After Defeating Shane Lowry, Sepp Straka Reveals the Cost of Securing His PGA Championship Spot

After a thrilling four days of golf, Austrian Sepp Straka had cause for celebration. The 32-year-old claimed only his fourth-ever victory on the PGA Tour at the Truist Championship held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. “This year has been pretty good to me. Just really grateful for all the hard work from the people that don’t get to stand on that 18th green and celebrate,” the PGA Tour pro stated.

The 32-year-old’s career is hitting a crescendo at the right moment. He is currently second in the FedEx Cup points list, right behind his Team Europe mate Rory McIlroy, and is the only person other than the Northern Irish golfer to win multiple times on the PGA Tour this season. Reflecting on the same, he said, “The whole team, my wife, just the stuff that she does every day for me to be able to do this. My parents that sacrificed pretty much every trip — they didn’t take trips without golf trips. It was really special to get this win. Yeah, just really grateful for the people in my life that allowed me to play golf this way.”

Austria’s first PGA TOUR champ now has four!

Sepp Straka wins @TruistChamp at Philly Cricket Club. pic.twitter.com/x7S0HLIhz0

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 11, 2025

Straka’s dad Peter was a golf course architect while his mother Mary used to frequently play back in her days. In fact, the couple met each other while Peter was buying golfing gloves at a shop where Mary was working. “My parents are both golf nuts, so I suppose it was natural that Sam [my brother] and I would take up the game, even though we enjoyed playing football more when we were growing up,” the four-time PGA Tour winner stated. The love for golf definitely played a huge part in choosing golf as a career for Sepp Straka and it has shown in his game this season.

Despite the two missed cuts at the Genesis Invitational and the Masters, Straka has been a proper model of consistency.

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