Tour rookie sets course mark in win
Aaron Wise cruised to his first PGA Tour victory Sunday, shattering the AT&T Byron Nelson record at 23-under.
The 21-year-old rookie shot a 6-under-par 65 to beat Marc Leishman by three strokes as both became the first to finish the Nelson at 20under or better in the first year at Trinity Forest. The links-style layout was defenseless with softer fairways and greens and no wind once morning storms passed.
The Nelson celebrated its 50th anniversary with a return to Dallas after 35 years at the TPC Four Seasons in suburban Irving. Rory Sabbatini set the previous record on that par-70 layout at 19-under 261 in 2009. LPGA Tour: Ariya Jutanugarn birdied the second hole of a playoff to win the Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Va.
Jutanugarn closed with a 5-under 66 to match Nasa Hataoka (67) and In Gee Chun (68) at 14-under 199.
Jutanugarn and Hataoka both birdied the first extra hole, with Chun dropping out. Hataoka putted first on the second extra hole and missed badly before Jutanugarn rolled in a 15-footer for her eighth career victory.
The tournament was cut from 72 holes to 54 when rain washed out play Saturday. PGA Tour Champions: Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Regions Tradition in Birmingham, Ala., for his first senior major title, closing with a 2under 70 for a three-stroke victory over Steve Stricker, Joe Durant and Gene Sauers.
Jimenez finished at 19-under 269 for his fifth PGA Tour Champions victory. European Tour: Adrian Otaegui beat Benjamin Hebert by two shots in the final of the Belgian Knockout in Antwerp.
The hybrid format opened with two rounds of stroke play on Thursday and Friday before the leading 64 players competed in nine-hole knockout stroke-play matches.
NCAA: Albane Valenzuela shot a 6-under 66 to help Stanford post a 291 total, keeping the Cardinal in seventh after three rounds of the women’s championships in Stillwater, Okla.
Valenzuela moved to seventh on the individual leaderboard. At 1-under 215, she is six shots behind co-leaders Jennifer Kupcho (Wake Forest) and Cheyenne Knight (Alabama).
The field was trimmed from 24 teams to 15 for Monday’s round, from which the top eight will advance to match play beginning Tuesday.