Jason Dufner pulls away first Major win at Oak Hill

August 12, 2013 All speculations silence, It’s the one called ‘The Duf’ guy, Jason Dufner, a first timer who has made it to top of Oak Hill, PGA championships leader board at the end of Sunday’s game.

It is the birdie opportunity; Dufner kept giving himself in a round of 68 that gave him a two-stroke victory over Jim Furyk, his first major championship and possession of the wanamaker Trophy for the 12 next months. The victory has also pushed him from 62nd to 14th in the latest FedEx Cup standings.

“I’m happy to get the job done. It’s a big step in my career, “winner Jason said with a smile.

[highlight]He is the third first-time major champion of the year, and the 15th champion in the last 19 majors who had never won the big one [/highlight]

Dufner was not confident the he would get another chance after the 2011 PGA Championship, when he blew a four-shot lead with four holes to play and lost in a playoff to Keegan Bradley. He made sure not to let this one get away. Dufner won by playing a brand of golf that matches the expression on his face. It wasn’t exciting, and it didn’t need to be.

Furyk also made bogey on the last two holes, taking two chips to reach the 17th green and coming up short into mangled rough short of the 18th green, where all he could do was hack it onto the green. Furyk closed with a 71 to finish three shots behind.

Masters champion Adam Scott who led in first two rounds never made a serious of move and shot 70 to tie for fifth. Defending champion Rory McIlroy made triple bogey on the fifth hole to lose hope, those he still closed with a 70 and tied for eighth, his first top 10 in a major this year.

After his triumph, Dufner hugged his wife, Amanda, and gave her love tap on the tush with the cameras rolling.

Among the first to greet Dufner was Keegan Bradley, who beat him in the PGA playoff at Atlanta and was behind the “Dufnering” craze from earlier this year.

Dufner became the sixth player to win a major with a round of 63, joining Tiger Woods, Greg Norman, Raymond Floyd, Nicklaus and Johnny Miller.

He is the third first-time major champion of the year, and the 15th champion in the last 19 majors who had never won the big one. Woods is responsible for the latest trend, mainly because he’s not winning them at the rate he once was.

Woods extended his drought to 18 majors without winning, and this time he wasn’t even in the hunt. For the second straight round, Woods finished before the leaders even teed off. He closed with a 70 to tie for 40th, 14 shots out of the lead.