Golf US Open 2019: American Gary Woodland wins at Pebble Beach

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In front of the world n ° 1, Brooks Koepka, and the n ° 4, Justin Rose, on the circuit of Pebble Beach, the American thus takes down his first Grand Slam title.

Considered one of the biggest "Hitters" On the professional golf circuit, the American Gary Woodland won his first Grand Slam title on Sunday June 16, winning the US Open thanks to his composure and devilishly precise approachesHe spent all 4e tower with on the heels the no World 1, Brooks Koepka, and the no World 4, Justin Rose. But neither the first, yet winner of the last two editions of the US Open, nor the second, crowned in 2013, managed to make him lose track.

Koepka, who won the PGA Championship last month, his fourth title in eight majors, started the fourth round with four birdies on the first five holes. He even came back to Woodland a shot, three times, but it didn't make him doubt it.

"I never told myself that I was going to win this tournament, even when I was on the green of the last hole, but I had come to win it", he said, to explain his serenity. Koepka hailed Woodland's victory: “I played well, I couldn't have done better. Gary just played better for four days, he deserves this title. "

One of the circuit's mirrored cabinets

A shot, successful on hole 17, a par 3, sums up the incredible week of Woodland who took the lead in the 2e turn Friday. After a "Tee-shot", or first move, unusually too short, on the 25e world finds itself in dire straits. It is at the edge of the green, very off-center and far from the flag.

At the same time, on hole 18, Koepka who is then two strokes behind, can birdie and reduce his delay to one stroke, or even to nothing if he returns his putt and if Woodland ends the 17th with a bogey. But the leader did not crack: he managed a perfect approach and saved the par, while Koepka narrowly missed the putt for the birdie. Woodland ended his day on a high note with a 15-meter long putt on the 18e and last hole which gave him, at 35, the fourth title of his career, by far the most important.

"It's really special to win this tournament, especially here at Pebble Beach", he confessed, after signing his last card of 69 (- 2) for a total of 271 (- 13), three strokes better than Koepka (274, - 10).

Woodland, whose best result in a Grand Slam tournament so far was his 6e place in the 2018 PGA Championship, ended his week with just four bogeys, the event record tied.

Originally, he was not destined for a career in golf, which he practiced as a hobby, but in basketball, as a point guard with a puzzling three-point address. But he was only recruited by a Kansas university which was playing in the 2e College Championship Division (NCAA) and his coaches quickly made him realize that he was too small, too slow, and too thin. Hard to believe, because Woodland is now one of the circuit's mirrored cabinets, which happily propels its "Drives" more than 250 meters.

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