Furyk lands in great company
OMAHA, Neb. — Jim Furyk put his name alongside some of golf ’s greats Sunday once he recovered from a rough start in the final round of the U.S. Senior Open.
Making his debut in the event, Furyk closed with a 1-over 71 to become the eighth player to win both the U.S. Open and Senior Open, joining Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Billy Casper, Gary Player, Hale Irwin and Orville Moody.
“It’s an incredible list,” Furyk said. “I didn’t really want to look to see who was on it last night, but when I finished in the scoring tent I saw it was on TV. They listed the seven folks before. I’m very honored and humbled to have my name in the same breath, to be honest with you. That’s some damn good players.”
Furyk finished at 7-under 273 at Omaha Country Club and held off Retief Goosen and Mike Weir by three strokes.
He won the U.S. Open in 2003 at Olympia Fields south of Chicago, is a 17-time winner on the PGA Tour and won his first two PGA Tour Champions events upon turning 50 last year. This was the third senior major he’s played. He tied for 16th in the Senior PGA and was sixth in the Senior Players Championship.
It was not the stress-free final round Furyk wanted Sunday. He played the first three holes in 3 over. Suddenly, his four-shot lead was down to one. Furyk righted himself with a birdie on the par-5 sixth and regained the four-shot lead by the time he made the turn.
Furyk played his final 15 holes in 2 under and finished at 7-under 273 to win the Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy and $720,000.
Glover takes Deere, ends 10-year drought
Lucas Glover made his third straight birdie and knew winning the John Deere Classic at Silvis, Ill., was in reach with a one-shot
lead and four holes to go.
But this was not the time to be thinking about ending 10 years without a PGA Tour trophy. Conditions were too soft and pure. There were too many birdies to be made, and too many players behind him.
“Push, push, push,” Glover said. “And I think that kept me from getting complacent, kept me from getting too nervy, because I knew it was going to take a bunch more under par.”
He finished with five birdies over his last seven holes for a 7-under 64 and a two-shot victory, ending 244 consecutive starts since he last won at Quail Hollow in May 2011.
“I felt good golf coming,” Glover said. “I didn’t know how good.”
Glover finished at 19-under 265 for his fourth career PGA Tour victory.
Kevin Na and Ryan Moore closed with 68s to tie for runnerup.
Sebastian Munoz of Colombia, who started the final round with a one-shot lead, closed with a 71 and tied for fourth, three shots back.
Hataoka takes title in rain-shortened Classic
Nasa Hataoka of Japan was declared the winner of the Marathon LPGA Classic at Sylvania, Ohio, when the final round was washed out by heavy rain.
Hataoka had a six-shot lead over Elizabeth Szokol and Mina Harigae. She won for the fourth time on the LPGA Tour, and her first LPGA title in two years.
Lee survives playoff at Scottish Open
Australia’s Min Woo Lee won a three-way playoff against Matt Fitzpatrick and Thomas Detry at the Scottish Open to clinch his second European Tour title.
Lee birdied the first extra hole after the trio had finished tied on 18-under par at The Renaissance Club t North Berwick, Scotland, following a 90-minute weather delay late in the final round.
Lee and Detry also secured places in the British Open at Royal St. George’s, with England’s Jack Senior claiming the final one on offer thanks to a tie for 10th.