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Unknown Merritt Takes First Pga Win At National


Champ Kind
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3d63cb38808b63ac04b73272e167f9cb810055c6.jpgAmerican Troy Merritt fired a four-under par 67, closing with a 35-foot birdie putt, to win the Quicken Loans National on Sunday and capture his first PGA title. The unheralded 29-year-old held off US star Rickie Fowler and Swede David Lingmerth over the back nine to become the 10th first-time winner on the US PGA Tour this season but the first in the history of the National. Merritt, who fired a tournament-record 61 on Saturday, finished 72 holes at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club on 18-under 266 for a three-stroke victory over Fowler with Lingmerth third on 270.

 

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