Langer captures Senior PGA crown
Bernhard Langer played near-flawless golf and took advantage of Vijay Singh’s late mistakes to win the Senior PGA Championship at Trump National in Sterling, Va., yesterday for his record ninth senior major. The Senior PGA was the only major that had eluded the 59-yearold German star during his dominant decade-long run on the 50-and-over circuit. He tied Jack Nicklaus’ senior major record last week with a comeback victory in the Regions Tradition in Alabama.
Despite a few dozen protesters, the drama remained on the course at President Donald Trump’s club on the shores of the Potomac River. Trump, coming off a nineday trip abroad, did not attend the final round.
Langer pulled ahead of Singh with a 12-foot birdie on the par-4 16th. Singh 3-putted 17 to give Langer a 2-shot advantage. After Singh birdied 18, Langer calmly tapped in for par and a 1-shot victory. He shot a 4-under 68 to finish at 18-under 270. Singh closed with a 70.
Langer also won the season-opening event in Hawaii and has 32 career senior victories.
Kisner edges Spieth
Kevin Kisner birdied the first three holes on the back nine to take the lead and held on to win at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas, despite a charge by defending champion Jordan Spieth.
Kisner shot a 4-under 66 to finish at 10-under 270, including a clutch par save on the 18th hole after a wayward tee shot and an approach that was off the back side of the green and well below the hole. He finished a stroke ahead of Spieth, Sean O’Hair and Jon Rahm.
Spieth shot a bogey-free 65, and was standing on a chair to see over the crowd at the 18th green when Kisner putted up the mound to 5 feet of the cup and then made the winning putt. That came right after Rahm’s 10foot birdie chance skirted just to the left of the hole.
The 33-year-old Kisner got his second PGA Tour victory in 148 starts since his debut in 2011.
Feng fantastic
Shanshan Feng shot a 4-under 68 to win the LPGA Volvik Championship in Ann Arbor, Mich., by a stroke over Minjee Lee and Sung Hyun Park.
Feng earned her first victory of the season and seventh of her career. . . .
Swedish golfer Alex Noren rediscovered his sensational form of 2016 in shooting a 10-under 62 to win the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in Virginia Water, England.