McKINNEY, Texas (AP) \u2014 Wyndham Clark was 7 under over his final eight holes Sunday and closed with an 11-under 60 to overtake Si Woo Kim and win the CJ Cup Byron Nelson for his first PGA Tour win in two years.<\/p>\n
Clark’s last victory was the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in 2024, where he also shot 60 in the third and final round in a tournament cut short by weather.<\/p>\n
Kim started the final round with a two-shot lead, closed with a 65 and finished three shots behind. Defending champion Scottie Scheffler started two shots behind and never got any closer. He shot 65 and finished third, five shots behind.<\/p>\n
Clark finished at 30-under 254. The was one shot shy of the PGA Tour’s 72-hole scoring record last matched by Scheffler a year ago at TPC Craig Ranch, which went through more than $20 million in renovations to provide a more challenging course.<\/p>\n
ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) \u2014 Richard Sterne of South Africa ended 13 years without a European tour victory when he closed with a 5-under 66 to overcome a five-shot deficit Sunday and win the Soudal Open.<\/p>\n
Sterne was still four shots behind Zander Lombard when he holed a 6-foot birdie putt on the 16th as Lombard dropped a shot at the 13th. Sterne followed with a 3-wood to 4 feet on the par-5 17th that set up a short eagle putt. He took the lead when Lombard made double bogey.<\/p>\n
No one could catch Sterne the rest of the day, and he finished at 18-under 266 to win by two shots over six players \u2014 Jacob Skov Olesen, Jorge Campillo, Kota Kaneko, Victor Perez, Marcus Armitage and Marcus Kinhult.<\/p>\n
Sterne’s previous victory on the European tour was the 2013 Joburg Open.<\/p>\n
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) \u2014 Doc Redman made birdie on the par-5 18th hole for a 6-under 65 to force a playoff and won the Visit Knoxville Open with an eagle on the first extra hole to defeat Hunter Eichhorn on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Redman won for the second time in five starts on the Korn Ferry Tour and moved to No. 2 in the points standings, moving closer to regaining his PGA Tour card.<\/p>\n
Eichhorn closed with a 61 for his best career finish. He went left into the native area in the playoff, and pitched to 6 feet for his fourth shot before Redman holed out for the win.<\/p>\n
RABAT, Morocco (AP) \u2014 Scott Hend of Australia won the for the first time on the PGA Tour Champions when he closed with a 4-under 69 for a five-shot victory over Steven Alker and Tommy Gainey in the Trophy Hassan II in Morocco in a tournament that ended Saturday.<\/p>\n
Hend was two shots behind with 10 holes to play until a three-shot swing on the par-3 ninth when the Australian made birdie and Gainey took double bogey. Hend was not caught the rest of the way.<\/p>\n
The victory makes Hend, who was runner-up at the Senior PGA Championship last month, fully exempt on the PGA Tour Champions through 2027. He is the third first-time winner on the senior circuit this year.<\/p>\n
Jiho Yang closed with a 5-over 76 and held on to win the Kolon Korea Open on the Asian Tour, earning a spot int he British Open this summer at Royal Birkdale. … Yusaku Hosono closed with a 2-under 70 for a two-shot victory in the Japan PGA Championship Senko Group Cup for his first title on the Japan Golf Tour. … Anna Huang of Canada overcame a six-shot deficit with a 7-under 63, giving her a one-shot victory over Kelsey Bennett in the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco on the Ladies European Tour. … Tapio Pulkkanen birdied his last hole for a 1-over 73 to force a playoff and made a 30-foot eagle putt on the first extra hole again Maxence Giboudot to win the Danish Golf Challenge on the Challenge Tour. … Joey Savoie of Canada lost the lead with two late bogeys, birdied the 18th hole for a 3-under 69 and beat Jack Lundin (64) with a birdie on the third playoff hole to win the Kia Ecuador Open on the PGA Tour Americas. … Justin Walters closed with an even-par 72 and won the SunBet Challenge by one shot on the Sunshine Tour in South Africa. … Hibiki Iriya shot 1-under 71 and held on for a one-shot victory in the Bridgestone Ladies Open on the Japan LPGA. … Jaravee Boonchant of Thailand closed with a 2-under 70 for a two-shot victory in the E1 Charity Open on the Korea LPGA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McKINNEY, Texas (AP) \u2014 Wyndham Clark was 7 under over his final eight holes Sunday and closed with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[901,1443,1805,1796,1802,1803,1811,1801,1798,1810,1206,1778,1797,1809,1807,1806,1800,1531,1525,1812,1312,891,208,354,1799,1804,1808,424],"class_list":["post-2426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bmw-championship","tag-anna-huang","tag-bmw-championship","tag-doc-redman","tag-golf-capsules","tag-hibiki-iriya","tag-jack-lundin","tag-jacob-skov-olesen","tag-jaravee-boonchant","tag-joey-savoie","tag-jorge-campillo","tag-justin-walters","tag-kelsey-bennett","tag-knoxville","tag-kota-kaneko","tag-marcus-armitage","tag-marcus-kinhult","tag-maxence-giboudot","tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","tag-product-40780-ap-florida-sports-only","tag-richard-sterne","tag-scott-hend","tag-scottie-scheffler","tag-si-woo-kim","tag-steven-alker","tag-tommy-gainey","tag-victor-perez","tag-wyndham-clark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}