by Justin Rose produced a sensational finish in the Fedex St Jude championship with six birdies in his last eight holes to win a match against the United States, champion JJ SPAUN.
The Englishman, who, at 45, became the oldest European to win the PGA Tour in the modern era, looked at him after a Bogey on the 12th dropped him to 12 sous, two of the rhythm with Tommy Fleetwood, the world number one Scottie Scheffler and Spaun in front of him.
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But four birdies of the 14th catapulted him at the top of the ranking and he missed a 13 feet in the last to win.
He produced two other birdies in three dam holes – a clutch effort after Spaun fled at a distance – with the second of 14 feet after the Spaun was half at this distance turning decisive while his opponent’s attempt to extend the competition.
“It was an incredible 90 minutes. I never stopped believing,” said Rose in her interview after round.
“I played an incredible golf course when I got off the section and I had so much fun. JJ dropped a bomb on me (in the second additional hole), it was very fun.
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“When I bring my best, I know that I am good enough to play against the best players in the world. It will be fun for us to celebrate. ”
The play -off was filled with drama from the start while Rose – which barely cleaned the lake with its road – gave itself an identical 13 feet putt to the one it missed to win the tournament, but it burned the edge of the cup.
Playing the hole again, Rose has reached eight feet, but Spaun has recreated its American green heroism with a Birdie monster, forcing English to hold its nerve.
The location of the hole was overcome for the third attempt to avoid shadows and the Spaun hit him duly seven feet, but Rose, who had lost his four previous qualifiers, in particular, like Spaun, against Rory Mcilroy this year, radically turned the tables by passing his sneak and Spaun 14 feet.
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Rose’s joy meant more sorrow for Fleetwood, who blew another chance of breaking her Duck PGA Tour during the 162nd attempt with bad finish.
Tommy Fleetwood walks on the 18th green in the final of the St Jude George Walker IV / AP championship)
The Ryder Cup teammates had a vacation together in Portugal last week, but failed to trigger in life in the final group.
Fleetwood did not sorter to the longest putt of the 33 -foot week on the 12th to put it back in a share of the head.
The Birdies in the 13th and 15th ahead of him two in front of the 16 sous, but while he escaped with a peer after having broken out and out of the green with his third in the 16th, the Spaun attached the head with a birdie at 17 years old.
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Fleetwood’s weak attempt to a seven-feet putt in 17th has never threatened and needs a Birdie at the last just to make a play-off, he led to a bunker and missed green with his approach.
“I will obviously be disappointed. There are a lot of positive points to take, but that will not look like this at the moment,” said Fleetwood, whose 29th Top-Five Tour Tour is 11 more than any other player without victory in the last 40 years.
“I’m just going to look at what I feel as I could have done and how close it was.”
Scheffler, without his usual caddy Ted Scott who returned home due to a family emergency, finished a shot outside the play-off after two birdies in his last three holes.
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The hopes of the Ryder Cup of Jordan Spieth had a blow after having abandoned the first 50 ranking of the Fedex Cup and missed the Cup for the penultimate event of next week after having poured its approach to the last in the water, ending its season and, in the 27th in the classification of the United States, probably its hopes of the Ryder Cup.
