Justin Thomas wins in Boston at the Dell Technologies Championship

Norton, Mass. - In it's typical Labor Day finish, there was much anticipation for

another dramatic finish at the '17 edition of the Dell Technologies Championship.

With Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Paul Casey, Marc Leishman and Phil Mickelson

all in the mix early during Sunday's final round, it seemed like a shootout was

inevitable. In the end it was two close friends (and the two hottest players on the

PGA Tour) that were left battling not only for the win at TPC Boston, but also for

the pole position to win the Fedex Cup with the BMW Championship and Tour

Championship remaining.

Thomas eventually wore down the star studded leaderboard with his steady play,

(he only made two bogeys the entire week) enroute to a final round 66 and 17

under par total and a 3 stroke victory over his buddy Jordan Spieth. Spieth was

on fire to start the round going birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie, but he faltered coming

in - bogeying the tough par 4 fourteenth and the finishing par 5 eighteenth.

Spieth also finished runner up last week in Long Island to Dustin Johnson and

reflected afterwards on another missed opportunity: "We came out firing, like I

said we had to do," Spieth said. "Eight through fourteen is the meat of the golf

course. You want to get through even. I got through over par and didn't get any

coming in when I hit some good putts.

Thomas mentioned "patience" and caddie Jimmie Johnson as the reasons for his

winning ways this season.

Leishmann, Mickelson and Casey all fizzled out on the back nine, leaving just the

two that have battled for nearly a decade now through AJGA events and the epic

NCAA Finals at Riviera where Jordan did "Jordan Things" to get the "W" over

Thomas and earn a national title for his Texas Longhorns.

Spieth holds a slim lead in the Fedex Cup standings, and with two playoff events

remaining, it's shaping up to be a grand finale in Atlanta.

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Dustin Johnson celebrates after winning the Northern Trust at Glen Oaks Club.

Old Westbury, N.Y - World No.1 Dustin Johnson entered the day 3

shots behind Jordan Spieth at Glen Oaks Club, but after shooting 66

in regulation Sunday, it took one extra hole in Long Island to win the

Northern Trust Champion and leave New York atop the Fedex Cup

Playoff Standings.

After two early birdies, Spieth opened his lead up to 5 strokes and it

appeared a rout might be on, but a double bogey on the par 3 sixth

opened the door for DJ to climb back in it. When Johnson birdied the

tenth the two golf titans were tied. They traded birdies at the par 5

thirteenth, then Spieth rolled in an 8 footer to retake the lead at the

fourteenth. DJ countered with a 17 foot putt of his own on the fifteenth

to once again knot things up.

Both players failed to find the green on the par 3 seventeenth, each in

the right greenside bunker. DJ excavated his sand shot to just 4 feet

away, while Spieth faced nearly 20 feet after a his explosion ran out.

In typical Jordan Spieth style, he made the lengthy par putt that sent

the crowd into a frenzy, they knew they were seeing an epic duel.

Johnson made his par and the pair went to the last still tied.

Spieth piped his tee shot down the middle, but Johnson missed his

drive badly in right rough and then began the process of why and how:

"What am I doing?" Johnson said, "I hit myself in the worst possible

spot that I could. Even if I aim left and cut it and it goes in the bunker,

a much better position than I am in the right rough with 210 yards to the

hole. I mean, I've got no chance."

They each faced challenges once reaching the green. After DJ layed up

to a preferred yardage, he wedged to 17 ft away for his third. Meanwhile,

Jordan was 76 feet away after a mediocre approach. Spieth lagged to 3 ft

just about assuring his par. Johnson faced 17 feet for his par and to stay

alive and force a playoff. The putt caught the lip and circled the cup before

diving in, sending the New York crowd into bedlam. The first playoff event

was about to go into a sudden death playoff with two of the games

biggest stars (that finished regulation at 13 under par).

In the playoff, once again playing the eighteenth, the wind shifted to the

directions to helping variety, and Spieth once again split the fairway. Johnson

realizing the wind was to his back took a much more aggressive line over the

water and blasted the best drive all week - 341 yards. Spieth faced 174 yards,

while DJ had just 95 yards. Spieth's 7 iron hit just about pin high and released

to the back edge of the green some 25 feet away. Johnson hit his 60 degree

wedge to 4 feet - serving notice to the "Golden Child" that he would need to

make another bomb just to keep this battle alive. Spieth missed, and DJ

poured his dead in the center to end what was a classic duel.

With his 16th career PGA Tour victory, Johnson now is in prime position to

capture his first Fedex Cup next month at East Lake.

Jon Rahm (68) and Jhonattan Vegas (65) finished third at 9 under par.

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Henrik Stenson celebrates his first win of 2017 at the Wyndham Championship

Greensboro, North Carolina - Henrik Stenson shot a final round 64 on the Donald

Ross gem at Sedgefield Country Club to get his first win of 2017. A red hot final

stretch saw the 2016 Open Champion reel off three straight birdies on holes 15

thru 17 to reach 22 under par and hold off an equally blistering Ollie Schneiderjans,

who also fired a final round 64 after making two dramatic birdies on both of the

final two holes to finish a stroke behind the Swede.

Needing to play the required 15 starts to keep his membership on the PGA Tour,

Stenson showed up at Sedgefield with a less than stellar record in Greensboro -

with two missed cuts and a WD in his last three starts. Carding four brilliant rounds

of 62-66-66-64, it appears that the "Ice Man" is hitting his stride just in time to

make a late season run.

With the win Stenson moved all the way up to 23rd in the Fedex cup standings,

just as the playoffs are about to begin at the Northern Trust. "It's certainly a good

time to start firing," Stenson said. We know the kind of damage you can do during

the playoffs when the points are up to 4 times the normal season. So if you get hot

and keep playing well, (you) certainly have a chance to challenge for the overall.

North Carolina resident Webb Simpson finished third at -18

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