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Poston caps marathon day with Memorial triumph
Key takeaways
- Poston built a four-shot lead Sunday morning in the rain-delayed Memorial and won the biggest tournament of his career.
- Gerard made a 40-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole to briefly take the lead, closed with a 68 and didn't really make a mistake over the final four hours until the final putt.
- So ended the longest day for both of them -- 33 holes, including 13 in the morning to complete the third round and two playoff holes.
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DUBLIN, Ohio -- J.T. Poston built a four-shot lead Sunday morning in the rain-delayed Memorial and won the biggest tournament of his career. It just turned out to be a lot more work than he would have imagined.
Poston, who lost his lead after 12 holes, made a 7-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to salvage an even-par 72 and force a playoff with Ryan Gerard, and then won on the second extra hole when Gerard missed a 6-foot par putt.
Gerard made a 40-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole to briefly take the lead, closed with a 68 and didn't really make a mistake over the final four hours until the final putt.
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