Johnson earns 6th WGC title
5-under 66 gives him 5-shot win in Mexico Championship
Dustin Johnson struggled early, caught a good break from behind a tree and then breezed to his sixth World Golf Championship title on Sunday by closing with a 5-under 66 for a five-shot win over Rory Mcilroy in the Mexico Championship.
He started the final round with a fourshot lead. But the lead cut in half after three holes, and Johnson escaped potential trouble on the fifth when he was given free relief behind a tree because the heel of his shoe was on the cart path.
Martin Trainer won the Puerto Rico Open for his first PGA Tour title, closing with a 5-under 67 for a three-stroke victory over four players. Trainer, a 27-year-old PGA Tour rookie, birdied four of the last 10 holes to finish at 15-under 273 in his 11th PGA Tour start. Trainer earned $540,000 along with a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour and an exemption to the PGA Championship. Third-round leader Aaron Baddeley shot a 72 to tie for second with Daniel Berger (66), Roger Sloan (67) and Johnson Wagner (69).
LPGA: Amy Yang won the LPGA Thailand for the third time after holding off Minjee Lee by one stroke. Yang finished at 22-under 266 for her fourth overall LPGA Tour win. Yang emerged from a three-way tie with Lee and Carlota Ciganda with a birdie from the fringe of the green on the par-3 16th to regain the lead. Lee, on the 18th, had the chance to force a playoff if she made a 14-foot eagle putt. She didn’t and settled for second.