Theegala-Hoge team wins QBE Shootout

Sahith Theegala made a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday as he and Tom Hoge closed with a 10-under 62 in fourballs and became the first rookie team to win the QBE Shootout in 11 years.

Ryan Palmer and Charley Hoffman each missed birdie putts from about 12 feet at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla. that would have forced a playoff. They had a 65.

Theegala was coming off a strong PGA Tour rookie season in which he reached the Tour Championship.

Hoge, who won his first PGA Tour title at Pebble Beach in February, carried much of the load early when Theegala pulled a muscle in his left side on the first hole.

They still had to contend with Palmer and Hoffman. Palmer’s chip up a steep slope on the par-5 17th hole didn’t get up the hill and came back to him. Stepping up quickly for the next shot, he drilled it into the cup an unlikely birdie that gave his team a share of the lead.

Harris English and Matt Kuchar, trying to win the QBE Shootout for the fourth time, finished two shots behind after a 62.

• Ockie Strydom claimed his first European tour title with a two-shot victory at the DP World Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Championship in Malelane, South Africa.

Strydom made four birdies in his first five holes after the turn to seize the outright lead and he finished with a 3-under 69 for 18 under par overall at Leopard Creek Country Club.

The 37-year-old South African won from Spain’s Adrian Otaegui, who closed with a 68. England’s Laurie Canter was third, another stroke behind, after a superb final-round 64.

Strydom’s breakthrough win came after he equaled the course record with a 63 in the third round at Leopard Creek. Scotland’s Scott Jamieson had set that record just a day earlier.