71 in the Schwab Cup to qualify for the postseason. 17.ĭavid Duval shot 71 and tied for 11th, just enough for him to move up seven spots and finish at No. Pampling’s victory moved him up 13 spots to No. The SAS Championship was the final tournament before the Charles Schwab Cup playoffs begin for the top 72 players. (AP) - Rod Pampling of Australia had to play 33 holes Sunday in the rain-delayed SAS Championship and it was worth ever step when he finished off a 68 and then closed with a 5-under 67 for his second career PGA Tour Champions title. Koepka picked up an additional $4 million for finishing third in the points race.ĭeChambeau fell back Sunday with a 70. Koepka not only won $4 million from the tournament, his victory bumped Bryson DeChambeau out of the top three in the season standings. With his playoff loss, Gooch moved past Cameron Smith and won the season points title and the $18 million bonus. Koepka had to birdie two of his last three holes to finish at 14-under 196 and tie with Gooch, who closed with a 62. KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Brooks Koepka held it together at the end for a 2-under 68 and defended his title at LIV Golf-Jeddah with a birdie on the second playoff hole to beat Talor Gooch on a day when both had reason to celebrate. Rahm just missed an eagle putt on the last hole. 3-ranked player in the world birdied his first four holes to get the crowd going, but lost momentum after making a bogey on the 13th before picking up two late birdies. Rahm, who was trying to surpass Seve Ballesteros’ three Spanish Open titles, finished with a 64 and tied for ninth. Pavon finished nine shots ahead of Rahm, who birdied six of his first eight holes to move within three shots of the lead at one point. Pavon ended six shots ahead of Siem, who flirted with a 59 in a 10-under 61 that included two eagles. The Frenchman closed with a 7-under 64 to finish at 23 under for the tournament in an emotional wire-to-wire victory in a country where his father used to play soccer professionally and in a city where his grandfather was born. MADRID (AP) - Matthieu Pavon won his first European tour title Sunday, fending off an early rally by Jon Rahm and a late charge by Marcel Siem to win the Spanish Open by four shots. Two-time defending champion Danielle Kang shot 71 to finish five strokes back in a tie for 17th at 9 under. Maja Stark closed with a 72 and tied for eighth. Vu shot a 4-under 68, with six birdies and two bogeys, and was the clubhouse leader at 14-under, until Yin birdied the par-5 17th and then made par on the final hole to force a playoff. Yin was tied with Maja Stark for the overnight lead at 12 under and on Sunday shot a 70, with three birdies and a lone bogey on the 6th. It was 25-year-old Yin’s first victory in her 159th start and she shared a warm embrace with compatriot Vu on her breakthrough win. Yin and Vu finished at 14-under 274 on the Qizhong Garden Golf Club course forcing a playoff, where Yin made a birdie at the par-4 18th after Vu had narrowly missed her 20-foot birdie putt. SHANGHAI (AP) - Angel Yin defeated top-ranked Lilia Vu on the first playoff hole to win the Buick LPGA Shanghai on Sunday for her first tour win. Tom three-putted for par, but still had a two-shot lead. Kim hit to the fat of the green in two, 50 feet away for eagle. Then, it became a two-man race between Kim and Hadwin, playing in the final group with Kim holding a one-shot advantage. With an hour left in the tournament, there was a six-way tie for the lead and 12 players were separated by a single shot. The only other player to win the same event twice in one season was Byron Nelson at the San Francisco Open in January and December of 1944.
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