Lewis wins, gives earnings to Harvey relief
PORTLAND, ORE. » Stacy Lewis came through for her hurricane-ravaged hometown — and ended a long winless streak.
The Houston-area player won the Cambia Portland Classic on Sunday, with her $195,000 in winnings going to the relief efforts. Her sponsor, KMPG, also pledged to match the donation.
The 32-year-old Lewis won her 12th LPGA Tour title and first time since June 2014, ending a frustrating stretch that included 12 runner-up finishes. She closed with a 3-under 69 to hold off In Gee Chun by a stroke at tree-lined Columbia Edgewater.
Lewis embraced and kissed husband Gerrod Chadwell, the University of Houston women’s golf coach, on the 18th green. She didn’t know he had made the trip to Oregon until he appeared on the green — after hiding out in the Golf Channel tower during the round
Scott McCarron wins 4th PGA Tour Champions title of season
CALGARY, ALBERTA » Scott McCarron won the Shaw Charity Classic on Sunday for his fourth PGA Tour Champions title of the season.
McCarron closed with a 3-under 67 to beat Miguel Angel Jimenez by a stroke at Canyon Meadows. After Jimenez missed a long eagle putt en route to a birdie on the par-5 18th, McCarron holed a 3-footer for par.
“It felt like 20 feet,” McCarron said. “It was kind of a right-center putt. I didn’t take much time over it, because I saw it go right by and I knew exactly what I was going to do. I just missed a couple short ones before, so I didn’t want to even think about it too long. I set it up and made a good putt finally. It really felt good to get that done.”
McCarron opened with rounds of 63 and 64 to take a two-stroke lead into the final round.
Thomas fires off a 63, shares lead with Leishman in Boston
NORTON, MASS. » PGA champion Justin Thomas made three long birdies on a long, wet TPC Boston for a tournament-best 63, giving him a share of the lead with Marc Leishman going into a Labor Day finish in the Dell Technologies Championship.
Leishman also played bogey-free Sunday and had three straight birdies on the back nine for a 65.
They were at 12-under 201 with no room for error on a leaderboard that was packed with best players.
Paul Casey, who played in the final group last year at TPC Boston, shot 67 and was one shot behind. Jordan Spieth birdied his last two holes and was among those two shots back. some of golf’s
Peter Uihlein wins Web.com Tour Finals opener
COLUMBUS, OHIO » Peter Uihlein won the Web.com Tour Finals-opening Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship on Sunday to earn a PGA Tour card.
Uihlein closed with a 6-under 65 on Ohio State’s Scarlet Course to beat former Buckeyes player Ryan Armour by a stroke.
Uihlein earned $180,000 to wrap up a PGA Tour card as a top-25 finisher in the four-event series. The 28-year-old former Oklahoma State player from Massachusetts has played four seasons on the European Tour, winning the 2013 Madeira Islands Open. He entered the week 12th in the European Tour’s Race to Dubai.
“There’s so many good events now in Europe,” Uihlein said. “It’s really tough. I got to sit down and look at both schedules. I just don’t know. I don’t know next year’s schedule in Europe. I haven’t looked at the PGA Tour schedule. Right now, I don’t know where I’m going to be playing, but I’m going to try and do both and see what happens.”
Uihlein finished at 14-under 270.
“This is a proper test,” Uihlein said. “You got to drive the ball well. You got to hit your irons well. And it’s a shame that it rained because that first day was phenomenal for how fast the greens were, how difficult it was. It changed your mindset a little bit, you need to make some birdies. But it’s not a walk in the park.”