Langer wins event on his home course
Bernhard Langer made himself right at home in the Oasis Championship.
Playing 10 minutes from his house, Langer, 61, closed with a 7-under-par 65 on Sunday at the Old Course at Broken Sound in Boca Raton, Fla., for a five-stroke victory.
Langer finished at 19-under 197 for his 39th win on the 50-and-over tour. He won it in 2010 and was second last year.
Marco Dawson was second after a 69, Bob Estes shot a 68 to finish third at 13-under, and David Toms was another stroke back after a 70.
Retief Goosen (72) tied for 24th at 6-under in his senior debut. Gary Nicklaus, also in his first tour start, had a 73 to tie for 51st at 1-over. The 50year-old son of Jack Nicklaus was on a sponsor exemption.
In Barwon Heads, Australia, near Melbourne, Celine Boutier of France claimed a twostroke victory in the LPGA’s Vic Open, and Scotland’s David Law made eagle on the par-5 18th to win the men’s title by a stroke over Australians Brad Kennedy and Wade Ormsby.
Boutier shot a final-round 72 to finish at 8-under 281. Australians Sarah Kemp (65) and Su Oh (74) and England’s Charlotte Thomas (69) were tied for second.
Law’s final-round 66 enabled him to pass Kennedy (67) and third-round leader Ormsby (70) at 18-under 270 on the 13th Beach Golf Links for his first European Tour win.