Burns beats Scheffler in playoff at Colonial

Sam Burns made a 38-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole at Colonial, which came just more than two hours after he had finished his round, to beat top-ranked Scottie Scheffler on Sunday in Fort Worth, Texas.

After posting 5-under 65 to get to 9 under, Burns was done in the clubhouse when, at one point, Scheffler was among five players tied at 10 under.

The gusty wind. And Scheffler needed three clutch putts for a 72 just to get into the playoff.

Burns’ seven-stroke comeback matched Nick Price in 1994 for the biggest in a final round to win Colonial.

The playoff began with both driving into the fairway at No. 18, the same hole where just moments earlier Scheffler saved par from the bunker.

Scheffler got on the green with his approach in the playoff, but was 36 feet away. Burns hit just off the back edge of the green and used his putter, with the ball curling the last few feet into the cup. Scheffler

made a good run with his putt, but didn’t have a birdie all day.

It was the third win this season for 10th-ranked Burns, and his fourth overall in his last 27 starts.

Masters champ Scheffler was going for his fifth victory in his last 10 starts. He missed becoming the first player since Tom Watson in 1980 with five wins in a PGA Tour season before the start of June. Auto racing: Red Bull’s Sergio Perez of Mexico held on to win the rainmarred Monaco Grand Prix for his third career Formula One victory and first of the season.

Hockey: Sakari Manninen scored on a power play at 6:42 of 3-on-3 OT and host Finland beat Canada 4-3 for its fourth world hockey championship title. Finland completed an Olympics-world double after winning in China in February, joining Sweden in 2006 as the only countries to win Olympic and world titles in the same year. In the third-place game, the Czech Republic beat the U.S. 8-4