Horschel, Piercy win Zurich
Billy Horschel and Scott Piercy won the Zurich Classic team event Sunday near New Orleans, closing with a bogeyfree 5-under-par 67 in alternate-shot play.
Horschel became a two-time winner at TPC Louisiana. He took his first PGA Tour title at the 2013 Zurich Classic when it was a traditional every-manfor-himself event.
Horschel and Piercy, who began the day three shots back, surged into the lead with birdies on the 10th and 11th holes. They followed that with seven pars to hold off Jason Dufner and Pat Perez by a stroke. Dufner had a 14-foot putt for the tie on 18, but left it a foot short.
This was the second year of the Zurich’s switch to a twoplayer
team format.
The victory was Horschel’s fifth and Piercy’s fourth. They each earned $1.04 million and 400 FedExCup points, but the result did not count toward the world ranking.
The team of Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel finished third at 20-under. Tied for fourth at 19-under were the teams of Tommy Fleetwood and Chris Paisley, and Brice Garnett and Chesson Hadley.
Web.com Tour: Jose de Jesus Rodriguez of Mexico shot a
2-under 70 and won the event in Newburgh, Ind., for his first Web.com Tour title.
Rodriguez started the final round one shot behind Stanford alum Maverick McNealy and seized control when he reached the turn at Victoria National. McNealy bogeyed No. 6, Rodriguez birdied the next two holes and McNealy dropped another shot at the ninth. McNealy closed with a 74 and tied for third.
European Tour: Alexander Bjork of Sweden shot a finalround 65 to claim a one-stroke victory for his initial win on the European Tour at the China Open in Beijing. Bjork, who trailed by one stroke after three rounds, had a 72hole total of 18-under 270 on the Topwin Golf and Country Club.
Adrian Otaegui of Spain, who had moved into a share of the third-round lead with England’s Matt Wallace after shooting 67 on Saturday, matched that score Sunday to finish second. Wallace finished tied for third with two others after a 68, two strokes behind.