Golf: Thompson captures first PGA title

Thompson wins $6 million Honda Classic by two strokes.

PALM BEACH GARDENS: American Michael Thompson birdied the final hole to hold off Australian Geoff Ogilvy and capture his first PGA title, winning the $6 million Honda Classic by two strokes on Sunday.

Thompson, last year’s US Open runner-up, played the back nine at level par on his way to firing a one-under par 69 in a windy final round to finish on nine-under par 271 with 2006 US Open winner Ogilvy second after a closing 69.

“Really, I just stuck to my game plan,” said Thompson. “All week I’m just trying to find it in the dirt. This week, it was magical. I just tried to keep feeling it, keep believing it.”

Published in The Express Tribune, March 5^th, 2013.