WASHINGTON (United States) — Michael Brennan fired a six-under par 64 to win the Wyndham PGA Championship, taking his second PGA Tour title in the final regular-season event before the FedEx Cup playoffs.
The 24-year-old American closed with a 13-foot birdie putt at the 18th hole to finish on 22-under 258 and defeat compatriot Beau Hossler by three strokes.
Brennan, whose other PGA title came last October at the Bank of Utah Championship on a sponsor’s exemption, took home $1.53 million from the $8.5 million purse on offer at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Brennan reeled off five birdies in a row to seize command, a run that began with an eight-foot birdie putt at the fourth hole and included a birdie at the par-three seventh where he missed an ace by six inches.
He made bogey at 11 after a tee shot into the right rough but sank a testy five-foot par putt at the par-three 12th and answered with an eight-foot birdie putt at 13.
“I did it great for nine holes,” Brennan said according to AFP. “I felt really good on the front nine, just playing my game. I was really staying within myself, hitting good shots. I felt like I was really in control.
“Got a little nervous around 10, 11. I made a nice par putt on 12 and that steadied me a little bit going through and just glad to make a few putts coming in.”
Hossler birdied 16 and 17 to pull within two shots on the final tee, setting the stage for Brennan’s clinching birdie.
