Spieth and Gillis in playoff

Spieth, the reigning Australian Open champion, started the John Deere Classic slowly and was eight shots back after the opening round. He beat out Tom Gillis in a sudden-death playoff.

His decision was vindicated after a 10-under 61 in the third round, the best round of his US PGA Tour career, set up his second victory in the event via a play-off on Sunday and continued his incredible run of 2015 success.

The 21-year-old American made par on the par-four second playoff hole while Gillis missed the fairway with his tee shot and then found the water on his second at the TPC Deere Run.

One woman almost fainted because he touched her.

Spieth picked up the first of those five wins here at the Deere two years ago, and while everyone else wants to talk about the Grand Slam, Spieth believes that opportunity wouldn’t be possible if he didn’t hole out from the bunker on the 72nd hole here two years ago.

However the rules weren’t in place for the final round, meaning Lee was penalised a shot. Although he is highly unlikely to win the British Open, expect Gillis to use the confidence he gained today and grab his first PGA Tour win by the end of the year or early next year.

In Gee Chun, playing in her first U.S. Open, shot a second 2-under 68. “I practiced with my coach last week but didn’t play much golf”.

World No. 1 Park In-bee of South Korea (67) finished tied for third at five under par with Stacy Lewis (70).

Spieth drove it in the fairway, played to the middle of the green and two-putted for victory.

Chun began the day four shots behind Yang, but the leader began to falter on the back nine and by the 14th hole there was a three-way tie for the lead at six under par with world Lewis joining Chun and Yang.

“I just needed to get some more repetitions”, said Spieth, who next week will try to join Ben Hogan (1953) as the only players to win the first three majors of the year in the modern era. “What I saw (Sunday) and the last three days, I’d have to say makes me think I’ve still got some tread on the tires left”.

Spieth, 21, became the youngest player to win a single PGA Tour event more than one time. I wouldn’t have been in the [FedEx Cup] playoffs, the Presidents Cup, my world ranking would have been down given that I played the playoffs extremely well.

The New Zealand golfer Danny Lee has finished agonisingly short of claiming his second PGA tour win, though he only has himself and maybe his caddie to blame.

Brooks started the final round with a one-stroke lead over Jacquelin, but his driving was poor and he was forced to scramble for a 73 that still clinched him an Open berth for the first time.