The players: Justin Thomas has the power to win a one-shot win while Lee Westwood sweats on the final day | Golf News

Lee Westwood struggles on the final day as Justin Thomas gains power to victory with a 68-round final at TPC Sawgrass, including a unique run of three birdies and an eagle in four holes around the turn

Justin Thomas put a two-month turmoil behind him as he fired the 68th final to get a one-shot win over Lee Westwood at TPC Sawgrass.

Thomas lifted to the top of the board when he lifted five hits in a stunning four-hole spell around the leg, while Westwood and Bryson DeChambeau were unable to keep the errors at bay throughout Sawgrass’ s exciting Sunday.

Old world No. 1 Thomas entered the fifth major ‘golf’ lacking in confidence, admitting that he fell from using homophobic slur at the Champions Sentry Tournament in January on “hole” on the his game, while also having to deal with his grandfather’s death last month.

The feeling was evident after he went out for a par at the end just after Westwood put the 17th greener three, safe with the knowledge that he would own the gold award if the the Englishman or DeChambeau to exit the 72nd fairway.

It was going to be another case of ‘so close, so far’ for the 47-year-old Ryder Cup legend, who slept on a two-photo lead overnight after a pair of unsettled rounds on Friday and Saturday, but has certainly abandoned the long game it on Stadium Course fast and strong on day four.

Westwood got off to the very start, scoring the first equalizer and trimming sweet iron close to setting up a birdie, but his 45-hole run without a bogey ended at the next, when he carved three-timbers into the trees before him. stopping his escape attempt into water.

He did well to limit the damage to six, but there was great drama at the fourth when DeChambeau plunged his fair wood into water less than 150 yards away, and Westwood came out of it. his tee-shot and found the lake on the right. .

Westwood saved bogey again while DeChambeau, who threw a third deep into the woods, drilled from six feet to allow only two hits. And although Westwood had found water twice in three holes, surprisingly he stayed two clean shots off the field at the time.

After another mistake at the eighth, Westwood put some momentum into the back of the net with a good birdie at the long ninth, just as Thomas was in the middle of his rise into the lead, the former PGA champion who following birdies at nine and 10 with his 20-foot Putt for Eagle at 11th.

Thomas picked up another bullet with an elegant range from over the back of the 12th green, although he then missed from less than three feet to go back to 13 under at the 14th, a hole made by Westwood birdied after 200-yards. surprisingly from sand to eight feet, with the putt afterwards at a sufficient distance to fall.

The blip on the 14th green from Thomas was repaired at 16, where DeChambeau suddenly revived his hopes with an eagle after a 10-foot high second, but again Westwood had to working hard to scrape a par after dragging the second one into the sand behind her tree and shanking her third one into the right-hand bunker.

He shook out to five feet and made the putt for par, with Thomas on dry ground at 17 and safely putting two for three from long range, but he came within a yard or two of blackened his last tee gun into the drink – his way of relief when his ball landed just on the way and kicked a little to the right telling us everything he needed us to be familiar.

And after taking the water out of play with his second and finding the green face, his lead doubled when Westwood left himself 47 feet away on the 17th green, he hit his eunie a fraction too hard and jumped out with the return. from seven feet.

Thomas held his opinion that he was within three feet, and the par putt went right in the middle before he left to embrace his family, with tears of joy and relief visible.

To his credit, Westwood earned a $ 1.6m payday for himself when he tossed a heavy tick over the flag and drilled from 15ft for a closing birdie and a round of 72, finishing one ahead on DeChambeau as their “transplant” from Bay Hill went up the stage with the whiteness of Thomas.

DeChambeau’s stunning fourth tee-bullet was an early solution he struggled to get past, with his speed and directional control both wanted for the majority, though his way back into the equation with birdies at 12 and 13 only. to mistake again at the next.

An eagle at the 16th was not too small, too late when he settled for a podium finish on 12 under with Brian Harman, who pitched three birdies in the back nine in his second 69 of the weekend and was one of several players stayed in touch with the directors unable to keep up with Thomas.

Paul Casey closed with a mixed bag of 70, with five birdies balanced by three blows against nine, and the 11 under score tied Talor Gooch (67) for fifth place, with Open champion Shane Lowry a top-10 earnings finished with 68 raises to nine under.

Halfway boss Sergio Garcia, Matt Fitzpatrick and Jon Rahm were also among the contestants at various stages of the day, but their challenges went down a bit, even though their numbers of eight were enough for valuable top-end finishes. Get 10.