Stenson breaks 72-hole record
Finishes 22 under for Wyndham crown
Henrik Stenson kept making birdies on the back nine Sunday at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C. They added up to a tournament record — and his first victory of the year.
Stenson closed with a 6under 64 for a one-stroke victory in the final event of the PGA Tour regular season.
The 2013 FedEx Cup champion finished at 22-under 258 at Sedgefield Country Club, breaking the course’s 72-hole record set by Carl Pettersson in 2008 and matched a year ago by Si Woo Kim.
The Swede earned $1,044,000 and 500 FedEx Cup points for his sixth win on tour and his first since the 2016 British Open.
“It’s certainly a good time to start firing,” Stenson said. “We know the kind of damage you can do in the playoffs. ... If you get hot and keep on playing well, you have a chance to challenge.”
Stenson said he left his driver in his locker all week — “he’s a little anxious to get out there and start getting some air time next week,” he quipped of the club.
He certainly didn’t need it on the par-70 Sedgefield course.
For the second day in a row, he had four birdies in a five-hole stretch of the back nine.
Ollie Schniederjans shot a 64 to finish second. Webb Simpson was 18 under after a 67.
Stenson’s 30-foot birdie putt on No. 17 moved him to 22 under.
Other tournaments
U.S. Amateur: Doc Redman of Clemson outlasted Doug Ghim on the 37th hole to win at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Redman made an eagle on the 35th hole and birdied the 36th to extend the match to extra holes.
Dick's Sporting Goods Open: Scott McCarron birdied the final three holes to beat California childhood rival Kevin Sutherland by a stroke in Endicott, N.Y. McCarron closed with an 8-under 64 a day after shooting a 61 at EnJoie to join Sutherland atop the leader board. Sutherland also birdied the 18th for 65.
Paul Lawrie Match Play: Adrian Otaegui came from behind to beat home favorite Marcel Siem, 2 and 1, in Bad Griesbach, Germany, clinching the title for his first European Tour triumph.