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Jason Dufner saved the best for last, biding his time through a late lightning delay before sinking a 32-foot putt to win the Memorial tournament in Ohio on Sunday, June 4.
It was the longest putt Dufner had holed all tournament and completed an epic comeback for the American, who earned a three-stroke victory over compatriot Rickie Fowler and India’s Anirban Lahiri at Muirfield Village in Dublin.
He carded a 68 to finish at 13-under-par 275, becoming the second Ohio-born player to win the prestigious event after Jack Nicklaus, the tournament’s host and founder.
“Being a champion now, it’ll be very special for me to look back and know that I’m a part of an event that Mr Nicklaus puts on out here on the PGA Tour,” Dufner said.
A day after shooting a miserable 77 to turn a five-stroke lead into a four-shot deficit on Saturday, Dufner roared back in the final round for his fifth PGA Tour victory.
Dufner’s victory was not as comfortable as the final margin might suggest.
He had to wait out a weather delay of more than an hour after his drive had settled into thick rough at the par-four 18th. His lie was so bad that when play resumed he could not even scythe a wedge back to the fairway.
However, his ball found a better lie in lighter rough and he punched his third shot to the middle of the green.
While there was no pressure on the long putt, Dufner sank it anyway.
Fowler, meanwhile, bogeyed the last to shoot 70 and ended up tied for second with Lahiri, whose 65 was the day’s best score.
Overnight leader, Daniel Summerhays double-bogeyed the last to finish six shots behind after a 78.
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