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VEGAS REPEATS AS CANADIAN OPEN CHAMPION

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successful­ly defended his RBC Canadian Open JhonattanH­offman Vegas Charley title Sunday at Glen Abbey in Oakville, Ontario, beating

with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff. Vegas’ approach from the left bunker in the playoff on the par-5 18th hole hit the grass just above the sand lip and went through the green. The 32-year-old Venezuelan chipped to a foot — after racing a chip past the hole in regulation from the same area en route to a par — and won when Hoffman’s birdie try from the back bunker slid past the hole. Vegas closed with a 7-underpar 65 to match Hoffman at 21under-par 267. Hoffman, the third-round leader, birdied the 18th for a 68. Vegas has three PGA Tour titles, also winning the 2011 Bob Hope Classic. was a stroke back after a 64.

Webb’stage uMiof Hyang Lee Ian took PoulterKar­rieadvanHa­ll of Famer late double bogey to win the Ladies Scottish Open on Sunday for her second LPGA tour title. “I didn’t believe I got a win today,” said Lee, six shots back entering the round. A stroke ahead of Lee with two holes left at chilly Dundonald Links, Webb dropped a shot back with the double bogey on the par-4 17th after driving into a bunker and having to play out backward. uBernhard Langer won the Senior British Open on Sunday in rain and wind at Royal Porthcawl in Wales for his record-extending 10th senior major title and fifth in the last 10. The 59-year-old German star closed with a 1-over-par 72 to finish at 4-under-par 280 and beat American Corey Pavin by three strokes. Langer joined

Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win three senior majors in a season and won the event for the third time to match the tournament record. Langer won the Regions Tradition and Senior PGA Championsh­ip — the first two of the PGA Champions Tour’s five majors — in consecutiv­e weeks in May. Nicklaus won three of the then-four majors in 1991.

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