Bryson DeChambeau was "baffled" by his inability to make the most of his opportunity to get into contention to win the PGA Championship, while Jon Rahm found it difficult to swallow his final-round collapse.

DeChambeau finished second for the second year in a row, having been five shots off winner Scottie Scheffler at the end of his final round, though he briefly led during the third round and was within two shots at one stage on Sunday.

The 31-year-old has won two majors in his career, but never the PGA Championship, and he struggled to get his head around his performance at Quail Hollow.

"I felt like I had the game to win this week and the golf course suited me pretty well. Missed a few putts coming down the stretch and got a little unlucky in this great game of golf. It kind of is what it is," he said, as quoted by Sky Sports.

"I'm sure you heard me out there really baffled quite a bit. It was a good fight, good battle, take a lot from it. It's just burning a bigger fire in my belly.

"I'm baffled right now. Just felt like things didn't go my way this week. Drove it really well. I drove it as good as I can, as of right now, I gave myself a good chance. I just felt like a couple breaks went a different way."

The PGA Championship marked the second successive major in which DeChambeau believed he had a chance of winning, having finished T6 at the Masters.

"Definitely had an opportunity to beat Rory [McIlroy at The Masters] and definitely had an opportunity to give Scottie [Scheffler] a run this week. I was leading after 16 holes on the third round, but man, I just didn't get it done.

"I've got to learn how to be a little more precise with the wind, not let the wind affect the ball as much. It's a tough task to do because I laid it so high and the ball just kind of moves it in the air. I've got to figure that out.

"I've got some tricks up my sleeve that I'm going to be working on and hopefully bring for the US Open, but I've got to get some equipment here soon."

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Rahm, meanwhile, acknowledged that his final-round capitulation was a hard one to accept.

The 30-year-old ended the week eighth on four-under, but had a share of the lead in the final round after three birdies across four holes from the eighth. Having dropped five shots over the final three holes, though, he fell away.

"It was really close. It's been a while since I had that much fun on a golf course, 15 holes. Even the first seven of the day where I was swinging well and things weren't happening. I kept myself in it, made the pars that I needed and played really good golf from the eighth to the 15th," he said.

"The last three holes, it's a tough pill to swallow right now. A lot of positives to take from this week. Pretty fresh wound right now. But there's been a lot of good happening this week and a lot of positive feelings to take for the rest of the year."

Rahm would have been the first Spanish golfer to win the PGA Championship, which would have in turn completed the third leg on his career Grand Slam.

Having overturned 54-hole deficits to win his previous two titles (2021 US Open and 2023 Masters), he suggested he had a level of expectation in himself.

"I think it's the first time I've been in position to win a major that close and haven't done it," he said. "The only times I think I've been in the lead in a major on a Sunday, I've been able to close it out and this is a very different situation.

"I always like to go back a little bit on something that Charles Barkley likes to remind basketball players all the time. I play golf for a living. It's incredible. Am I embarrassed a little bit about how I finished today? Yeah. But I just need to get over it, get over myself.

"It's not the end of the world. It's not like I'm a doctor or a first responder, where somebody if they have a bad day, truly bad things happen. I'll get over it. I'll move on.

"There's a lot more positive than negative to think about this week. I'm really happy I put myself in position and hopefully learn from this and give it another go in the US Open."