Jason Dufner wins Byron Nelson Championship

Jason Dufner secured a second PGA Tour victory in the last four weeks at the HP Byron Nelson Championship. The 35-year-old beat fellow American Dicky Pride by a single shot at the TPC Four Seasons Resort in Irving, Texas.

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Fergus Bisset
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Jason Dufner secured a second PGA Tour victory in the last four weeks at the HP Byron Nelson Championship. The 35-year-old beat fellow American Dicky Pride by a single shot at the TPC Four Seasons Resort in Irving, Texas.

Dufner began the final round one clear but he stumbled early on with bogeys at the 2nd and 3rd holes. But he bounced back immediately with birdies at the next two.

On the back nine, J.J. Henry took the lead at 11-under-par after back-to-back birdies on the 15th and 16th, having scored a hole-in-one earlier in the round, on the 5th.

But Henry fell back with a double-bogey at the 17th leaving Dufner and Dicky Pride at the top of the leaderboard.

Pride, a Tour veteran of some 20 years, made a fantastic par saving putt on the final hole after finding water from the tee. Then, moments later, Dufner holed along a very similar line for a birdie to beat Pride by a single shot.

"I knew if I made birdie that I would win, par would be a playoffs, but the playoffs aren't much fun. My experience in them aren't too great," said Dufner. Although he lost twice in playoffs in 2011 (including to Keegan Bradley in the USPGA Championship,) Dufner did beat Ernie Els over extra holes to win in New Orleans earlier this year.

With the victory Dufner has moved to the top of the FedEx Cup standings and to 14th on the Official World Golf Ranking.

J.J. Henry ended the week in a tie for third with Swedish rookie Jonas Blixt, Marc Leishman and Joe Durant who only got into the event as an alternate.

HP Byron Nelson Championship TPC Four Seasons Resort, Irving, Texas 17-20 May, purse $6,500,000, par 70

1   Jason Dufner (USA)   67   66   69   67   269   $1,170,000 2   Dicky Pride (USA)      66   68   69   67   270   $702,000 T3   Jonas Blixt (Swe)      68   70   67   66   271   $312,000 T3   Joe Durant (USA)      70   71   65   65   271   $312,000 T3   J.J. Henry (USA)      68   68   67   68   271   $312,000 T3   Marc Leishman (Aus)   65   69   71   66   271   $312,000 T7   Ken Duke (USA)      69   67   72   66   274   $209,625 T7   Phil Mickelson (USA)   70   69   69   66   274   $209,625 T9   Jason Bohn (USA)   70   70   67   68   275   $156,000 T9   Jason Day (Aus)      68   68   67   72   275   $156,000 T9   Robert Garrigus (USA)   71   70   68   66   275   $156,000 T9   Ryan Palmer (USA)   64   70   72   69   275   $156,000 T9   Pat Perez (USA)      67   67   72   69   275   $156,000 T9   Vijay Singh (Fij)      68   70   66   72   275   $156,000

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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