Golf: Thomas outduels Koepka for WGC win, World No 1 ranking

American Justin Thomas won the WGC St. Jude Invitational on Sunday to recapture the world number one ranking AFP/ANDY LYONSWASHINGTON: Justin Thomas reclaimed the world number one ranking on Sunday by beating defending champion Brooks Koepka down the stretch to win the WGC St. Jude Invitational by three strokes.

The 27-year-old American became the third-youngest US PGA Tour player in the past 60 years to reach 13 career wins, behind Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus and just ahead of Rory McIlroy. Thomas, the 2017 PGA Championship winner, jumped from third past McIlroy and top-ranked Spaniard Jon Rahm to retake world number one, a spot he held for four weeks in 2018.A back-nine shootout saw Americans Koepka, Thomas, Berger and 54-hole leader Brendon Todd deadlocked with Lewis for the lead on 11-under while Australian Jason Day, American Chez Reavie and England's Matthew Fitzpatrick were on 10-under.

"I got unbelievably lucky," Thomas said."Somehow, that calmed me down. You usually only get lucky like that when you win the tournament.Koepka scrambled on 16 but missed an eight-foot par putt to fall two adrift, only to sink a 40-foot birdie putt at the par-3 17th to move back within a stroke as he walked to the 18th tee.

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