Rookie Murray clinches first PGA Tour title by one stroke


  • Golf
  • Monday, 24 Jul 2017

(Reuters) - A lucky break at the 13th hole paved the way for PGA Tour rookie Grayson Murray to win the Barbasol Championship by one stroke in Alabama on Sunday.

Murray hung his head in disgust after pulling his seven-iron approach shot at the par-five, fearing his ball would find a greenside bunker, but it barely cleared the sand before taking a big bounce and then a hard right turn, trickling down to within five feet of the hole.

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