Justin Thomas captured his 10th career US PGA title on Sunday, holding off fellow American Patrick Cantlay down the back nine to win the BMW Championship in record-smashing fashion.
The 2017 PGA Championship winner seized his first triumph since last year's WGC Bridgestone Invitational, defeating Cantlay by three strokes, and claimed the top spot in the US PGA playoff point standings entering next week's season-ending Tour Championship.
"I was really nervous today," said Thomas, who began the day with a six-stroke advantage.
"It's hard to play with the lead. I was enjoying it though.
"I forgot how hard it is to win. That's why it has taken this long. I've been working hard to get back to it and it feels great."
"I just stayed patient," Thomas said. Patrick made that very interesting. I hit the ball so bad to start the day. I couldn't hit a fairway. That was a hard start."
"It kind of propelled me."
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