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Thomas gave the chasing pack hope with a three-putt bogey on the 14th, the world number three missing from inside three feet for par. And Westwood took full advantage of seeing his pulled tee shot on the same hole catch a fairway bunker and stay out of the water, a brilliant approach to eight feet setting up a birdie and giving him a share of the lead.
A two-putt birdie on the par-five 16th edged Thomas back in front and Westwood had to scramble for par on the same hole after his second shot hit a tree and dropped down into a fairway bunker. Bryson DeChambeau had not given up the chase and an eagle on the 16th took him to within two of the lead as Thomas held his nerve to hole from five feet for par on the treacherous 17th.
A three-putt bogey on the 17th meant Westwood and DeChambeau both needed to make an eagle on the last to force a play-off, but that proved too much to ask and Thomas could begin celebrating a 14th PGA Tour title after keeping his cool on the 18th to become only the fourth golfer in history to have won a major, the FedEx Cup, a World Golf Championships and the Players.
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