PGA Championship 2013 Winner: Jason Dufner Lets His Game Do All the Talking

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Published: August 12, 2013

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Jason Dufner is a man of few words and even fewer outward emotions. Given how loud his golf game was at Oak Hill Country Club this week, he didn't need either.

Two days after becoming just the 24th golfer to shoot a 63 in a major championship, the soft-spoken and stoic Dufner captured his first major title in the 2013 PGA Championship with a two-under 68 on Sunday.

In the process, he set a 72-hole major championship scoring record on the famed Donald Ross course, finishing the championship at 10 under—two better than final-round playing partner and 54-hole leader Jim Furyk.



That performance at Oak Hill was a rather large step forward for a golfer who’s better known as a social media phenom than a golfing one.

Earlier this year, the golfer created a stir on the web when a photo of Dufner slumped up against a wall in a classroom while a teacher taught relaxation techniques came out. The pose was quickly dubbed “Dufnering,” and it swept the nation.



After his week at Oak Hill, that term should take on a whole new, and far more appropriate, meaning. Dufner said on Sunday, via USA Today's Steve DiMeglio: 

I come across as a pretty cool customer, I guess, but there are definitely some nerves out there, especially when you're trying to win a major championship. But I felt good after I made that putt on the first hole, I would say I was pretty flat-lined for most of the day. My name will always be on this trophy, and nobody can take that away from me, so it's a great accomplishment for me, and I'm really excited about it.

With all of the attention focused on sexy storylines involving Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy heading into the season’s final major, Dufner’s easy-as-it-goes style got it done at Oak Hill.

He drove the ball about as well as anyone could, his iron play was solid ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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