Jason Day claimed his first Major Championship in record breaking fashion as he finished three shots ahead of Jordan Spieth to win the US PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
Spieth, who became World Number One following his second placed finish, was aiming to become just the third man in history to win three Majors in a year following his victories at the Masters Tournament and US Open but it was Day who was destined to make history on the shores of Lake Michigan as he surpassed Tiger Woods' 19 under total at the 2000 Open Championship.
US PGA Championship
Jason Day claimed his first Major Championship in record breaking fashion as he finished three shots ahead of Jordan Spieth to win the US PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
The Australian carded a closing 67 to finish the tournament 20 under par, the first man ever to do so in a Major, as he held off a chasing pack of Spieth, Branden Grace and Justin Rose.
Day had shared the lead at both the US Open Championship and the Open Championship after 54 holes but got over the line in Wisconsin after six top tens in his last 11 Major appearances.
Spieth, who became World Number One following his second placed finish, was aiming to become just the third man in history to win three Majors in a year following his victories at the Masters Tournament and US Open but it was Day who was destined to make history on the shores of Lake Michigan as he surpassed Tiger Woods' 19 under total at the 2000 Open Championship.
Day was in tears on the 18th green before he had even holed out and admitted he did not expect the occasion to get to him as it did.
"It's been a long journey, I didn't expect to ever grow up beyond the PGA Tour," he said. "I'm being all emotional here but it's an amazing feeling.
"I didn't expect I was going to cry, a lot of emotion has come out just because I have been so close so many times in Major Championships and just fallen short, just really close.
"And to be able to play the way I did today, especially in tough conditions, especially with Jordan in my group, I could tell that he was the favourite and just to be able to pay the way I did and finish the way I did was amazing."
Day came into the final round with a two shot lead and got up and down from a greenside bunker on the second to extend that but Spieth responded with a birdie of his own on the third after Grace had gained on the same hole.
Web.com – Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper
South African Dawie van der Walt two-putted the 72nd hole for par to win the 26th annual Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper, his second Web.com Tour victory of the season.
Van der Walt carded a final-round, even-par 72 at Highland Springs Country Club on Sunday and finished at 23-under 265, two strokes better than Tour rookie Smylie Kaufman (70).
“I feel very fortunate,” said van der Walt. “I didn’t think it was going to be enough. Everything was just a little bit off, but I’ll take it.”
Challenge Tour - Gant open
Dominic Foos announced his arrival on the global golf stage by storming to a three shot victory at Aura GC in the GANT Open to become the youngest winner in European Challenge Tour history.
The German, just 17 years and 347 days old, fired a four under par round of 67 to obliterate the chasing pack, headed by joint runner-up José Manuel Lara, who tied the course record with a 64.
To put this into context, Martin Kaymer won his first Challenge Tour event at the age of 21, and the previous youngest winner, Francis Valera, was more than a year older than Foos when he won in 1993.
The teenager, who won 14 junior tournaments before turning professional, betrayed no signs of nerves as he made six birdies in his first 11 holes to put daylight between him and the field, and was thrilled to have emphatically closed out a tournament he had led from the very start.
Asian Development Tour - GM Northport Glenmarie Championship
Blake Snyder of the United States secured his first Asian Development Tour (ADT) title after an intense battle with Malaysia’s Gavin Green at the PGM Northport Glenmarie Championship on Saturday.
The 23-year-old rookie fought back from five shots down at the start of the day to finish on two-under-par 70 after making a double bogey on the last hole for a 13-under-par 275 total at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club.
Pro Golf Tour – Sparkassen Open
One day after Robin Kind wrote golfing history with a 59 round, the Dutchman won the Sparkassen Open 2015 in Bochum after a thrilling battle.
On the par 72 course at Bochum GC the 23-year old brought the best score of the day back to the clubhouse for the second time in a row on Wednesday, recorded 62 strokes on his score card and was therefore 27 under par (68, 59, 62) overall for the tournament.
EuroPro Tour – Break90 Championship
Jamie Rutherford won the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour’s Break90 Championship at Slaley Hall on the fifth play-off hole after heavy rain had forced the abandonment of the final round of the tournament.
Rutherford (Knebworth Golf Club) had been tied at nine under par with Billy Hemstock (Teignmouth Golf Club) and Sam Robertshawe (Army Golf Club) after 36 holes. The final round did start but with the leading group having completed only the first hole, play was suspended by the standing water caused by continuing torrential rain.
Nordic Golf League – Holstmark Open
Kristian K Johannssen won the Holstmark Open since turningpro moving from World No. 1367th to 913th.
