{"id":11586,"date":"2012-06-18T11:32:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T09:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/update-6-golf-simpson-triumphs-by-one-shot-at-u-s-open\/"},"modified":"2012-06-18T11:32:38","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T09:32:38","slug":"update-6-golf-simpson-triumphs-by-one-shot-at-u-s-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-6-golf-simpson-triumphs-by-one-shot-at-u-s-open\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 6-Golf-Simpson triumphs by one shot at U.S. Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Simpson wins first major title<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* McDowell ties for second<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Woods finishes in tie for 21st<\/p>\n<p> (Adds further quotes, detail)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Mark Lamport-Stokes<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>SAN FRANCISCO, June 17 (Reuters) &#8211; American Webb Simpson<br \/>\nclinched his first major title with a nerve-jangling one-shot<br \/>\nvictory at the 112th U.S. Open on Sunday after overhauling<br \/>\novernight leaders Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old Simpson, who triumphed twice on the PGA Tour<br \/>\nlast year, charged into contention with four birdies in five<br \/>\nholes around the turn on the way to a two-under-par 68.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On a foggy afternoon at the brutally difficult Olympic Club,<br \/>\nSimpson coolly parred his last eight holes to finish at one-over<br \/>\n281 as the other main contenders faded over the closing stretch.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was pretty nerve wracking,&#8221; Simpson told NBC television<br \/>\nafter earning the winner&#8217;s cheque for $1.44 million in the<br \/>\nyear&#8217;s second major. &#8220;I knew it was a tough golf course.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had to go out and do as well as I could. I probably<br \/>\nprayed more the last three holes than I&#8217;ve ever done in my life.<br \/>\nIt helped me stay calm and get in with two under.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Simpson wins first major title * McDowell ties for second * Woods finishes in tie for 21st (Adds further quotes, detail) By Mark Lamport-Stokes SAN FRANCISCO, June 17 (Reuters) &#8211; American Webb Simpson clinched his first major title with a nerve-jangling one-shot victory at the 112th U.S. Open on Sunday after overhauling overnight leaders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-11586","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}