TULSA: Justin Thomas defeated fellow American Will Zalatoris by one stroke in a three-hole aggregate playoff to win a tension-packed PGA Championship on Sunday at Southern Hills for his second major title.
Thomas, also the 2017 PGA champion, roared from seven strokes back to match the greatest final-round comeback in PGA Championship history.
But the victory came only after a heartbreaking last-hole collapse by Chile’s Mito Pereira, who led all day only to end with a double-bogey disaster on the 72nd hole and squander the trophy.
“It was a bizarre day,” Thomas said. “I was asked earlier in the week about what lead is…