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Glover earns first PGA Tour win in 10 years

Former US Open champion Lucas Glover notched his first PGA Tour victory since 2011 Sunday, firing a final-round 64 to win the John Deere Classic by two strokes.

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Kevin Techakanokboon: My memories of ArieKevin Techakanokboon: My memories of Arie

Editor’s Note: Kevin Techakanokboon is in his second full season as a PGA TOUR Series-China player and has played professionally throughout Asia since turning pro in 2015 after playing collegiately at Long Beach State University in California. Techakanokboon was roommates with Malaysia’s Arie Irawan in Sanya, China, when Irawan died in his sleep early Sunday morning, April 7. The American-born player of Thai descent wrote this piece in memory of his friend. When I would room with my good friend Arie Irawan during PGA TOUR Series-China tournaments, one of the things I noticed we both did after our rounds, good or bad, was overanalyze things about our play. Because of that, I would always try to find ways to get us to disconnect once we were off the golf course. We would play a video game, or we might watch TV. We would definitely do stuff to get us to relax and get ready for the next day and not necessarily talk about golf. Last year, we were playing the Zhuhai Championship in Zhuhai, China, the second-to-last tournament of the PGA TOUR Series-China season. The two of us sharing a hotel room to cut down on expenses was our normal pattern when Arie’s wife wasn’t traveling with him. That week, I was playing pretty well, but Arie missed the cut. Friday night, we were back in the room watching “The Office� on Netflix when Arie said, “I’ll come caddie for you tomorrow.� He said it kind of jokingly, so I came back with, “Yeah, sure.� I didn’t use a caddie in the first two rounds, so I could use one. But I honestly didn’t think he was being serious. He then said, “Yeah, I’ll take the first shuttle bus from the hotel to the course, I’ll get my practice in and then I’ll see you on the first tee.� Well, Saturday morning came, and Arie left the hotel to go to the course way before I did. By the time I got there, he found me and said, “I’ll see you in a little bit.� I thought he was going to practice putting or have a little breakfast. But a few minutes later, he comes back from the locker room, and he had changed into shorts, he had his running shoes on and he was at the practice tee ready to go. All he needed was a caddie bib. All right, I thought, I guess we’re doing this. That was the first time Arie Irawan served as my caddie, and what a weekend it was. For my third round I was paired with my close friend Gunn Charoenkul, and Gunn’s girlfriend—now wife—Vichuda, or “Koy� as she’s more commonly known, was caddying for him. Here’s an admission: Since turning professional, I have never really had much success on weekends of tournaments. Now, whether that’s a fatigue issue or mental issue or something else, I really don’t know. For some reason, though, I haven’t played well. That Saturday, with Arie as my caddie, I put a strong round together. I felt very lucky to be paired with Gunn and have Arie carrying my clubs. To be honest, the round didn’t feel like we were playing in a tournament at all. It felt like we were just out there going about our business playing a casual round of golf and joking around all day. Between shots, Arie and I talked a lot, but we didn’t talk about golf. Instead, we joked about something he saw or something I saw. We talked about stuff that would take us away from the golf just enough before we had to get back into it. It was just what I needed. That weekend Arie was definitely a reassuring presence for me. We had played practice rounds together earlier in the week, so we both knew the course pretty well. On hole 4 in Zhuhai, there is a big bridge you can see in the background off the tee. I would look at my line and say, “The fourth pillar on that bridge, OK?� I knew it was OK. I just wanted to hear someone say, “Yeah, it’s perfect.� Arie did that for me so many times during those two rounds. 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We were sitting there with a few of the guys we spend most of our time: Ben, Matthew Negri and Eugene Wong, and we were all having a great time celebrating the win as well as Ben’s birthday. Arie was texting his wife, Marina, letting her know he was out with the boys but that he wouldn’t stay out too late. Arie knew how to maintain relationships even if he was friends with people who didn’t quite walk along the same path as him. He was great that way, he was never much into judging people and he was always quick to share information or knowledge he had that he thought would help me or whoever else. Arie and Marina shared themselves with us, and I’m so grateful they were such a big part of my life on Tour. Whether it was playing practice rounds with one another or and having dinner together with our group of friends, I’ll never forget the presence both Marina and Arie had on us. Life on Tour is so much more than just the hours that we spend on the course during competition, and it’s those times that we shared that I’ll look back on the most when I remember my friend, Arie Irawan.  I’ve had a flood of emotions since Sunday morning. Nothing really prepares you for something like this. How am I supposed to tell his wife what happened? How am I going to face his parents? There was just so much that I didn’t know how to say and so much that was left unsaid to Arie. But once Marina and Arie’s parents, Ahmad and Jeny, Marina’s sister and Arie’s aunt arrived in Sanya, I had the chance to meet with them. They were all so strong and so calm. You could really feel how much they all love him and miss him. You could see it in their eyes and hear it in their voices. We all did our very best to hold it together and be strong for them in their time of suffering. In the end, it was Ahmad who told those of us who were with them that day to not let what happened with Arie stop us from going out and doing what we needed to do to take care of business. “Don’t stop,� he said to us. “It’s not what Arie would have wanted for you to do. Look back at all of the good times that you shared with Arie and be happy.� I can do that, and I will try to continue doing that. Many of those good times involved us in California. For almost two years, we’ve shared the same swing coach, Dana Dahlquist, in Long Beach. Dana is a really good guy, and we would just try to soak up as much information as we could from listening in on Dana’s lessons. Then we would go out and practice and play together and put into practice the things we learned. I always figured I could be a second set of eyes for Arie out on Tour based on the things I learned while listening in on his lessons. 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Justin Thomas closes out a major victoryJustin Thomas closes out a major victory

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – News and notes from the final round of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow where Justin Thomas fired a 68 to win his first major championship  by two strokes. For more information on the final round, click here to read The Daily Wrap. THOMAS WINS AMONGST FRIENDS We’ve seen those SB2K17 spring break pictures from the Bahamas plastered all over social media. Think Thomas, Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler swimming, soaking up the sun, sinking putts and shooting hoops. A pint-sized pig even nosed his way into some of the photos. On Sunday at Quail Hollow, Spieth and Fowler stood as inconspicuously as they could on the 18th fairway watching as their best bud won his first major championship. “It’s awesome and I think they know I would do the same for them,â€� Thomas said. “It’s a cool little friendship we have.â€� Also on hand was Bud Cauley, Thomas’ roommate in Jupiter, Florida, and also a former Alabama golfer, who teed off at 9:35 a.m. in the 10th group of the day. “I just didn’t believe Bud Cauley stayed around,â€� Thomas said. “He’s one of my best friends. I was about ten minutes from going to tee off and he was walking off to go sign his scorecard. “So he hung around for an entire 18 holes just to stick around, and not knowing what could happen.â€� Spieth, who won the Open Championship last month, had started the final round 11 shots off the pace, his chance to complete the career Grand Slam essentially gone. When he finished off his round of 70, though, Spieth could tell things were going Thomas’ way. Fowler, who is seeking his first major championship, was in the thick of things, playing just six groups ahead of Thomas. He shot 67 and waited with Spieth, both players maintaining a low profile and letting the spotlight shine on their friend. “But I think that kind of shows, you know, where the game is right now, where all of us are,â€� Thomas said. “I mean, we obviously all want to win. We want to beat the other person. “But if we can’t win, we at least want to enjoy it with our friends. I think that we’ll all be able to enjoy this together, and I know it’s going to make them more hungry, just like it did me, for Jordan at the British, or whatever you want to say.â€� REED SETTLES IN The way Patrick Reed saw it, Sunday was a microcosm of his season. Yes, he had a chance to win the PGA Championship. But everything had to fall into place, and while Reed closed to within a shot as the Green Mile loomed, Justin Thomas was just too strong. “This year’s kind of been, kind of the moral of the story of today,â€� Reed said with a sigh. “Very frustrating; a lot of good things going on, but falling just a little short.â€� He knew he had no margin for error on Sunday. Reed started the final round of the PGA Championship five strokes off the lead. He couldn’t afford to make bogeys. He couldn’t squander birdie opportunities, either – not on a course like Quail Hollow. Reed succeeded in making birdies, carving out seven through 15 holes. But he gave three shots back with bogeys, including at the 18th, and ended up falling two shy of victory. “To be as far back as I was coming in today, to win a golf tournament, you have to make every one of them,â€� Reed said. “You can’t sit there and you can’t miss putts. Even if they are 30-footers, if you’re that far back to win, you have to make all of them. “Unfortunately I wasn’t able to do that, and that’s why I’m sitting here disappointed.â€� Still, Sunday’s tie for second came with some positives. It was, after all, Reed’s first top 10 in 16 major championship starts and his best finish of the season, as well. The five-time PGA TOUR champ also moved inside the top 10 for an automatic Presidents Cup berth.  Most of all, though, Reed came away pleased by how comfortable he felt being in contention at one of the game’s biggest events. “My first two years at the majors, I was putting too much pressure on myself,â€� Reed said. “I was making them way bigger than they needed to be. They are still golf tournaments. There’s still 72 holes. You’ve got to go out and play some good golf. “At the end of the day, what I loved to see was when I got in contention today, when I went on that run to get myself actually in the golf tournament … I didn’t feel any different. I didn’t feel any pressure.â€� KISNER HUNGRY FOR MORE Kevin Kisner was nothing if not resilient at the PGA Championship. He held at least a share of the lead after each of the first three rounds, and even when Kisner finally lost it on Sunday, he kept fighting back. In the end, though, the treacherous Green Mile – and the surging Thomas – simply proved too much for him. But Kisner is ready for more.  “It’s fun trying to compete,â€� he said.  “Fun trying to see what you can do. There’s only a certain number of people in the world that get that opportunity, and that’s why we’re out here.â€� Kisner says he gets his tenacity from his parents. And nowhere was that determination on display more than during the 2015-16 season when he lost in three playoffs before picking up his first win last fall.  “They taught me about being a good person and believing in yourself,â€� Kisner said. “And to be the best you’ve got to work hard and that’s what I’ve done in my career.â€� This week at Quail Hollow, Kisner, who ranks 127th in driving distance, was able to offset that deficit with a red-hot putter. At least through the first three rounds. On Sunday, though, the putts that fell early in the week spun out of the cup. Kisner estimated he missed at least three of 8 feet or less but even so, he was feeling good about his chances. “I really liked the way I started out, hitting the ball solid and gave myself a lot of looks,â€� Kisner said. “Just not making the putts that I need to make to win major championships A waterlogged approach at the par-5 seventh was a jolt to the system. It led to his first bogey and is something Kisner says will “hauntâ€� him. “I actually went back for one more club and got too greedy with it,â€� he said. “That should be — that’s one of the holes I have to make 4 on to compete, and walk away with 6 was painful.â€� A birdie at the 10th hole was followed by back-to-back bogeys. But Kisner rolled in birdie putts at Nos. 14 and 15 to get within a touch of Thomas before he faltered over the Green Mile, playing it in 3 over for the second straight day. “That’s not going to be fun to look at,â€� Kisner said. “I thought I had to get to 10 starting the day to win and that was about right. I had every opportunity. I just didn’t finish it off.â€� ODDS AND ENDS Chris Stroud picked up his first PGA TOUR win seven days ago at the Barracuda Championship. On Sunday, he played in the final group at the PGA Championship and ended up with his first top 10 in a major, a tie for ninth. Not a bad week’s work. Stroud, undaunted by the closing 76, called it a “dream come true,â€� adding later the experience was “absolutely unbelievable.â€� “You know, all these guys, J.T., I mean, he’s a deserving champion.â€� Stroud said. “He came out hard. Once he won, everybody knew he was going to win a lot, and he won two in a row, I think, this year, both in Hawai’i he won, Mr. 59. “These guys are really good. The commercial’s right.â€� … As if the Green Mile isn’t taxing enough, Jon Rahm had an added challenge on the 18th hole. His approach landed on the bank of the creek. He had no stance and ended up standing to the side of the ball, facing away from the green. Rahm then held the club backwards in his right hand and made contact, advancing the ball onto the green. He then two-putted for bogey – which certainly would have made the great Seve Ballesteros proud. “If I tried to stand in front of the ball, I’d really have to chop it down,â€� Rahm said. “The only way to hit it on line would be to hit in front of my legs, so that was no option. I’m not gonna hit it left-handed because that’s too much of a gamble for me. And I couldn’t stand in the water because it was so high. “To me, it seemed like the only logical option. It’s straight back, it’s straight backthrough. It’s a very consistent movement.â€� Louis Oosthuizen, who shot 70 on Sunday and tied for second with Francesco Molinari and Reed, has now finished runner-up in all the majors – and THE PLAYERS Championship. He lost in a playoff to Bubba Watson at the 2012 Masters, tied for second at the 2015 U.S. Open and Open Championship and was runner-up at the PLAYERS earlier this year. Oosthuizen has one major to his credit – he won the 2010 Open Championship at St. Andrews. 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