Curtis handled the pressure of being in the lead on Sunday at a major, stumbled, composed himself, and made a clutch putt on 18 that he knew he needed to have a chance. It turns out he did need it.
Guess what? Bjorn, Woods, Love, Els, Perry, etc., all choked when given the chance to catch Curtis. They either couldn't handled the pressure, or couldn't make the shots.
Curtis earned that title in the best possible way, but outgunning the top guns of golf at a course which he had never played before the week, in conditions he admitted he had almost no experience playing in.
Francis Ouimet - 1913 U.S. Open. That's the last time something like this happened. I hope Curtis turns out to be a consistent tour winner to silence the critics, and I think he will.
Agreed. But lucky for him he didn't know that Bjorn had just double-bogeyed to even the score. That putt Curtis drained would've appeared twice as long had he known he was putting for the lead.