Eagle on 17 lifts pair to victory
Kizzire-Harman win QBE Shootout
Patton Kizzire and Brian Harman won the QBE Shootout on Sunday, eagling the par-5 17th and closing with a par for a one-stroke victory over Graeme McDowell and Emiliano Grillo.
Kizzire and Harman shot an 11-under 61 in the betterball final round to finish at 30 under at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla. They opened with a 59 in the first-round scramble and had a 66 on Saturday in modified alternate shot.
McDowell and Grillo shot 62, making seven consecutive birdies on Nos. 11-17.
The teams of Gary Woodland-Charley Hoffman, Kevin Na-Bryson DeChambeau and Luke List-Charles Howell III tied for third at 28 under. Woodland and Hoffman shot 63, Na and DeChambeau 62, and List and Howell had two backnine eagles in a 61.
Kizzire and Harman each earned $422,500.
LPGA Tour player Lexi Thompson and Tony Finau had a 65 to finish seventh at 23 under.
Oosthuizen wins
Louis Oosthuizen won his first title at the South African Open in Johannesburg, running away from his challengers with a final-round 67 for a six-shot victory.
Oosthuizen led from the front on the final day at Randpark Golf Course and although his three-shot overnight lead was cut to one after three holes, he surged back for a ninth European Tour win and first in nearly three years. The South African finished at 18-under 266.
Romain Langasque was alone in second on 12 under, with his closing 66 pushing him 18 places up the leader board on the final day and earning him a place at the British Open next July in Royal Portrush, Northern Ireland.
Oosthuizen faltered with bogeys on the No. 2 and No. 3, then recovered superbly with four birdies in his next six. The 2010 British Open champion made an eagle on the 14th for good measure and was emotional and holding back tears speaking on the 18th green.
“I wish the family was here,” he said. “The crowd was great this whole week. It was nice to do it for them. I know there’s only a few that have won the [British] Open and the SA Open so I’m very chuffed to have my name on this.”