Daily Times (Primos, PA)

Jason Day holds on to win Wells Fargo Championsh­ip

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. » Jason Day birdied two of his final three holes Sunday for a 2-under 69 and a twoshot victory over Aaron Wise and Nick Watney in the Wells Fargo Championsh­ip, his second victory this year.

After squanderin­g a three-shot lead on the back nine, Day rolled in a 20-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole and then effectivel­y won the tournament when his tee shot on the 230-yard 17th hole crashed into the flagstick and settled 3 feet away. He was the only player to make birdie on No. 17 at Quail Hollow in the final round, and it staked him to a twoshot lead. PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS» Bernhard Langer won his first PGA Tour Champions event of the year when he saved par on the final hole and closed for a 2-under 70 for a one-shot victory in the Insperity Invitation­al.

Langer had to rally from as many as four shots behind in the final round at the The Woodlands Country Club. He birdied two straight holes around the turn, added birdies on both par 5s on the back nine and then had to scramble for par on the 18th hole.

He was right of the fairway among pine trees blocking his path over the water to the green. Langer was behind a TV structure, however, and chose to take relief to the right away from the trees. It left him a blind shot, but without pines in his way. He went just right of the green, hit a delicate chip to just under 4 feet and made the putt. LPGA TOUR » Sung Hyun Park chipped in from behind the green for birdie on the final hole for a 5-under 66 and a one-shot victory in the LPGA Texas Classic, a tournament cut to 36 holes because of rain.

Because of the rain delays and stop-and-start nature of the tournament, Park was part of a fiveway tie for the lead going into the second and final round. However, she finished 90 minutes before the tournament ended because groupings were not changed from the opening round.

Park 131. EUROPEAN TOUR » Ireland won the second edition of the GolfSixes tournament as Gavin Moynihan and Paul Dunne beat the French pair of Romain Wattel and Mike LorenzoVer­a in the final on Sunday.

The Irish overcame the England Women’s team of Charley Hull and Georgia Hall 2-0 in the quarterfin­als of the six-hole match play event, then beat South Korea in the semifinals, with Moynihan chipping in for a birdie on the first playoff hole. OTHER TOURS »

Sanghyun Park closed with an even-par 71 to get into a four-way playoff and won with a par on the third extra hole to win the GS Caltex Maekyung Open on the Asian Tour. Park won the event for the second time in three years. It was the 14th straight time a South Korean has won the tournament, dating to Mark Calcavecch­ia’s victory in 2004. finished at 11-under

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