Bill Haas wins AT&T National

Bill Haas of the USA broke free from the pack to win the AT&T National, at Congressional Country Club, by three shots from his countryman Roberto Castro.

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Bill Haas of the USA broke free from the pack to win the AT&T National, at Congressional Country Club, by three shots from his countryman Roberto Castro.

Haas posted an excellent closing round of 66 to claim the victory and move to seventh on the FedEx Cup standings.

Early in the final round, the tournament was wide open, with six different players taking, or sharing, the lead in the opening exchanges. But Haas struck the decisive blows around the turn.

He holed good putts at the 8th, 9th and 10th holes for three straight birdies, and a lead he would not relinquish. Haas had at least two shots advantage to play with for the entire back nine. Although he felt the pressure, he kept his game together brilliantly to secure his fifth PGA Tour title.

"As many times as I've choked and hit bad shots and I've been nervous and it hasn't worked out... I was feeling all those things today, and to hit good, quality golf shots down the stretch is such a good feeling," Haas said. "I wish I could explain it. It's amazing."

Roberto Castro played some excellent golf to finish second. He was tied for the lead with Haas, Andres Romero and James Driscoll at the start of play. Romero and Driscoll fell away with poor closing rounds of 75 and 74 respectively, but Castro held it together to close with a 69. He finished one clear of Jason Kokrak and D.H. Lee of Korea, who were tied third.

Lee recorded nine birdies in the final round to post a tournament best-equalling 64.

AT&T National Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland Jun 27-30, purse $6,500,000 par 71 1   Bill Haas (USA)      70   68   68   66   272   $1,170,000 2   Roberto Castro (USA)   66   69   71   69   275   $702,000 T3   Jason Kokrak (USA)   71   66   70   69   276   $377,000 T3   D.H. Lee (Kor)      71   66   75   64   276   $377,000 5   Stewart Cink (USA)   70   69   71   67   277   $260,000 6   Jordan Spieth (USA)   69   66   74   69   278   $234,000 7   Charlie Wi (Kor)      72   71   65   71   279   $217,750 T8   Brian Davis (Eng)      70   72   71   67   280   $175,500 T8   Graham DeLaet (Can)   68   72   71   69   280   $175,500 T8   James Driscoll (USA)   69   69   68   74   280   $175,500 T8   Morgan Hoffman (USA)   73   68   69   70   280   $175,500 T8   Brandt Snedeker (USA)   69   71   69   71   280   $175,500

Note: Player score in bold signifies Titleist ball usage

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Fergus Bisset
Fergus Bisset
Contributing Editor

Fergus is Golf Monthly's resident expert on the history of the game and has written extensively on that subject. He has also worked with Golf Monthly to produce a podcast series. Called 18 Majors: The Golf History Show it offers new and in-depth perspectives on some of the most important moments in golf's long history. You can find all the details about it here.

He is a golf obsessive and 1-handicapper. Growing up in the North East of Scotland, golf runs through his veins and his passion for the sport was bolstered during his time at St Andrews university studying history. He went on to earn a post graduate diploma from the London School of Journalism. Fergus has worked for Golf Monthly since 2004 and has written two books on the game; "Great Golf Debates" together with Jezz Ellwood of Golf Monthly and the history section of "The Ultimate Golf Book" together with Neil Tappin , also of Golf Monthly.

Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin, from where he saved par. Who says there's no golfing god?

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