We entered the 2017 PGA Championship with a well-documented career grand slam on the cards. The crowd in Charlotte, North Carolina, waited with baited breath to see if Jordan Spieth could become the youngest-ever winner of a career grand slam. He didn't. Someone did complete their career grand slam, though (sort of). Louis Oosthuizen completed a career grand slam of runners-up with his T2 in the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow last week. The South African shared his -6 score with Patrick Reed and Francesco Molinari, who were all edged out by eventual winner Justin Thomas on -8. Oosthuizen showed little in the way of bitterness or disappointment; posting a video of himself comically lip-syncing Andra Day's song "Rise Up" on Twitter. It may not be quite as impressive as a real career grand slam, but it's no less incredible. Nonetheless, $784,000 and a second-place is nothing to lose sleep over.

It was on the home straight- Sunday's back nine- that Justin Thomas swung the final major of 2017 in his favour. A long putt on the ninth preceded the most remarkable shot of the tournament. Having seemingly left his birdie putt on the lip at the tenth pin, a unanimous groan fell from the crowd. Thomas, perhaps more savvy to the situation than most, did not immediately add the finishing touch. Instead, he walked back to his caddie and waited all of twelve seconds before the ball finally subsided to subliminal pressure from Thomas and his supporters; collapsing into the hole to give Thomas his birdie. His challengers may as well have packed up and gone home then, because there was no doubting that it was Justin Thomas's day. A birdie at the seventeenth all-but sealed victory for the American, who claimed the Wanamaker Trophy, despite a bogey on the final hole, for his maiden major victory.

There were certainly a few surprises at Quail Hollow, hence a mixed bag in the Foremost Golf predictions from our tournament preview. Like the rest of the golfing world, we simply couldn't overlook the fact that Rory McIlroy looked the undeniable favourite. However, it took a late surge for McIlroy to even crack the top-25 as his final day -3 left him at a less-than-impressive +1 T22 for the week. Another favourite, Justin Rose, failed to make the CUT as he finished on +6 despite his impressive record on the course. Phil Mickelson also looked an exciting prospect when you considered his past form at Quail Hollow and his 2005 PGA Championship win, but the five-time major winner hit 11-over to miss the CUT. We did have our moments, though. Rickie Fowler's T5 supported our statement that the Californian finishing in the top-10 was "one of the most likely results of the tournament", whilst we were spot on with Jordan Spieth's inability to even challenge for the title; he finished two-over at T28. We also mentioned that Jason Day has been "lacking that winning-edge", and the Aussie faded from the title race on Saturday as he threw away a -6 at the start of the weekend to enter the final round at level-par before eventually finishing on one-under.

England's top finisher, Jordan Smith, snuck inside the top-10 with a -1 for T9 to equal Jason Day and Matt Kuchar. Smith won the Porsche European Open at the end of July and the 24-year-old appears to be on the rise. Hideki Matsuyama is another who showed the effect that form can have on performance, snatching T5 in the PGA Championship after his recent WGC-Bridgestone Invitational win. These results have seen him leapfrog Jordan Spieth to the World No. 2 position. The only man ranked higher- World No. 1 Dustin Johnson- claimed a modest T13 with an even more modest level-par. Kevin Kisner will arguably be the most frustrated player of the Championship, having steamed into the weekend at -8 and leading wire-to-wire until the final round. Kisner eventually slipped to -4 and T7 (respectable by any means) but would certainly have hoped for more.

Well, it's been a fantastic year of golf majors, hasn't it? As per usual, Americans dominate the list of champions, with Spain's Sergio Garcia the only non-American victor, having won the Masters in his umpteenth major. Jordan Spieth continued to write his chapter in golf folklore as he ended a run of seven first-time winners in the process of claiming the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Whilst we didn't get our youngest-ever career grand slam winner in Jordan Spieth, Louis Oosthuizen made sure we at least got a career grand slam of sorts.

Justin Thomas - What's in the Bag?

Driver: Titleist 917 D3

Fairway Wood: Titleist 917 F2

Irons: Titleist T-MB 716 CB & 716 MB

Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM6

Putter: Scotty Cameron Futura X5 Prototype

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Written by Joe Carabini

joe.carabini@foremostgolf.com