Watson closes on Casper’s record with third Travelers Championship win

Bubba watson over came a six stroke deficit to win his third Travelers Championship title, shooting a 7-under 63 on Sunday for a three-stroke victory at TPC River Highlands.

Watson became the first three-time winner on the PGA Tour this season, and pulled within one of Billy Casper’s tournament record of four victories.

Watson finished at 17-under 263. Third-round leader Paul Casey, two-time winner Stewart Cink, Beau Hossler and J.B. Holmes tied for second. Casey shot 72, Cink 62, Hossler 66 and Holmes 67.

Watson shot a 33 on the front nine, but really got it going on the back, with five birdies. He tied Casey at 16 under by getting up-and-down from the bunker for a birdie on the course’s signature 15th hole.

Still tied on the par-4 18th, Watson hit his tee shot 366 yards, then pitched inside three feet, giving caddie Ted Scott a big high-five before taking the lead with the putt.

Scott Mccarron won the American Family Insurance Championship – his first win of the season – with an 8-under 64 for a 15-under 201 total and a one-stroke victory over Jerry Kelly at University Ridge.

Japanese 19-year-old Nasa Hataoka won the NW Arkansas Championship by six strokes for her first LPGA Tour title.

She closed with an 8-under 63 at Pinnacle Country Club for a tournament-record 21-under 192 total. Austin Ernst shot 65 to finish second.