Vijay prevails in Senior Players playoff
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — Vijay Singh birdied the second playoff hole Sunday to beat Jeff Maggert and win the Constellation Senior Players Championship.
Singh, a three-time majors winner, knocked in a putt from about 2 feet after a nearly perfect approach on the 18th hole at Exmoor Country Club.
He gave an understated fist pump as the ball fell in, giving him his first major title on the PGA Tour Champions.
Singh (67) and Maggert (68) finished at 20-under 268.
Brandt Jobe (66) was two strokes behind while Jerry Kelly (64) and defending champion Scott McCarron (71) finished at 17-under. Maggert had chances to win in regulation and on the first playoff hole but missed birdie putts both times.
SILVIS, Ill. — Michael Kim shot a final-round 66 on Sunday to win the John Deere Classic by a recordsetting eight strokes and pick up his first victory on the PGA Tour.
Kim, who turned 25 on Saturday, finished at 27-under 257 — breaking Steve Stricker’s tournament record from 2010 by one shot.
He also qualified for this week’s British Open at Carnoustie.
Bronson Burgoon, Francesco Molinari, Joel Dahmen and Sam Ryder all finished at 19-under.
Kim secured the largest margin of victory during the tournament’s stay at TPC Deere Run, which began in 2000. J.P. Hayes (2002) and Vijay Singh (2003) won the event by four strokes.
GULLANE, Scotland — Brandon Stone sank to his knees and dropped his putter in despair after narrowly missing out on becoming the first player to shoot a round of 59 on the European Tour but Stone’s 10-under 60 secured victory at the Scottish Open on Sunday, earning him a third professional title of his career — the first outside his native South Africa — and the extra prize of a qualifying spot in this week’s British Open.
WHEATON, Ill. — Laura Davies went virtually unchallenged in Sunday’s final round of the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open, claiming the title by 10 strokes over Juli Inkster. The 54-year-old Davies shot a 5-under 68 to finish at 16-under 276 at Chicago Golf Club in the USGA’s championship for women 50 and older. A 7-under 66 Saturday provided Davies with a five-shot lead over Inkster. The World Golf Hall of Famer from England widened her advantage Sunday when she birdied the par-5 second hole and Inkster made bogey.
SYLVANIA, Ohio — Thidapa Suwannapura won her first LPGA Tour event, closing with a 6-under 65 and birdieing the first playoff hole to defeat Brittany Lincicome at the Marathon Classic. The 25-year-old Thai player is the sixth first-time winner this year. Her previous best finish was seventh at the 2014 Kingsmill Championship.