Xander Schaufele claimed his first main win after a birdie on the ultimate gap noticed him create golf historical past with a dramatic one-stroke victory on the PGA Championship.
Schaufele took a share of the lead with Colin Morikawa on the ultimate day at Valhalla and located himself two strokes forward heading into the again 9, just for Bryson DeChambeau and Victor Hovland to leap into competition.
Hovland was inside one of many lead till three pictures adrift on the ultimate gap, the place DeChambeau made a superb birdie to shut with an unblemished 64 and transfer alongside Schauffele at 20 beneath.
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Bryson DeChambeau birdied the ultimate gap to tie Xander Schaufele atop the leaderboard
Because of this, Schaufele wanted a birdie on the par-5 ultimate to win, the place he holed from six toes to shut with a final-round 65 to complete at 21 beneath and put up the bottom 72-hole rating in males’s main historical past.
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