Jason Dufner Will Stay Red Hot After PGA Championship Victory

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Published: August 12, 2013

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After shocking the world by setting a course record in the second round of the PGA Championship on Friday at Oak Hill Country Club, Jason Dufner finished things off on Sunday by laying claim to the 95th Wanamaker Trophy. 

The normally plain Dufner finally showed some emotion after returning to the pristine form that had seen him shoot a 63 in Round 2. The rest of the field, including final-round leader Jim Furyk, did not really stand a chance once Dufner got going.



In the defining moment of the PGA Championship, Dufner came through in the clutch on the 18th green to win.



This year's PGA Championship may have been a sequence of events that end up cementing his legacy at the age of 36, but still, Dufner's performance in Rochester, N.Y., may have been a bit of an abnormality. 

This was his first major win, and as John Buccigross of ESPN points out, it should not come as a shock given the parity of the sport in recent years:



That's fine, but it was not too long ago that we witnessed Dufner melt down under the pressure. 

Two years ago, Dufner held a five-stroke lead at the PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club. The end result was drastically different than what we  witnessed on Sunday—Dufner bogeyed three of the final four holes in 2011 and ultimately lost to Keegan Bradley in a playoff. 

What a difference two years can make. 

Dufner has matured in more ways than one. His less-than-sexy 68 in the final round was enough to get the job done, in part because of the futility behind him on the leaderboard. Still, it was only two years ago we saw a similar scenario with a disastrous result. 

Instead Dufner is the champion of a major, albeit not one as heralded as say the Masters or the British Op...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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