Australian officials have argued they must protect the pathways for young stars by staying aligned with the PGA Tour. Now,they’ve got a golfer dreaming of a Ferrari as the best example.
Justin Thomas birdied the first two holes of a three-hole aggregate playoff to win the PGA Championship for the second time,topping Will Zalatoris in the extra holes on Monday (AEST).
Still recovering from severe leg injuries suffered in a car crash last year,Tiger Woods shot 79 in the third round and withdrew for the first time in his professional career.
The Aussie world No.4 only found out during a TV interview he had hit another player during a dramatic second round,during which Bubba Watson went within one shot of a record and Tiger Woods just made the cut.
Lucas Herbert and Cameron Smith were the best of the Australians at Southern Hills as Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy picked straight up from his late Masters charge.
Tiger Woods has torn into defending champion Phil Mickelson for siding with the Saudis and putting his own interests above that of the Tour ahead of the PGA Championship.
The year’s second major gets under way late on Thursday with Cameron Smith the pick of the Australians as he chases a maiden triumph in Oklahoma.
Woods,who has already said he planned to play the British Open at St Andrews in July,made a highly-anticipated return to competition three weeks ago at the Masters.
You didn’t have to be an oldster yourself to recognise Mickelson’s achievement,but if you were,you might have wanted him to win as much as a sports fan can want anything.
It can be argued that no great player in history has been written off more often,and in more different ways,than newly-minted PGA Championship winner Phil Mickelson.
Phil Mickelson has won the PGA Championship by two shots to become the oldest major winner in history.