Bradley wins PGA crown in playoff
Jason Dufner and Keegan Bradley battled it out in a three-hole playoff for the PGA Championship crown. Recap the action and check out the full leaderboard from Atlanta Athletic Club. Dufner and Bradley played the 16th, 17th and 18th holes, with the aggregate low score after the three holes being declared the winner.
2011 PGA Championship playoff | ||||
Golfer | 16th | 17th | 18th | Total |
Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
Dufner | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
Bradley | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
18th hole
Calm and collected, Bradley nails his tee shot dead center down the narrow fairway at 18. Dufner's drive sails past Bradley's, also on the fairway. But it's Bradley's title to win or lose now, with only a water hazard standing between the players and the green.
With his second shot Bradley once again barely clears the water. But he's on the green, 18 feet from glory.
Dufner hits on to the green with his second, right next to Bradley's ball, but he'll have to hope for an unimaginable collapse from Bradley in order to get back in this.
Dufner holes his putt to maintain a glimmer of hope. A Bradley three-putt would force another playoff hole.
But it's not to be for Dufner. Bradley leaves himself a foot or two for the PGA title, and he sinks it! Keegan Bradley is your 2011 PGA Championship winner.
Bradley wins by one shot.
17th hole
Bradley leads off on the par-3 17th and just sneaks the tee shot over the edge of the water and on to the green, leaving himself about 20 feet for birdie.
Dufner is way off line with his tee shot and lands on the green well away from the hole. It'll be a difficult two-putt for him to salvage par.
Dufner takes his best hack at the mammoth putt but rolls it about 20 feet past and is now in huge trouble. Bradley misses his birdie try too and leaves about six feet for par.
The par try goes just to the left for Dufner, and he taps in for bogey. Bradley sneaks his putt in to make par and take a two-shot edge with one hole to go.
Bradley leads by two shots.
16th hole
Dufner is up first on the 16th tee. He's gone par-par-birdie-bogey this weekend over the four rounds at this hole. He smacks his tee shot right down the middle of the fairway.
Bradley wastes no time and doesn't flinch. Down the left side of the fairway. Both players in good position.
Dufner is away and hits an incredible approach. Rolling the shot past the hole about an inch away from going in and leaves himself less than 10 feet for the birdie.
Not to be outdone, Bradley sticks his iron approach about the same distance away. Perfectly played so far from both. Excellent show.
Dufner botches his birdie putt, hitting it left a couple feet past the hole. Huge opportunity for Bradley. He sinks his putt to make 3 and take the early advantage. Dufner taps in for 4. On to the 17th.
Bradley leads by one shot.