American Keegan Bradley produced one of the more remarkable wins in recent years to win the 2011 PGA Championship following an extraordinary comeback in regulation to defeat Jason Dufner in a play-off. Bradley, who won the HP Byron Nelson Championship earlier in 2011, became just the third player since 1913 to win a Major in his first appearance. 1913 U.S. Open winner, Francis Ouimet, and Ben Curtis, who claimed the 2003 Open Championship at Royal St George&aposs, were the other two players. 25 year-old Bradley went to the 16th hole on Sunday down by five strokes, but he made two straight birdies and Dufner bogeyed three holes in a row to leave them tied at 8-under 272 at the close of regulation play. In the playoff, Bradley made a 4-foot birdie at the 16th hole to gain the upper hand. Dufner nearly holed out from the fairway, but missed a 6-foot birdie try. Bradley lead by two shots when Dufner three-putted the 17th for a bogey. Dufner made birdie at the tough finishing hole but it wasn&apost enough. Bradley tapped in from a foot away to claim the Wanamaker Trophy by a single stroke and became the first American champion since Tiger Woods&apos win at Southern Hills in 2007. The 25-year-old also became the first American since Phil Mickelson at the 2010 Masters to win a major championship, the longest such run for the country in the history of the game.
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