European Tour in Germany. The American was 11 under par with four holes to play. He was looking to become the third player from his country to lift the title, after Bobby Wadkins and Tom Kite.

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However, DeChambeau fell apart over the final stages. He was five over par for the last four holes, with a triple bogey coming on the last to really add insult to injury.

That meant that when Richard McEvoy made a birdie on the 72nd hole, he was able to celebrate his first ever victory on the European Tour.

Bryson DeChambeau was no stranger to having to issue an apology

Remarkably, he had won on the Challenge Tour – the second tier of European golf – just the previous week. It was the first time since 2010 that a player had achieved the feat of winning on both tours in successive weeks.

Nevertheless, DeChambeau was in no mood to celebrate with the journeyman. The pair exchanged the briefest of handshakes before DeChambeau swiftly stormed off the green, clearly frustrated with his own performance as he ended up in a tie for 13th.

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He would have found himself in a playoff with McEvoy had he played the last four holes in level par.

DeChambeau had already come in for criticism for a previous mistake in a European Tour event. As an amateur at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in 2016, DeChambeau decided against helping Andy Sullivan look for his ball in a group that also included Rory McIlroy.

Unfortunately, the search party was unable to find Sullivan’s ball, so he had to go back to the tee.

DeChambeau would later apologise, as reported by Sky Sports, insisting that he had assumed that the Englishman’s ball had gone straight into the water.

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So perhaps that helps explain why some were not impressed by his conduct two years later in Germany.

Eddie Pepperell took to X to label the handshake ‘classless’.