Phoenix Open – final round leaderboard
-24 T Detry (Bel); -17 M Kim (US), D Berger (US); -16 J Spieth (US), C Bezuidenhout (SA); -15 W Chandler (US), J Thomas (US), R MacIntyre (Sco)
Belgium’s Thomas Detry claimed his first PGA Tour title with an impressive seven-shot win at the Phoenix Open.
The 32-year-old carded rounds of 66, 64, 65 and 65 to finish 24 under par overall, ahead of Americans Daniel Berger and Michael Kim, who both ended 17 under.
Detry closed out the win with four successive birdies in his six-under-par round and was immediately congratulated by his wife and two young children.
“It’s incredible, it’s what dreams are made of,” Detry told Sky Sports. “That walk on the last hole was incredible.”
Former world number one Jordan Spieth and South African Christiaan were tied in fourth place on 16 under.
Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre shared sixth place on 15 under with American Will Chandler and world number 11 Justin Thomas, who carded a final round of 67.
Detry who had finished runner-up twice in 65 events, started the day with a two-shot lead in Scottsdale, Arizona.
“I’ve given myself plenty of chances in the past but never been able to conclude. I’m just so happy,” he added.
It is Detry’s first professional win since the World Cup of Golf with Thomas Pieters in 2018.
He came under slight pressure from playing partner Berger when the 31-year-old picked up his fifth birdie of the day on the par-five 15th to briefly close the gap to just two shots.
But Detry stayed calm and hit an incredible approach on the par-three 16th stadium hole to set up a tap-in birdie that effectively sealed the title.
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