Star-Studded Battle Brings Unforgettable Drama in 2014 PGA Championship’s Finale

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Published: August 11, 2014

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LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The slogan couldn’t live up to the event.

“This is major,” they advertised. The 2014 PGA Championship, with a leaderboard of unprecedented quality, a race against darkness to reach conclusion and a champion already threatening to become the best ever, was so much more.

It was a tournament that showed at age 44 Phil Mickelson still has game and guts; a tournament that again teased and taunted Rickie Fowler; and perhaps most of all a tournament that proved even without Tiger Woods in the final two rounds golf can be wonderfully dramatic.

Rory McIlroy ended up the winner, if barely, adding this title to the British Open he won last month and to the 2012 PGA and 2011 U.S. Open. He became the first to take successive majors since Padraig Harrington did it at the same tournaments in 2008. McIlroy also joins Woods and Nicklaus as the winner of four majors at age 25.



“I try to put this talk aside every time it comes up,” McIlroy said of comparisons, "but Tiger and Jack are two of the most successful players in our sport of all time. I’ve got a long way to go, but to be in their company at this age is very special.”

But this Sunday was not just about one young man, as talented as he may be. McIlroy ended up with a three-under-par 68 for a 16-under 268 at Valhalla Golf Club, a stroke better than Mickelson’s 269 and two ahead of Fowler and Henrik Stenson.

There have been majors when Ben Hogan battled Sam Snead, and Arnold Palmer challenged Jack Nicklaus. This one offered a galaxy of stars, from McIlroy to Mickelson, to Stenson to Fowler, to Ernie Els—who went from one under par to 11 under par in a round and a half—to Jim Furyk to Louis Oosthuizen.

McIlroy in first. Fowler in first. A five-way tie for first. Mickelson, Stenson and McIlroy tied for first.

Up and back. And all the ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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