Justin Thomas wins playoff to capture PGA Championship | Golf News – Times of India

TULSA, UNITED STATES: Justin Thomas defeated fellow American Will Zalatoris by one stroke in a three-hole aggregate playoff on Sunday to win the PGA Championship at Southern Hills.
Thomas, the 2017 PGA champion captured his second major title by going two-under par in the playoff with Zalatoris on one-under.

Twice as nice @PGAChampionship 🏆🏆 https://t.co/7LwUF17WQB
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) 1653264331000

Zalatoris and Thomas each birdied the par-5 13th. At the par-4 17th, Thomas drove the green and two-putted for birdie from 36 feet while Zalatoris chipped to seven feet but missed his birdie bid.

Major comeback 😤 https://t.co/TpM1Sf0vq8
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) 1653270300000

At the 18th hole, Zalatoris missed a 40-foot birdie try and Thomas two-putted from 26 feet, tapping in for par and the victory.
Thomas, who began the day seven strokes adrift, matched the greatest last-round comeback in PGA history, American John Mahaffey’s seven-shot rally at Oakmont in 1978.

Add another one to the list. https://t.co/RKFOtMrcNy
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) 1653266072000

The title came after a heartbreaking last-hole collapse by Chile’s Mito Pereira, who led all day only to end with a double-bogey disaster and squander the trophy.

Big congrats to @JustinThomas34! He kept himself in this championship until the very end and once he got his shot h… https://t.co/qctJrGx4AK
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) 1653265375000

Thomas fired a three-under-par 67 in Sunday’s final round and Zalatoris, last year’s Masters runner-up, shot 71 to finish 72 holes at Southern Hills deadlocked on five-under 275.
Pereira, who clung to at least a share of the lead throughout a dramatic final round, drove way right into water on the 18th hole on the way to a double bogey to tumble from the lead, shooting a 75 to share third with American Cameron Young on 276.

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