Theegala birdies last hole to share Shootout win with Hoge

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, 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 and twice had chances to win going to the final hole of tournaments.

The QBE Shootout is an unofficial event.

Elsewhere: Ockie Strydom claimed his first European Tour title with a two-shot victory at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in Malelane, South Africa. The 37-year-old South African beat Spain’s

Adrian Otaegui, who closed with a 68. England’s

Laurie Canter was third, another stroke behind, after a final-round 64.

ETC. College football:

Oregon State and Jonathan Smith have agreed on a six-year, $30.6 million contract. Smith is 25-31 in his five seasons at Oregon

State . ... Ken Niumatalolo, Navy’s winningest coach in school history at 109-83 will not return after 15 years at the helm.

Winter sports: Wendy Holdener had a lengthy wait for her first slalom victory. The Swiss skier made it two out of two Sunday at Sestriere, Italy. Holdener improved on her second position after the opening run to finish 0.47 seconds ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States and 0.70 ahead of first-run leader Petra Vlhová, who is still looking for her first win of the season . ... A flawless second run helped Lucas Braathen win the first World Cup slalom of the season at Val d’Isere, France for the third victory of his career.

MLB: Japanese pitcher

Kodai Senga and the New York Mets agreed to a $75 million, five-year contract, according to a person familiar with the negotiations, who added the deal will be finalized pending a physical . ... Free agent pitcher

Trevor Williams and the Washington Nationals finalized a two-year deal.

Boxing: Unbeaten world champion Terence Crawford (39-0, 30 KOs) knocked out David Avanesyan (29-4-1) in the sixth round Saturday night in Omaha, Nebraska, to retain his WBO welterweight belt.