by Justin Rose won four consecutive stews of nine rear to force a playoff series, then sliced the third hole of sudden death to beat JJ Spaun for the St. Jude championship on Sunday while Tommy Fleetwood endured more agony PGA Tour.
England Rose, the US Open 2013 champion, counted six birdies during its last eight holes, including the playoffs – climbing in the congested ranking with Birdies at 14, 15, 16 and 17 in regulations.
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His last Tour 67 withdrew him at the level of the SPAUN of US Open champion in title at 16 under 264 at TPC Southwind – where the leader of the Night Fleetwood had an advance of two strokes with three remaining holes but vacillated with a Bogey 175.
SPAUN Cardé a 65 of less than 65 in the final, displaying birdies following 16 and 17 years old – where he rolled in a 20 -foot putt – to put himself in the playoffs.
“It was an incredible 90 minutes, really,” said Rose, the 45 -year -old man who finished second in Rory McILroy in the Masters players in April. “Played an incredible golf course when you go down the section.”
Rose won her 12th tour of tour in the United States and her first since Pebble Beach in 2023.
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Rose started the day, a first shot in advance and was two for the day through nine holes. His challenge seemed to be blocked after having followed a Birdie in the 10th with a Bogey at 12, but a 15th -foot -in -14th birdie launched his return.
He drained a birdie from 10 feet to 15 years old, went up and down from a Greenside bunker for Birdie at 16 and curled up in a putt from 22 feet to 17 years old. His 13 feet for the pure and simple victory in the 72nd hole failed and he and Spaun returned to 18 for the playoffs.
The two to two strokes for – pink after a tee shot that almost found the water. They displayed seated birdies next time – Spaun drilling a 30 -foot and pink putt making its seven feet.
They became again at 18, this time with a new hole location, and after rose rocked in her 11 feet, Spaun sent her seven -foot birdie attempt in front of the cup.
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“I have never stopped believing,” Rose said. “I have said for some time when I bring my best, I know that I am good enough to play and compete and now win against the best players in the world, so a very rewarding day for me and a lot of hard work that materializes.”
– Fleetwood weakens –
But it was the familiar feeling of disappointment for the compatriot Fleetwood, seven times winner of the DP World Tour who has not yet won in 162 departures on the American tour.
After an opening bogey and 10 consecutive pars, Fleetwood rolled in a 33 -foot stewed putt in the 12th and a 15th feet in the 13th to return to a advance, and there were two after a birdie at 15 years old.
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Scheffler’s challenge was disappearing, but Spaun and Rose rushed when he moved to a peer in the 16th per-five and hit a poor second blow and a poor putt at 17.
“I will obviously be disappointed,” said Fleetwood, who lost in playoffs at the Travelers championship earlier this year during his sixth finalist PGA Tour.
“There are a lot of positive points to take, as much as I do not really feel like that right now. I’m just going to look at what I feel like I could do and how close it was.”
The world number one of Scheffler, whose four victories this year include two majors, was tied for the head through 13 holes in pursuit of a triumph of the fifth 2025, but he could not keep the pace when he closed with a 67 of less than three.
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He remained at the top of the classification of the playoffs after the first of the three eliminatory events. The first 50 heads for the BMW championship next week and the Top 30 after the BMW is heading for the Tour championship.
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