“It’s numb, dude. I don’t even feel my foot”. He did have his moments, but he never really was a threat to Walker. “I think somebody is going to break that 63 record in these next two days”. “It’s nice to get in the position and keep the hammer down and keep making birdies and playing well”.
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South African Branden Grace produced an excellent round of 67 to finish on nine-under par and remain in the running of the leaders slipped up. “It feels sweet. It’s wonderful”. Henrik Stenson, victor of the previous major last month, the British Open, said after the tournament that he had been troubled all week with his ultra-backspin on his iron shots that caused his ball to spin backwards so much on the greens.
Jason and Jimmy are “bus buddies”, which is to say they both travel the Tour in RVs, and Day embraced Walker and Walker’s wife on the back of the 18th green.
“I always knew his name, but never got to meet him until right there over there, over on the 10th tee on the Upper Course”, Sanders said.
“It’s really quite fun to see how far you can actually push yourself mentally, more so than physically”, Day said.
PGA championship victor Jimmy Walker.
Walker, ranked No. 48 in the world, had five prior wins on the PGA Tour, but his highest major finish was a tie for seventh place at the 2014 PGA Championship at Valhalla in Louisville, Ky. He tied for fifth in the U.S. Open. In fact, he didn’t make the weekend in four of his last eight tournaments. There’s not a golfer playing who would honestly claim he’d rather earn an Olympic golf medal than a major trophy – even the Wanamaker Trophy.
Walker was forced to play 36 holes on Sunday, following rain delays the previous day, posting rounds of 68 and 67.
Walker’s victory completes a year of first-time major champions, joining Masters champion Danny Willett of England, American US Open victor Dustin Johnson and British Open champion Henrik Stenson.
Walker climbs from No.29 to No.4 in the Ryder Cup standings, basically guaranteeing him a spot on the 12-man United States of America team for the showdown against Europe, which is two months away.
Because until then, the final round of the last major of the season had proved for much of the day to be little more than the cure for insomnia. He met his caddie, Andy Sanders, right here 16 years ago during a practice round at the 10th tee on the Upper Course at the U.S. Amateur.
With the threat of more bad weather, officials set up the marathon Sunday to try to finish the tournament, sending players back out for the final round without re-pairing the groups to save time.
“There’s going to be people that play 18 holes like Kevin Kisner and he’s going to have a little bit more of an advantage”, said Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo, level with Day for third. It was a battle all day long.
SPRINGFIELD, NJ-The fourth and final major of the PGA season saw yet another first-time victor. He read putts great, didn’t let me hit a shot until I was ready, made sure everything was good. He gutted it out but struggled to make a charge up the leaderboard, failing to make a birdie until the 15th hole.
This will be my 12th Ryder Cup as a player, captain or vice-captain.
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He rolled his first putt three feet past, leaving himself with a testing par putt, which he sank under enormous pressure in the fading light for his first major triumph.
