Rose wins Zurich Classic at record 22 under
AVONDALE,La.— Justin Rose birdied the final two holes Sunday to win the Zurich Classic at a tournamentrecord 22 under.
Rose, who entered the week ranked ninth in the world, completed a 7-under 65 in the rain-delayed third round and closed with a 66 at TPC Louisiana for his seventh PGA Tour title.
“Earlier this year it looked impossible to win,” Rose said, referring to his three missed cuts and failure to finish better than 37th in his first five starts of 2015. “I’m very happy to have turned my game around.”
The Englishman has won at least once in six straight seasons, the second-longest streak on the tour behind Dustin Johnson’s eight straight.
Playing aggressively on a soggy course Sunday, Rose made six birdies in the final round and played the last 66 holes without a bogey.
Rose’s final two putts, from 10 and 13½ feet, allowed him to hold off Cameron Tringale by a stroke. Tringale birdied the 18th for a 65.
OTHER EVENTS
Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic at Daly City, Calif.: Lydia Ko won the tournament for the second straight year, beating Morgan Pressel on the second hole of a playoff.
The 18-year-old Ko never led Sunday until she rolled in a 5-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th hole for her seventh career victory. She also made a birdie on the 18th in regulation for a 2-under 70 to force a playoff.
Pressel closed with a 72. She missed three birdie putts on the 18th hole from 15 feet in regulation, from 10 feet on the first playoff hole and from 8 feet on the second playoff hole.
Brooke Henderson, a 17-year-old from Canada, had a 74 and missed the playoff by one shot.
Bass Pro Shops Legends Of Golf at Ridgedale, Mo.: Joe Durant had a hole-inone and teamed with Billy Andrade to win at Big Cedar Lodge.
Andrade and Durant closed with a 9-under 45 at the par-3 Top of the Rock course, playing nine holes of modified alternate shot and nine of better ball. Durant aced the third hole on the second nine, using a 7-iron on the 167yard hole.
Larry Nelson and Larry Fleisher won the Legends Division for players 65 and older, beating Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player by two strokes.
China Open at Shanghai: Wu Ashun became the first Chinese player to win a European Tour title on home soil when he beat David Howell by one stroke Sunday.
The 29-year-old Wu, who plays primarily on the Japan Tour, was the steadiest player in the final round, making two birdies to just one bogey to card a 71 and finish at 9-under 279 overall.