Taylor nabs top-10 finish at Greenbrier
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. VA. Rookie Xander Schauffele made a three-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday to win The Greenbrier Classic by a stroke over Robert Streb for his first PGA Tour victory.
Schauffele closed with a 3-under 67 and finished at 14-under 266 to cap a daylong duel with Streb and third-round leader Sebastian Munoz.
Streb shot 69. Munoz had a 72 to tie for third with Jamie Lovemark at 12-under. Lovemark shot 69.
After Schauffele’s birdie, Streb found the left fringe on the 161-yard 18th and his chip that would have forced a playoff came up short. Munoz needed to ace the 18th to tie it, but settled for par.
At 53, Davis Love III fell short in his bid to become the oldest winner in tour history. He shot 75 and tied for 29th at 5-under.
The top Canadian was Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., who finished in a tie for ninth at 9-under, including a 69 Sunday. Dave Hearn of Brantford, Ont., tied for 14th at 8-under with a closing round of 68. Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., finished in a tie for 20th at 6-under, including 67 on Sunday.
Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., also finished at 6-under, including a final-round 69.
Meanwhile in Oneida, Wis., Katherine Kirk won the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic Sunday, matching Ashleigh Buhai with a birdie on the final hole for a onestroke victory.
The 35-year-old Australian won her third LPGA Tour title and first in 152 starts since the 2010 Navistar LPGA Classic with a finalround 70 to finish 22-under.
Kirk earned $300,000 and secured a spot next week in the U.S. Women’s Open. Buhai, from South Africa, shot a 67 to finish at 21-under. South Korea’s Sei Young Kim was third at 20-under after a 63.
Hamilton, Ont.’s Alena Sharp had a 68 Sunday to finish at 13-under, tied for 20th. Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., and Augusta James of Bath, Ont., finished in a tie for 28th at 11-under, while Samantha Richdale of Kelowna, B.C., had a 78 Sunday to finish at even par.