Rochester, NY (Sports Network) – Jim Furyk has had a tough time holding leads over the last year or so, but you can’t say that he lost this title as much as you can say Jason Dufner won it.<\/p>\n
Furyk lost all four 54-hole leads he had in 2012, and he lost a late lead in his Ryder Cup match with Sergio Garcia as well. None of that mattered on this Sunday, when Dufner went out and took the title away from Furyk.<\/p>\n
“Wish I could have put a little heat on him and made him work those last two holes a little bit harder, let him go bogey, bogey for a two shot win. Wish I had made a couple pars, at least, and put some heat on him, but wasn’t able to do it,” Furyk said.<\/p>\n
The real turning point was on No. 9, where Furyk made bogey from the middle of the fairway to fall two back.<\/p>\n
“I think when I look back now, obviously nine was a tough bogey. I was dead center of the fairway after probably what was my best drive of the day and kind of got a little indecisive in between clubs and didn’t really commit to that 6-iron and left it short right,” explained Furyk. “Jason was in trouble and made a great up and down, so where it looked like I could possibly pick up a stroke, I lost one.”<\/p>\n
That swing was the difference on this day.<\/p>\n
Here’s what other players said after the final round of The PGA Championship:<\/p>\n
– GRAEME MCDOWELL, was one of several players that complimented Oak Hill and how the PGA set up the golf course: “That’s the way this golf course is. I think that’s been reflected in the scoring this week. If you do hit it in the fairway, if you do hit good shots, you can really make a lot of good birdies here. If you do hit it offline, this golf course is very penal.”<\/p>\n
– KEEGAN BRADLEY, 2011 champion commenting on how he’s backed up his first major championship title: “I feel like I’ve validated that win. Not that I feel like I needed to, but I feel like my career has steadily been rising. And you know, I hope to continue to contend in Majors for forever hopefully.”<\/p>\n
– Brooks Koepka, who played with Tiger Woods in his PGA Championship start and his third major appearance: “It was fun. I had a good time. Tiger is a good dude. Obviously, I didn’t play the way I wanted to, got off to a little bit of a shaky start. A little bit of adrenaline going. The ball wasn’t finding the distance as I thought it was, and I don’t know what to say. I hung in there on the back and that was kind of the main goal on making the turn just to have a good back nine.”<\/p>\n
– RORY MCILROY, last year’s winner finally played some solid golf on Sunday: “I played the best golf of the week today. I hit some really good drives and really good iron shots. Didn’t quite putt as well as I did the first three days, but really, really happy with my game going into the next few weeks.”<\/p>\n
– HENRIK STENSON, posted his best finish at the PGA Championship after taking second at the British Open: “Happy with my performance, I think I kept it together nicely. Made a bit of a charge, made a good birdie on 13, bit unlucky, ended up in a divot just short of the green on 14, ended up making bogey there, and that kind of killed the outside chances I had on the back nine to make a charge. I didn’t play my best today but I was still hanging in there.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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