Dufner positive after squandered chance

ATLANTA, Georgia - Jason Dufner botched a chance to win the first title of his six-year career, squandering a four-hole lead with four holes to play and lose the PGA Championship in a playoff to Keegan Bradley.

The 34-year-old American was four up on the field and owned a five-stroke edge on Bradley after his US compatriot took a triple bogey at the par-3 15th, but Dufner made bogeys at 15, 16 and 17 while Bradley birdied 16 and 17.

In Sunday's three-hole aggregate playoff, Bradley birdied 16 again, Dufner made bogey at 17 again and Dufner's birdie at 18 was not enough to avoid a one-shot defeat when Bradley, 25, tapped in his par putt.