ATLANTA, GEORGIA // PGA Tour rookie Keegan Bradley was the unlikely winner of the US PGA Championship yesterday, with his play-off victory over Jason Dufner completing a meteoric rise from the lesser tours that few had noticed.
Bradley, ranked 108th in the world coming into this week, gave the US the boost they needed by ending a run of six straight major wins by non-Americans, despite never being one of the players picked out as part of the new generation.
Not that the former Hooters Tour and Nationwide Tour competitor cares about lack of attention.
"Ever since I was 10 years old, I've kind of flown under the radar," Bradley said. "I had what I thought was a pretty good college career but I never really got noticed. It was the same in junior golf and kind of the same out here.The 25-year-old Bradley, the nephew of LPGA Hall of Famer Pat Bradley, won the PGA in his very first appearance at a major championship. Dufner was denied his first tour win.
Going to the playoff, the U.S. was assured of breaking its longest drought in the modern Grand Slam era, having gone six straight majors without winning since Phil Mickelson captured the 2010 Masters.
Anders Hansen of Denmark closed with a 4-under 66 but finished one stroke out of the playoff at 273. Robert Karlsson of Sweden, David Toms and Scott Verplank tied for fourth at 275.
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