WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia: Sweden’s Jonas Blixt outdueled four rivals in near darkness yesterday to win the $6.3m Greenbrier Classic by two strokes for his second career US PGA Tour title.
In a final round that was halted for more than three hours by a thunderstorm and ended in twilight gloom, Blixt fired a three-under par 67 for the third day in a row to finish on 13-under 267, his first top-10 PGA Tour finish of the year.
“It has been a bad year for me but I just pulled it off,” a tearful Blixt said. “I can’t believe it. I’m just really happy.”
Blixt won the $1.13m top prize and clinched a berth in next year’s Masters, a huge feat for a golfer who has never played in a major championship.
“A dream come true,” Blixt said. “I watched (the Masters) when I was a kid. I always wanted to play there. It’s a special place, almost like a religious experience to be there. To play there, I’ve just got no words for it.”AFP
