Xander Schauffele fired a final round 65 and birdied the final hole to win the PGA Championship by one stroke.
Xander Schauffele with the Wanamaker trophy after winning the PGA Championship. Picture: EPA-EFE/Erik S Lesser
“I was actually kind of emotional after the putt lipped in,” said Schauffele. “It has been a while since I’ve won. But he matched the lowest round in major history with a nine-under 62 on Thursday and was equal to the challenge on Sunday. Victory was worth $3.33 million to Schauffele from an $18.5 million purse while DeChambeau took home $1.998 million.“Proud of Xander for finally getting the job done,” DeChambeau said. “He’s an amazing golfer and well deserved major champion now.
Belgium’s Thomas Detry fired a 66 to share fourth on 269 with Collin Morikawa, the 54-hole co-leader who made 16 pars in shooting 71. England’s Justin Rose and Ireland’s Shane Lowry shared sixth on 270. Schauffele’s tee shot at 18 was in the left rough on the edge of a fairway bunker. He calmly blasted his second shot 36 yards from the hole in the fairway short of the green and dropped his approach six feet from the hole.
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