Golfer who won $100K thanks to DeChambeau's hole-in-one challenge plans on donating money

After winning his 2nd U.S. Open past summer, Bryson DeChambeau earned the nickname, "The People's Champ."

It's a persona the Clovis East grad has leaned into with his YouTube page.

From playing with presidents to Hall of Fame quarterback, DeChambeau has garnered millions of views showcasing his authentic self.

So, erstwhile Jimmy Elliott, a 34-year-old fiscal planner successful Fort Worth, Texas, saw a telephone for applicants from Bryson's leafage for an upcoming video, helium signed up.

"I get a notification that says Bryson DeChambeau wants to travel you and I accidental 'Well, this is beauteous fun!" Elliot told Action News.

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Out of a excavation of 7 1000 applicants Elliott was picked for a societal media challenge. If helium could deed a hole-in-one implicit Bryson's Texas home, he'd triumph $100,000.

"Your bosom starts racing due to the fact that you look backmost and conscionable spot each these windows," Elliot recalled.

Elliott, a scratch golfer with a handicap scale of 0.0, was struggling with his aim.

"You conscionable benignant of anticipation that you set correctly. What 8 feet is connected the crushed what does that mean connected a roofline."

With 7 hours to deed the ace (from 95 yards out), Elliott deed his archetypal vocation hole-in-one connected conscionable his 5th try.

"The coolest portion was Bryson was astir apt much excited than I was," helium said.

"I was excited but Bryson was pumped...you don't expect things similar this to happen."

The 'life-changing money' is other saccharine for a household who's archetypal calved has a rare-genetic abnormality.

That required their babe lad to walk clip successful a infirmary with a tracheostomy (breathing tube) and a gastrostomy fastener (feeding tube).

One period aft the trach conduit was removed, Elliott learned helium had testicular crab astatine the property of 28.

Thanks to chemotherapy treatments, he's present crab escaped 5 years later.

That past is wherefore helium his woman program connected donating astir of their caller recovered wealth to their favourite charities.

"You look backmost astatine life's moments & recognize it's not each astir conscionable the things that you tin bash it's astir the relationships and being a blessing to different radical right," helium said.

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"We've been blessed to beryllium a blessing."

After the ace, Elliott spent the remainder of the scheduled six hours conscionable hanging retired with DeChambeau and adjacent got to clasp the U.S. Open trophy.

"You conscionable spot the names connected the database and you're similar 'this is the existent thing!"

Elliot said his archetypal impressions of Bryson was that helium was a "villain" from his clip connected the PGA Tour but came distant with a wholly antithetic sentiment aft that afternoon.

"He was truthful engaged," Elliott said. "I cannot accidental capable bully things astir Bryson. He's got a instrumentality for life."

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