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so to Tony Finau. Dustin Johnson, roar to rival anything Tiger Woods in PGA Championship history, beat-
Brooks Koepka, Jason Day, Matthew heard in his prime. And he would ing Woods 130 from 2018 and the 64
Wolff, Cameron Champ … the list of have received it. After all he’s a Cali- ties the PGA Championship record
long hitters in contention was long. fornia kid who went to college at Cal for lowest final-round score by a
But they’d have to take 3-wood, or Berkeley. They would have been go- winner with Steve Elkington (1995).
try to take something off their lon- ing berserk. The win sent Morikawa to second in
gest club, finesse the ball in the Indeed it was. It was in the end the FedExCup standings and fifth in
soupy heavy air. Morikawa had the unassailable for anyone else. And the world rankings. While the golf
perfect number for his driver. The it secured history. At age 23 years, world continues to be a little taken
same driver that had helped him to 6 months, 3 days, he becomes the aback by the quick success, it’s not a
lead the field in driving accuracy for third-youngest PGA Championship surprise to the man himself.
the week. Funny thing is, pre-tour- winner since World War II, behind
nament he was certain he wouldn’t only Rory McIlroy and Jack Nick- 리카와 (23 세), TPC 하딩 파크에
be going for that green at all. laus. Woods won a PGA at 23 also. 모서 열린 결승 2 라운드에서 129 타.
At just 23 he is a major champion. He is also just the third player since 남자 메이저 우승자가 쏜 가장 낮은 주말
A three time PGA TOUR winner al- 1970 to win a major in two or fewer 점수이다. 일요일 모리카와의 64 타는 대
ready in just 29 starts. He has more major starts after his U.S. Open ap- 회 역사상 가장 낮은 최종 라운드 득점을
wins than missed cuts. pearance last year and is just the 기록한 PGA 챔피언십 우승자로 Steve
The only downside was only a small ninth player to win the PGA Cham- Elkington이 1995 년 PGA 챔피언십 우
smattering of people were there to pionship in their tournament debut. 승에서 64 타를 기록했었다.
see it live thanks to these COVID-19 His weekend rounds of 65-64 for 129 Morikawa는 제 2 차 세계 대전 이후
times. It was a shot that deserved a sets the lowest closing 36-hole score PGA 챔피언십에서 세 번째로 최연소 우

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