Thomas pips Zalatoris in PGA Championship play-off

Justin Thomas produced a dramatic final-round fightback to take advantage of a final-hole collapse by Mito Pereira and defeat Will Zalatoris in a play-off to win the PGA Championship.

Thomas equalled the biggest final-day comeback in tournament history as he jumped from seven behind to post a three-under 67 at Southern Hills, posting four birdies over his last 10 holes to set the clubhouse target at five under.

Zalatoris carded a final-round 71 to match Thomas' target, with the pair progressing into a three-hole play-off when Pereira - who led throughout and took a one-shot advantage to the 72nd hole - found water off the final tee on his way to a costly double-bogey.

The play-off began at the par-five 13th, where the leading duo exchanged birdies, before Thomas edged ahead when he drove the par-four green at the 17th to set up a two-putt gain.

Zalatoris missed from eight feet to match Thomas' birdie on the second play-off hole and was unable to convert from distance on the third, played on the difficult 18th, as Thomas safely two-putted for to secure his first major title since winning the Wanamaker Trophy in 2017.

Pereira started the day three ahead and moved further clear when Matt Fitzpatrick bogeyed the first, only for the Chilean to miss from six feet to save par at the third and lose his outright advantage when Zalatoris posted back-to-back birdies from the fourth.

Fitzpatrick made a close-range birdie at the fourth but failed to take advantage at the par-three next, where Pereira picked up a shot to move two ahead, while Zalatoris produced a remarkable up and down from the cart path to scramble a bogey at the sixth after hitting his tee shot into bushes.

The delay dealing with Zalatoris' drop resulted in a long