Truist Championship: Sepp Straka fends off Shane...

Sepp Straka joins Rory McIlroy as the only other person to win multiple times on the PGA Tour this season. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

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Sepp Straka nearly blew a two-shot lead, but his impressive 2025 season continued Sunday afternoon. As Shane Lowry collapsed down the stretch at the Philadelphia Country Club, Straka held on late to pick up a two-shot win at the Truist Championship. Straka posted a final-round 68 to get to 16-under in the tournament and claim his second title of the PGA Tour season.

Straka is the second golfer with multiple titles in 2025. Rory McIlroy, who completed the career grand slam last month at the Masters, is the other. Straka?s win came amid a brutal collapse from Lowry, who was looking for his first solo title on Tour in nearly five years. Lowry bogeyed two of his final three holes, and he three-putted on the final green to drop two strokes back. His last miss sent him crouching with his head in his hands in the corner of the green while Straka finished out to secure his win. Straka and Lowry flew ahead of the field Saturday and built a three-shot lead after the 54-hole mark. That lead disappeared quickly in the final round, even with Lowry carding a birdie at the opening hole. Lowry made the turn at 1-under on the day, while Straka looked like he was poised to run away with the tournament. He eagled the par-3 fifth, and then made back-to-back birdies at the turn to build up a two-shot lead.

But Straka erased those birdies immediately with back-to-back bogeys. That kept Straka and Lowry tied, and allowed Justin Thomas to stay within striking distance – though Thomas missed two very makeable putts, one for birdie and another for par, to play himself out of it. He finished in a tie for second at 14-under on the week. Straka and Lowry remained in lockstep on the back nine, and they each birdied the 15th after making nearly identical chips up onto the green. Lowry?s stopped just short of falling, which would?ve given him an eagle and a one-shot lead. Straka pulled away for good at the 16th as Lowry fell apart. Straka stuck his approach at the short par-3 and two-putted for an easy par. Lowry missed the green off the tee and then had his par look lip out. That left him with a bogey and sent him one back.

Straka then closed out with back-to-back pars, including one on the 18th after he landed in the fairway bunker, while Lowry stumbled to the finish. Lowry missed a birdie at the 17th, and then sent his tee shot right up against the grandstands along the left rough at the last hole to pave the way for Straka to claim his title. Lowry hasn?t won an individual title on the PGA Tour since 2019, when he won the British Open at Royal Portrush. He won the Zurich Classic last season alongside McIlroy in New Orleans, which marked his third career win on Tour. Lowry has missed a single cut on Tour this season and now has four top-10 finishes. His runner-up finish Sunday is his second of the season.

Straka is quietly having a very good 2025. He started the year off with a win at The American Express in his third start of the season. Since then, he?s missed just two cuts and hasn?t finished worse than T28. Now, not even halfway through the season, he has doubled up his career win total. He is now in second in the FedExCup standings. Both Straka and Lowry are set to move inside the top 10 in the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time in their careers after Sunday’s performance. Straka’s previous best ranking was No. 11, while Lowry was sitting at a career-high No. 12 entering this past week. Straka has largely struggled at the PGA Championship throughout his career. He finished T66 in his first outing at the event in 2020, and he missed the cut there last season. He finished T7 in 2023, though he was seven shots off the lead and didn?t stand a legitimate chance at the Wanamaker Trophy that Sunday. But with the way he?s been playing this season, Straka is capable of making a move at the second major next week at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. With two wins under his belt in a matter of months, now may finally be his time to break through.Ryan Fox wins in Myrtle Beach, earns PGA Championship spot Elsewhere on the PGA Tour, Ryan Fox played his way into the PGA Championship.

Fox beat Mackenzie Hughes and Harry Higgs in a playoff to win the Myrtle Beach Classic at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club in South Carolina. Fox chipped in for birdie on the first playoff hole. The win was the first for Fox in his career, and earned him one of the final spots at next week’s major championship. At 38, Fox is the oldest first-time Tour winner since 2017. Fox made the cut in all four major championships last season; his best finish came in the form of a T25 run at the British Open. He’s made the cut in five of his six PGA Championship starts. Next week will mark his fourth straight PGA Championship appearance.