Sunday, 23 June 2013

Golf-Duke gets first PGA win in playoff over Stroud (Reuters)

* Long awaited victory after three times a runner-up * Stroud forced playoff with chip-in on 72nd hole (Adds details, quotes) June 23 (Reuters) - Ken Duke notched his first career PGA Tour title in his 187th start by beating Chris Stroud with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the Travelers Championship on Sunday. The 44-year-old became the oldest first-time winner in 18 years when he claimed victory by sinking a two-foot birdie putt after fellow American Stroud's long birdie try trickled just past the hole on the 18th green. ...

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