Harman nips Johnson on final hole
Brian Harman made a 30foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the Wells Fargo Championship in Wilmington, N.C., and deny Dustin Johnson a fourth victory in a row
Harman hit a heavy chip from behind the green on the par-5 18th that barely got onto the putting surface. It appeared certain there would be at least a three-man playoff with Johnson and Pat Perez until Harman holed the putt and broke into a wild celebration.
He closed with a 68 for his second PGA Tour victory.
Johnson, in his return from a freak back injury that knocked him out of the Masters, went from making the cut on the number to a 67-67 weekend and had the lead until Harman birdied the last two holes.
“It’s surreal,” he said. “I three-putted that 15th hole, knew it was going to be tough to birdie those last couple. But I stuck to my game plan and just did it. Did the best I could.”
Other tournaments
Lorena Ochoa Match Play: Sei Young Kim held off Ariya Jutanugarn, 1 up, in Mexico City for her sixth LPGA Tour title. After Jutanugarn won the par-5 17th with a birdie to force another hole, Kim finished off the match with a halve for a par on the par-4 18th. In the morning semifinals, Kim beat Mi Jung Hur 5 and 4, and the third-ranked Jutanugarn topped Michelle Wie 4 and 3.
Insperity Invitational: John Daly held to win his first PGA Tour Champions title, topping Kenny Perry and Tommy Armour III by a stroke in The Woodlands, Texas. Daly, 51, finished at 14-under 202.
GolfSixes: Denmark won the inaugural GolfSixes tournament as Thorbjorn Olesen and Lucas Bjerregaard teamed up to beat Australia’s Scott Hend and Sam Brazel, 3-1, in the final of the six-hole match-play event at Centurion Club in St. Albans, England.