Brandt Snedeker wins
the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C., for his ninth PGA Tour title, four days after opening with an 11-under 59.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Brandt Snedeker began the Wyndham Championship with history — and ended it with a victory.
Snedeker earned his ninth PGA Tour title Sunday, three days after opening with an 11-under 59.
He closed with a 65 for a three-stroke victory in the regular-season finale, breaking a tie with C.T. Pan on the final hole with a birdie and Pan’s double bogey in the group ahead.
Snedeker finished at 21-under 259 for his first win since 2016 and his second at the tournament, but first at Sedgefield Country Club, to close what he called “the most stressful week I’ve ever had in professional golf.”
“Shooting 59 on Thursday, your expectations go through the roof,” Snedeker said, also expressing pride that he could “cap it off the way we did today, to play pretty much a flawless round of golf.”
Pan shot a 66 to tie for second with Webb Simpson. Simpson matched his career-best with a 62.
“I feel like it was a round I needed to make a push to the leaderboard,” Simpson said. “Brandt’s obviously had a great week, so I knew it was going to take something super low.”
Snedeker opened the tournament with the 59 that made him the first tour player this year and just the 10th ever to break 60, then on the final day played 29 holes at 5-under to seal it. He’s the fifth tour player to shoot in the 50s and then win the tournament.
The other subplot at Sedgefield was the lastminute push for the playoffs, which begin next week at The Northern Trust in New Jersey with the top 125 players qualifying. With every player who was between Nos. 122-127 missing the cut, there figured to be plenty of movement near the bubble. Sergio Garcia will miss the playoffs for the first time in his career after winding up 131st on the points list. Harris English and Nick Taylor played their way in.
Park regains No. 1
INDIANAPOLIS — Sung Hyun Park erased a twoshot deficit over the final four holes and birdied the first hole of a playoff with Lizette Salas to win the Indy Women in Tech Championship. The twotime major champion from South Korea reclaimed the No. 1 ranking in the world with her third LPGA Tour victory of the season and fifth of her career. Park closed with a 4-under 68 to match Salas at 23-under 265 at Brickyard Crossing.
Bryant triumphs
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Bart Bryant made a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open for the second time in six years. With playing partner Michael Bradley facing a 7-foot birdie putt that he would make, the 55-year-old Bryant rolled in the left-to-right breaking putt for a 7-under 65 and a one-stroke victory. Also the 2013 winner at EnJoie Golf Club, Bryant made six birdies in a nine-hole stretch from the third to the 11th and had six straight pars before the winning birdie putt on the par-4 18th. Bryant finished at 16-under.
Waring prevails
MOLNDAL, Sweden — Paul Waring of England captured his first European Tour title on his 200th attempt by beating Thomas Aiken in a playoff to win the Nordea Masters. Waring and Aiken were tied going into the final round at Hills Golf Club and each closed with a 2-under 68 to finish at 14-under 266. On the par-5 18th in the playoff, Aiken hit his tee shot into the water.
U.S. Amateur
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Viktor Hovland became the first Norwegian to win the U.S. Amateur, beating UCLA sophomore Devon Bling 6 and 5 to cap a dominant week at Pebble Beach.