Landry wins his 1st PGA Tour title, taking Texas Open
Andrew Landry won the Valero Texas Open on Sunday in San Antonio for his first PGA Tour victory, pulling away with early birdies and holding on with par saves.
The 30-year-old Texan parred the final seven holes for a 4-under 68 and a twostroke victory over Trey Mullinax and Sean O’Hair. Landry finished at 17-under 271 at TPC San Antonio.
Landry took a two-stroke lead to the par-5 18th after Mullinax chunked a flop shot and bogeyed the short par-4 17th. Landry hit a 55-foot putt over a ridge to 3 feet for par on 17 and made an 8-footer on 18 after running a 50-foot downhill birdie try past.
Mullinax closed with a 69 a day after breaking the AT&T Oaks Course record with a 62. O’Hair shot 66.
Tied for the third-round lead with Zach Johnson, Landry birdied the first three holes and added two more on Nos. 6 and 10. He bogeyed the par-4 11th before the closing par run. Landry won in his 32nd PGA Tour start. He earned his tour card last year on the Web.com Tour, and lost a playoff to Jon Rahm in January in the CareerBuilder Challenge.
Landry played at Arkansas after starring at Port NechesGroves High School east of Houston. He now lives in the Austin area.
LPGA: A player eager for her first win and a rookie topped the leaderboard at the HUGEL-JTBC LA Open after Saturday’s round. Lurking two shots back was a Hall of Famer. Winless Moriya Jutanugarn overcame a poor start and birdied the 18th for a hardearned 1-under 70 to tie rookie Jin Young Ko at 9 under at Wilshire Country Club. Ko shot a 66 in her bid to become the year’s first twotime LPGA Tour winner. She won the Women’s Australian Open in February, her first victory as an official tour member after a successful run on the Korean LPGA circuit.
Jutanugarn was trying to match younger sister Ariya as a tour champion. Seven-time winner Ariya was tied for 27th after a 72 in the third round. Playing in an all-Korean threesome, Inbee Park was two shots back in third after a 69.
Champions: Kirk Triplett holed out from a bunker for birdie on the first playoff hole in the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf to lift himself and partner Paul Broadhurst past Bernhard Langer and Tom Lehman in Ridgedale, Mo. Broadhurst and Triplett closed with a 6-under 48 on the Top of the Rock par-3 course to match Langer and Lehman at 24 under. Langer and Lehman had a 47, playing the front nine in alternate shot and the back nine in better ball.
The 56-year-old Triplett won his sixth PGA Tour Champions title, and the 52-year-old Broadhurst claimed his third victory. Spanish stars Miguel Angel Jimenez and Jose Maria Olazabal had a 48 to tie for third with 2017 winners Vijay Singh and Carlos Franco. Singh and Franco, the third-round leaders, shot 50.
European Tour: Alexander Levy finished with a 2-under 70 to win the Trophee Hassan II in Rabat, Morocco by a shot from overnight leader Alvaro Quiros. It was the 27-year-old Frenchman’s fifth European Tour victory.