Wesley Bryan wins RBC Heritage by 1 shot for first tour title.

GOLF

Bryan rallies at Hilton Head

Wesley Bryan rallied to win his home-state RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, S.C., for his first PGA Tour title, closing with a 4-under 67 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Luke Donald. Bryan, a South Carolina native who played college golf for the Gamecocks, was four shots behind entering the day and moved into contention with four consecutive birdies on the front nine. He took the lead with a birdie on the 15th hole and finished at 13-under 271. Donald shot 68 in his latest close call at Harbour Town Golf Links — it was his fifth second-place finish here since 2009. Bryan, 27, tapped in for par on the closing, 18th lighthouse hole to make the former trick-shot artist the first South Carolinian to win the state’s lone PGA Tour event. Bryce Molder (Conway) finished tied for 44th at 2 under and won $17,604.

Ames wins easily

Stephen Ames won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic in Duluth, Ga., on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions victory, easily holding off Bernhard Langer at TPC Sugarloaf. Ames, a naturalized Canadian citizen from Trinidad, closed with a 6-under 66 for a four-stroke victory over Langer. Ames, 52, opened with rounds of 67 and 68 to take a onestroke lead over five players into the final round. Making his 49th senior start, Ames had six birdies in his bogey-free round to finish at 15-under 201. He won for the first time since taking the 2009 Children’s Miracle Network Classic for the last of his four PGA Tour titles. Langer, a 30time winner on the tour, had a 65 to jump from a tie for 21st. Fred Funk (66), David Frost (68) and Brandt Jobe (70) tied for third at 10 under, and 2016 winner Woody Austin (68) and Kevin Sutherland (71) followed at 9 under. John Daly (Dardanelle, Arkansas Razorbacks) earned $33,600 for his 7-under finish which was good enough for a tie for 12th place. Glen Day (Little Rock) tied for 58th at 2 over and won $3,060. Molinari tops in playoff Edoardo Molinari won the Trophee Hassan II on Sunday in Rabat, Morocco, beating Paul Dunne on the first hole of a playoff for his first European Tour title in seven years. Molinari sank a 2-foot par putt after Dunne had missed his putt for par, securing victory for the Italian after a 5-under 68 saw him join Dunne at the top of the leaderboard. Molinari, a former Ryder Cup player, last won on the tour at the Johnnie Walker Championship in 2010. Dunne held the overnight lead and was seeking his maiden title as a professional. He closed with a 1-under 72. Molinari eagled No. 18, one of two eagles for him on the back nine, to go to 9 under. Dunne made birdie on the last to force the playoff.

TENNIS

Johnson best on clay

Steve Johnson fought through late cramps to win the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship, beating Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5) on Sunday at Forest Oaks in Houston. Johnson, 27, won his second ATP Tour title, and became the seventh American to win the event since it moved to Houston in 2001. He also won a grass-court title last summer in Nottingham, England. The fourth-seeded Johnson beat two former champions, Fernando Verdasco (2014) in the quarterfinals and American Davis Cup teammate Jack Sock (2015) in the semifinals, to reach his first final on U.S. soil. Bellucci, 29, seeded eighth, lost his first ATP final in five tries. He won four three-set matches in four days before falling in the final. Johnson was hobbled by cramps serving at the end of the third set, but — coaxing a backhand return error from Bellucci on a serve he barely hit — was able to get off the court and receive a brisk right-thigh massage from an ATP trainer. Players aren’t allowed timeouts for cramps. Johnson appeared fine in the tiebreaker, the first to decide the championship in tournament history. Johnson won NCAA singles titles for the University of Southern California in 2011 and 2012.

Monte Carlo gets underway

Tenth-seeded David Goffin won an all-Belgian contest to reach the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Sunday as the first big tournament of the clay court season got underway. Goffin broke Steve Darcis five times and needed just 72 minutes to post a 6-2, 6-1 victory at the Country Club. “I played well from the start,” said Goffin, who will play either Nicolas Almagro or a qualifier in the next round. “I made him run a lot. I was playing very well tactically. I was playing the right way. I’m very happy with that. It’s never easy to play against a friend.” Frenchman Gilles Simon, a former semifinalist in Monte Carlo, set up a second-round match with former top-ranked and two-time champion Novak Djokovic by defeating Malek Jaziri 6-2, 6-2. Joao Sousa also advanced with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Florian Mayer.

MOTOR SPORTS

Vettel holds off Hamilton

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel held off a late charge from Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton to win the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday and take the overall lead in the Formula One title race. Hamilton was catching Vettel on every lap but ultimately ran out of time and finished about seven seconds behind. Vettel and Hamilton were level with a victory each heading into this race, but Vettel’s second victory of the season and 44th of his career puts him in command. Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas finished third after starting from pole position for the first time in his career. It was his 11th podium. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen was fourth. Bottas made a clean start but Hamilton was beaten for pace by Vettel, who overtook him heading into the first corner. Hamilton’s hopes were also hit when he was given a five-second time penalty early into the race for driving too slowly in the pit lane and holding up Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, who was fifth.

BASEBALL

Orioles closer to DL

Baltimore Orioles closer Zach Britton has been placed on the 10-day disabled list with a strained left forearm, a move retroactive to Saturday. Britton said he felt pain while throwing a curveball in the ninth inning of Friday’s victory over the Blue Jays. Britton earned the save in that game, his fifth this season, and matched Tom Gordon by converting his 54th consecutive opportunity, the second-longest streak ever. The record belongs to Eric Gagne (84). Baltimore Manager Buck Showalter said he isn’t certain Britton will be ready to return as soon as he’s eligible on April 25. The Orioles recalled right-hander Stefan Crichton from Class AAA Norfolk. Crichton had been optioned to Norfolk on Saturday to make room for right-hander Alec Asher but is allowed to return to replace an injured player.

Toronto starter out

Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Aaron Sanchez has been placed on the 10-day disabled list with a blister on his middle finger, another blow to a struggling team off to a 2-10 start. The AL ERA leader last season, Sanchez allowed 5 runs and 7 hits, including 3 home runs, in a loss to Baltimore on Friday. He’s 0-1 with a 4.38 ERA. The blister has been bothering him since spring training, and also was an issue last September. Toronto recalled left-hander Matt Dermody from Class AAA Buffalo on Sunday. The Blue Jays lost 2015 AL MVP Josh Donaldson to a calf injury Thursday and put him on the 10-day DL Friday.

SOCCER

Panamanian killed

Police in Panama say national team soccer player Amilcar Henriquez has been shot dead while leaving his home. The press chief for Panama’s National Police said the killing happened Saturday in the country’s Colon province. Authorities say a gunman shot the 33-yearold midfielder several times. Another two people were wounded. Henriquez died at a nearby hospital. President Juan Carlos Varela has condemned the killing on his Twitter account. He is calling for authorities in Colon to hunt down those responsible. Henriquez was part of the Panama team that is trying to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. He played in the last 20 minutes of Panama’s 1-1 tie with the United States last month. He has played 75 times for his country.