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[PGA TOUR]

JUSTIN THOMAS CLAIMS SECOND MAJOR WITH

RECORD-TYING COMEBACK IN PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

저스틴 토마스, PGA 챔피언십,

기록적인 역전우승, 두 번째 메이저 우승

ustin Thomas, the 2017 PGA Champion, erased a pace by the end of Saturday.
Jseven-shot deficit and won a 3-hole aggregate score Justin birdied the par-4 ninth hole on Sunday to turn at
playoff over Will Zalatoris on Sunday at Southern Hills to even-par. He rattled off consecutive birdies on the 11th
collect his second Wanamaker Trophy. and 12th holes to creep closer and closer to leader Mito
He shot 67-67-74-67 for a 5-under-total. He then defeated Pereira.
Zalatoris by one stroke in a three-hole playoff. When he made birdie on the par-4 17th hole, Thomas was
Thomas tied John Mahaffey for the biggest comeback in all of a sudden just a shot off the lead. Pereira narrowly
PGA Championship history. Mahaffey came back from missed a birdie on the 17th hole, before making a double
the same deficit in 1978 to win at Oakmont. bogey on the par 4 18th and finishing a stroke behind
Thomas, 29, shot consecutive 67s in the first two rounds Thomas and Zalatoris.
and appeared on cruise control. But a third-round 74 In the playoff, both Thomas and Zalatoris birdied the
dropped him back considerably and he was well off the par-5 13th. On the short par-4 17th, Thomas drove the

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