Justin Thomas the master of comebacks at Southern Hills

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Justin Thomas became the first player to win his first two Major championships at the PGA Championship since Dave Stockton (1970, 1976). Photo: arabnews.com

Justin Thomas (Winner/-5) picked up his 15th victory at the PGA Championship in his 191st PGA TOUR start at the age of 29 years, 23 days.

Became the sixth player since World War II with 15 PGA TOUR wins (including two Majors) before the age of 30, joining Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.

Related: Mito Pereira seeks a first at PGA Championship as Tour Rookie

Thomas defeated Will Zalatoris in a 3-hole aggregate playoff for his second Major championship title (2017 PGA Championship).

 

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Tied John Mahaffey (1978) for largest final-round come-from-behind victory at the PGA Championship (seven shots).

This was the Tour’s largest comeback win on the final day since Justin Rose came from eight back at the 2017 WGC-HSBC Champions.

Thomas became the 22nd multiple winner of the PGA Championship.

The first player to win his first two Major championships at the PGA Championship since Dave Stockton (1970, 1976).

 

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Became the seventh-consecutive American winner of the PGA Championship.

Zalatoris (P2) picked up his fifth top-10 finish in his last seven Major championship starts; falls to 0-for-2 when holding the second-round lead/co-lead (2021 Sanderson Farms Championship/T14) and 0-2 in playoffs (2022 Farmers Insurance Open/won by Luke List).

 

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In bid to become the first Major championship winner from Chile, third-round leader Mito Pereira (T3) carded a double bogey on the par-4 18th hole to finish with a 5-over 75 (snapping a streak of 19 straight par-or-better rounds on TOUR); represents the best finish by a Chilean in a Major championship.

Cameron Young (T3) picked up his fifth top-3 finish of the season (tied with Scottie Scheffler for the most this season): T2/Sanderson Farms Championship, T2/The Genesis Invitational, T2/Wells Fargo Championship, T3/RBC Heritage, T3/PGA Championship.

 

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Making his 27th Major championship start, Tommy Fleetwood (T5) picked up his fourth top-five finish, led by runner-up finishes at the 2018 U.S. Open and 2019 Open Championship.

Chris Kirk (T5) earned his first top-10 finish in 19 Major championship starts (previous-best: T19/2014 Open Championship).

 

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Seeking his first PGA TOUR victory, Matt Fitzpatrick (T5) earned his best finish in 28 Major championship starts; previous-best finish was T7 at the 2016 Masters Tournament.

Jordan Spieth finished T34 in bid to become the sixth player to complete the Career Grand Slam.

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