August 14, 2011

American Wins Golf Major: Down by five strokes after a triple bogey on 15, Keegan Bradley beat Jason Dufner in a three-hole playoff to win the PGA Championship. Bradley, the 25-year-old nephew of LPGA Hall of Famer Pat Bradley, becomes the first American to win a major since Phil Mickelson at the 2010 Masters.

posted by rcade to golf at 08:24 PM - 5 comments

Holes 15-18 were pretty can't-tear-your-eyes-off-the-TV, as much so as I've seen golf in a good while. Each shot could make or break a player's chances, and many did. What a recovery from Bradley.

posted by boredom_08 at 08:41 PM on August 14, 2011

For the first 5 times I saw Keegan Bradley's name in print, I swore they had it backwards.

I missed the last 4 holes of regulation, but caught the playoffs. I was happy to see Dufner finish nicely on the last playoff hole.

posted by grum@work at 10:01 PM on August 14, 2011

Dufner handled the walking-off-the-last-green interview well.

posted by littleLebowski at 09:13 AM on August 15, 2011

Ummm...U-S-A, U-S-A?

posted by kokaku at 10:05 AM on August 15, 2011

13 different major winners in a row. Exciting times to be a golf fan (even if it means I haven't hit a golf bet for months!).

Favourite shout from the crowd all week came after Duffner hit yet another perfect tee shot somewhere in the back nine yesterday and someone yelled: "Fear the waggle!"

Jason Duffner

Big Chris from Roary the Racing Car

posted by JJ at 10:20 AM on August 15, 2011

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