Keegan Bradley wins PGA major in 1st try
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. - Keegan Bradley has won the PGA Championship with an amazing comeback in regulation, then a three-hole playoff win over Jason Dufner at Atlanta Athletic Club.
Bradley went to the 16th hole Sunday down by five strokes, but he made two straight birdies and Dufner bogeyed three holes in a row to leave them tied at 8-under 272.
In the playoff, Bradley made a 4-foot birdie at the 16th hole to gain the upper hand. Dufner nearly holed out from the fairway, but missed a 6-foot birdie try.
Bradley was in command by two shots when Dufner three-putted the 17th for a bogey. Dufner made birdie at the tough finishing hole but it wasn't enough. Bradley tapped in from a foot away to claim the Wanamaker Trophy by a single stroke.
The 25-year-old became the first American since Phil Mickelson at the 2010 Masters to win a major championship, the longest such run for the country in the history of the game, ESPN reports.
Not only that, but Bradley became only the third player since 1913 to win in his first ever appearance in a major - following in the footsteps of that year's U.S. Open winner, Francis Ouimet, and Ben Curtis, who claimed the 2003 Open Championship at Royal St George's, according to ESPN.
List of PGA Championship winners:
2011 - Keegan Bradley
2010 - Martin Kaymer
2009 - Y.E. Yang
2008 - Padraig Harrington
2007 - Tiger Woods
2006 - Tiger Woods
2005 - Phil Mickelson
2004 - Vijay Singh
2003 - Shaun Micheel
2002 - Rich Beem
2001 - David Toms
2000 - Tiger Woods
1999 - Tiger Woods
1998 - Vijay Singh
1997 - Davis Love III
1996 - Mark Brooks
1995 - Steve Elkington
1994 - Nick Price
1993 - Paul Azinger
1992 - Nick Price
1991 - John Daly
1990 - Wayne Grady
1989 - Payne Stewart
1988 - Jeff Sluman
1987 - Larry Nelson
1986 - Bob Tway
1985 - Hubert Green
1984 - Lee Trevino
1983 - Hal Sutton
1982 - Raymond Floyd
1981 - Larry Nelson
1980 - Jack Nicklaus
1979 - David Graham
1978 - John Mahaffey
1977 - Lanny Wadkins
1976 - Dave Stockton
1975 - Jack Nicklaus
1974 - Lee Trevino
1973 - Jack Nicklaus
1972 - Gary Player
1971 - Jack Nicklaus
1970 - Dave Stockton
1969 - Ray Floyd
1968 - Julius Boros
1967 - Don January
1966 - Al Geiberger
1965 - Dave Marr
1964 - Bobby Nichols
1963 - Jack Nicklaus
1962 - Gary Player
1961 - Jerry Barber
1960 - Jay Hebert
1959 - Bob Rosburg
1958 - Dow Finsterwald
1957 - Lionel Hebert
1956 - Jack Burke
1955 - Doug Ford
1954 - Chick Harbert
1953 - Walter Burkemo
1952 - Jim Turnesa
1951 - Sam Snead
1950 - Chandler Harper
1949 - Sam Snead
1948 - Ben Hogan
1947 - Jim Ferrier
1946 - Ben Hogan
1945 - Byron Nelson
1944 - Bob Hamilton
1943 - No championship played, WWII
1942 - Sam Snead
1941 - Vic Ghezzi
1940 - Byron Nelson
1939 - Henry Picard
1938 - Paul Runyan
1937 - Denny Shute
1936 - Denny Shute
1935 - Johnny Revolta
1934 - Paul Runyan
1933 - Gene Sarazen
1932 - Olin Dutra
1931 - Tom Creavy
1930 - Tommy Armour
1929 - Leo Diegel
1928 - Leo Diegel
1927 - Walter Hagen
1926 - Walter Hagen
1925 - Walter Hagen
1924 - Walter Hagen
1923 - Gene Sarazen
1922 - Gene Sarazen
1921 - Walter Hagen
1920 - Jock Hutchison
1919 - James M. Barnes
1917-18 - No championship played, WWI
1916 - James M. Barnes