That’s the most in one PGA Tour season since Tiger Woods won
six in 2009 and the most by a player before July since Arnold Palmer in 1962.
It was Scheffler’s fourth victory of the year in the PGA
Tour’s $20 million signature events, earning him a payday of $3.6 million. He
also won the Masters and The Players Championship.
Scheffler closed with a 5-under 65 to post 22-under 258 at
the TPC River Highlands. After the disruption on the 18th, which delayed play
for about five minutes after police tackled the protesters, Scheffler left a
26-foot putt from the fringe on the edge of the cup and tapped in for par. Kim
then made a 10-foot birdie putt for a 66 to catch Scheffler.
The hole location on the 18th was moved for the playoff to
avoid the parts of the green affected by the protesters. Scheffler hit his
approach to 11 feet while Kim found a plugged lie in the front bunker and made
bogey. Scheffler two-putted for par and the victory.
LPGA Tour and PGA of America
Amy Yang built a huge lead and survived a couple of late
mistakes to win her long-awaited first major title on Sunday, a three-shot
victory in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
Yang closed with an even-par 72 at Sahalee to finish at
7-under 281. She was nearly flawless for the first 15 holes and reached 10
under for the tournament for a seven-shot lead before running into a little bit
of trouble, dropping three shots in two holes. None of her pursuers was able to
mount a significant charge.
At age 34, Yang is the oldest major winner on the LPGA Tour
since Angela Stanford won the 2018 Evian Championship at age 40.
Yang’s sixth LPGA victory was her first since last year’s
CME Group Tour Championship, which was also the most recent victory by a South
Korean player. She earned a spot in the Paris Olympics, where she will
represent South Korea for the third time.
Lilia Vu and Jin Young Ko each shot 71 to tie for second at
284. Vu shot three rounds under par, but couldn’t overcome a 75 in the first
round.
LIV Golf League
Tyrrell Hatton won the inaugural LIV Golf Nashville on
Sunday, easily holding off Jon Rahm and two-time U.S. Open champ Bryson
DeChambeau for the Englishman’s first victory since January 2021 at Abu Dhabi.
Hatton took a three-stroke lead into the round, and shot a
6-under 65 to polish off a six-stroke win over Sam Horsfield at The Grove.
This was Hatton’s ninth event since joining LIV Golf, and a
tie for fourth had been his best finish. His lone PGA Tour victory was the 2020
Arnold Palmer Invitational. With captain Rahm shooting a 68, Hatton helped
Legion XIII also win its third team title.
Rahm played his first event since an infection on his left
foot kept him out of the U.S. Open after withdrawing from LIV Golf Houston
during the second round. He tied for third with DeChambeau (68), Joaquin
Niemann (62) and Lee Westwood (66).
European tour
Guido Migliozzi of Italy holed a 7-foot birdie putt on the
par-5 18th and then birdied it twice more in sudden death to win the
KLM Open in a three-man playoff on Sunday.
Migliozzi birdied two of his last three holes for a 1-under
70, joining Marcus Kinhult of Sweden and Joe Dean of England, who earlier
birdied the 18th and each posted a 68.
All three players birdied the 18th on the first
playoff hole, but the Italian was the only player who managed birdie on the
second extra hole, two-putting from about 60 feet for his first European tour
victory in nearly two years.
Migliozzi and Dean earned the two spots available for the
British Open next month at Royal Troon through the Open Qualifying Series. Dean
earned the exemption over ”inhult based on a better world ranking.
PGA Tour Champions
Padraig Harrington won the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open for
the third consecutive year on Sunday, making a key par save on the par-3 17th
to hold on for a 4-under 68 and a one-shot victory over Mike Weir.
Weir was playing two groups ahead of Harrington and closed
within one shot by making birdie on the 17th hole. Harrington missed the green
to the right and faced a difficult lie, with the ball sitting down on a slight
slope.
He chipped it about 8 feet past the hole and made the par
putt, and then closed out with a par on the 18th at En-Joie Golf Club to finish
at 15-under 201.
The victory comes one week after Harrington was inducted
into the World Golf Hall of Fame during the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2.
Weir closed with a 67. Ken Duke (68), Mark Hensby (66) and
Ken Tanigawa (70) tied for third, two shots behind. Tanigawa was part of a
three-way tie for the 36-hole lead with Harrington and Stephen Ames.
Korn Ferry Tour
John Pak capped off his first Korn Ferry Tour victory on
Sunday when he closed with a 2-under 70 for a three-shot victory in the
inaugural Compliance Solutions Championship.
Pak had a seven-shot lead going into the final round thanks
to a 65 on Saturday. He responded to an early bogey with a birdie, played the
front nine of the Jimmie Austin OU course even, and played bogey-free on the
back nine with birdies on both the par 5s.
Jackson Suber, the alternate who replaced an injured Jon
Rahm at the U.S. Open and then made the cut, closed with a 63 to finish alone
in second and move to No. 22 on the points list.
Steven Fish (67) finished alone in third.
Pak, who swept all the college awards in 2021 as a senior at
Florida State, finished at 23-under 265 and moved from No. 51 to No. 9 on the
points list.
Other tours
Soo Bin Joo shot 3-under 69 on Sunday and won the Island
Resort Championship in an Epson Tour event that was reduced to 36 holes because
of rain. Former LSU star Ingrid Lindblad had a 66 and was among five players
who tied for second. ... Ryo Ishikawa closed with a 4-under 68 for a one-shot
victory in the Japan Players Championship, his 19th career victory on the Japan
Golf Tour. ... Minkyu Kim won the Kolon Korea Open for the second time with a
5-under 66, giving him a three-shot victory over Younghan Song. Kim and Song
each earned a spot in the British Open through the Open Qualifying Series. ...
Frederik Kjettrup of Denmark won in his second start as a pro when the Florida
State alum closed with a 2-under 68 for a one-shot victory in The Beachlands
Victoria Open in Canada on the PGA Tour Americas. ... John Parry won his third
Challenge Tour title when he closed with a 2-under 68 and won the first hole of
a playoff with a par to defeat Per Langfors in the Blot Open de Bretagne. ...
Marta Martin of Spain closed with a 9-under 63 for a four-shot victory over
Rosie Davies in the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open on the Ladies European Tour. ...
Sakura Koiwai won for the second time this year on the Japan LPGA with a
7-under 65 for a six-shot victory in the Earth Mondahmin Cup. ... Hungkyung
Park closed with a 2-under 70 and won a three-way playoff on the fourth extra
hole to capture the Hankyung Ladies Cup on the Korea LPGA. AP
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