Rose completes 20-under run at Colonial
FORT WORTH — Justin Rose closed with a 6-under-par 64 on Sunday and finished at 20 under for a three-stroke victory over U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka in the Fort Worth Invitational.
Rose won for the ninth time on the PGA Tour and became the fifth player with multiple victories this season. Rose also won the HSBC Champions in Shanghai in the fall. The 37-yearold from England earned $1,278,000 and a plaid jacket for winning at Hogan’s Alley. He moves to No. 3 in the world and will have a mathematical chance to reach No. 1 next week at the Memorial.
Koepka shot 63 but started the day four strokes behind Rose in the final group. Emiliano
Grillo shot 64 and finished third at 16 under.
While Rose missed matching Zach Johnson’s 2010 tournament scoring record of 259 because of a bogey on the 72nd hole, first-round leader Kevin Na matched the course record with a closing 61 and finished fourth at 14 under.
Jordan Spieth made a short birdie putt at No. 18 for a closing 68 to finish 5 under.
In other golf news: • Paul Broadhurst shot an 8-under 63 to win the Senior PGA Championship by four strokes and match the 72-hole scoring record. Broadhurst finished at 19-under 265 at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor, Mich., matching the record by
Rocco Mediate two years ago. Broadhurst, 52, from England, won his second senior major after a Senior British Open title in 2016. Tim Petrovic was runner-up after a 69, and Scott McCarron closed with a 70 and tied for third at 14-under 270 with Jerry Kelly (65).
• Minjee Lee of Australia birdied the 18th hole to close with a 4under 68 and win the LPGA Volvik Championship at Ann Arbor, Mich., by one shot over I.K. Kim. Lee, who turned 22 on Sunday, three-putted for a bogey on No. 17, dropping into a tie with Kim, who finished her round of 67 around the same time. Lee needed a birdie to win on reachable par-5 18th. Her second shot landed a few feet to the right of the green, and she calmly chipped to within 3 feet. She made the putt to finish at 16under 272.
• Francesco Molinari completed a bogey-free weekend at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, England, and closed with a 4-under 68 to win the BMW PGA Championship by two shots over
Rory McIlroy, who led by three strokes after 36 holes. McIlroy entered the final round tied for the lead with Molinari but did not make his first birdie until the eighth hole. By then, Molinari already was two shots ahead. McIlroy fell four shots behind through 10 holes, and only a birdiebirdie finish for a 70 made it look closer than it was.