Dustin Johnson proud despite Chambers Bay horror ending

It was perhaps the most agonising three-putt in majors history but Dustin Johnson insisted he was proud of his efforts after another last-day heartbreak.

Denied a major title by his own fallibility, and not for the first time, Johnson took solace in his family, having handed the US Open on a plate to Jordan Spieth on Sunday night.

The American trudged off the 18th green to be greeted by his partner Paulina Gretzky and their six-month old son Tatum, whom he hugged as he came off the 18th green. The 30-year-old also sought out his prospective father in law, ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, “The Great One” who knows about a thing or about the thin line between success and failure.