Streb clinches second PGA title at Sea Island
Robert Streb made an 8-foot par putt to stay alive in a playoff and ended it on the second extra hole Sunday with a pitching wedge that came an inch from going in, giving him a victory over Kevin Kisner in the RSM Classic in St. Simons Island, Georgia.
Streb won for the second time on the PGA Tour, his other title also coming in a playoff at Sea Island six years ago.
He rallied from a fiveshot deficit in 2014. This time, he lost a three-shot lead until a 6-iron to 12 feet on the par-3 17th hole for a birdie that allowed him to close with a 2-under-par 68 and force extra holes.
Kisner, whose first of of three PGA Tour titles came at Sea Island in 2015, closed with a 63.
They finished at 19-under 263, one shot ahead of Cameron Tringale (62).
Kisner had the advantage on the 18th hole on the Seaside course for the first playoff hole. His approach caught a good bounce and left him a 15-foot birdie putt, while Streb drove into the bunker, couldn’t reach the green and his pitch from about 30 yards away still came up some 8 feet short.
Elsewhere: Sei Young Kim won the Pelican Women’s Championship for her second straight victory, closing with an even-par 70 for a three-stroke victory over Ally McDonald in Belleair, Florida. … Joachim B. Hansen of Denmark overturned a threeshot deficit with nine holes remaining to win his first European Tour title at the Joburg (South Africa) Open.
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Justin Holiday will continue playing for the Indiana Pacers next season after agreeing to a new deal. Terms of the deal were not immediately announced but the decision means Holiday and one of his two NBA-playing brothers,
Aaron, will be teammates again next season. Both played primarily as backups but held key roles in helping the Pacers make the playoffs.
Tennis: Nearing defeat, Daniil Medvedev suddenly switched tactics at the ATP Finals and collected the biggest title of his career by beating U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 in London. The fourthranked Medvedev became the first player to beat each of the men who were Nos. 1-3 in the season-ending championship — and only the fourth to do it at any tour event in the past 30 years.
Soccer: Liverpool set a club record of 64 top-flight home matches unbeaten by overwhelming Leicester in a 3-0 win in the Premier League. … Sociedad remained in good form after the international break with a 1-0 win over Cadiz for its sixth straight Spanish league victory and a threepoint lead at the top of the standings. … Zlatan Ibrahimovic remains unstoppable and AC Milan remains unbeaten atop Serie A. The 39-year-old Ibrahimovic scored twice to raise his total to 10 goals in six games played as Milan won 3-1 at Napoli. … Yusuf Yazici impressed again with two goals as Lille beat struggling Lorient 4-0 to go second in the French league, two points behind Paris Saint-Germain.