Golf: Dufner wins PGA title
Jason Dufner sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the last hole to win the PGA Byron Nelson Championship.
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Jason Dufner sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the last hole to win the PGA Byron Nelson Championship, taking his second title of the year only three weeks after ending a 163-event win drought. Dufner fired a final-round 67, three-under par, to finish on 11-under 269 and edge fellow American Dicky Pride by one stroke after Pride had made a similar 22-foot par putt from nearly the same spot to stay even with Dufner. “There were a lot of people making a lot of shots down the stretch,” said Dufner. “Luckily I had a nice chance at 18 to close it out. I had a good feel for the putt. I didn’t want a playoff.”
Published in The Express Tribune, May 22nd, 2012.
Jason Dufner sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the last hole to win the PGA Byron Nelson Championship, taking his second title of the year only three weeks after ending a 163-event win drought. Dufner fired a final-round 67, three-under par, to finish on 11-under 269 and edge fellow American Dicky Pride by one stroke after Pride had made a similar 22-foot par putt from nearly the same spot to stay even with Dufner. “There were a lot of people making a lot of shots down the stretch,” said Dufner. “Luckily I had a nice chance at 18 to close it out. I had a good feel for the putt. I didn’t want a playoff.”
Published in The Express Tribune, May 22nd, 2012.