Xander Schauffele secured a maiden main victory after a final-hole birdie noticed him create {golfing} historical past with a dramatic one-shot win on the PGA Championship.
Schauffele took a share of the lead with Collin Morikawa into the ultimate day at Valhalla and located himself two strokes forward heading into the back-nine, just for Bryson DeChambeau and Viktor Hovland to leap into competition.
Hovland was inside one of many lead till a three-putt bogey on the last gap, the place DeChambeau made an excellent birdie to shut a blemish-free 64 and transfer alongside Schauffele on 20 beneath.
It left Schauffele needing a birdie on the par-five final for victory, the place he holed from six ft to shut a final-round 65 to complete on 21 beneath and put up the bottom 72-hole rating in males’s main historical past.
Extra to observe…
What’s subsequent?
The PGA Tour heads to Colonial Nation Membership subsequent for the Charles Schwab Problem, the place Emiliano Grillo returns as defending champion. Early protection begins on Thursday from 5pm on Sky Sports activities Golf, forward of full protection from Texas at 9pm.
The subsequent males’s main is the US Open, which is held at Pinehurst Resort & Nation Membership in North Carolina and dwell from June 13-16 on Sky Sports activities. Stream the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, majors and extra with NOW.
