Koepka dominant early in triumph
Brooks Koepka had three birdies in a four-hole stretch on the front nine and cruised to a three-stroke victory in the FedEx St. Jude Invitational on Sunday for his first World Golf Championships title.
Playing with Rory McIlroy in their first final-group pairing, the topranked Koepka closed with a bogeyfree five-under-par 65 at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tenn., for his seventh PGA Tour title. He finished at 16under 264.
McIlroy followed his third-round 62 with a 71. Webb Simpson had a 64 to finish second. Marc Leishman (67) was third, four strokes back. Tommy Fleetwood (66) and Matthew Fitzpatrick (69) joined McIlroy at 11 under.
Jin Young Ko clinched her second major title of the season, firing a fourunder 67 in the final-round rain to win the Evian Championship by two shots with a 15-under total of 269 in Evian-Les-Bains, France. Ko closed it out after playing partner and longtime leader Hyo Joo Kim lost control with a triple bogey at the par-three 14th . ... Bernhard Langer beat Paul Broadhurst by two shots to win the Senior British Open in Lytham St. Annes, England, for his record-extending 11th senior major title. Langer, 61, fired a four-under 66 to finish at six-under 274 for his fourth Senior Open title, a tournament record . ... In Reno, Collin Morikawa birdied his last three holes to win the Barracuda Championship. Morikawa closed with seven birdies in the modified Stableford scoring system, giving him 14 points.