By The Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Abraham Ancer of Mexico won the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational on Sunday for his first PGA TOUR title, beating Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama and Sam Burns with a 6-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole. Ancer won the WGC event at TPC Southland after Burns’…
By The Associated Press KAWAGOE, Japan (AP) — Xander Schauffele won an Olympic gold medal he badly wanted by overcoming more pressure than he could have imagined Sunday. Right when Schauffele appeared to lose his firm grip on the gold, the 27-year-old American responded with two clutch putts at the end for a 4-under 67…
By The Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — Cameron Champ fended off dehydration and crisply putted his way to a 5-under 66 on Sunday, winning the 3M Open by two strokes for his third career PGA TOUR victory. The 26-year-old Champ had five birdies in a bogey-free round to finish at 15-under 269 at TPC Twin…
By The Associated Press NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Seamus Power won the Barbasol Championship on Sunday for his first PGA TOUR victory, beating J.T. Poston with a tap-in par on the sixth hole of a playoff. Poston drove into the water that lines the right side of the par-4 18th at Keene Trace and made a…
By The Associated Press SANDWICH, England — Collin Morikawa won The 149th Open Championship on his links debut and became the first player to capture two different majors at the first attempt. The 24-year-old American closed with a bogey-free, 4-under 66 Sunday for a two-shot victory over Jordan Spieth to follow up his victory at last…
By The Associated Press SILVIS, Ill. — Lucas Glover ended 10 years without a victory Sunday when he birdied five of his last seven holes for a 7-under 64 to win the John Deere Classic by two shots. Glover won for the fourth time in his career, the most recent in 2011 at Quail Hollow.…
By The Associated Press DETROIT — Cam Davis won the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Sunday for his first PGA TOUR title when Troy Merritt missed a 6-foot par putt on the fifth hole of a playoff. Davis missed putts to win on each of the playoff holes. The 26-year-old Australian left 6- and 18-foot putts…
By Ron Sirak, LPGA.com Nelly Korda not only picked up her first LPGA Tour major on Sunday at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, she also took over the lead in the race for the prestigious Rolex ANNIKA Major Award. The 60 points for her victory at Atlanta Athletic Club along with the 18 she got…
By The Associated Press CROMWELL, Conn. — Harris English birdied the eighth hole of sudden death to win the Travelers Championship on Sunday, beating Kramer Hickok after both birdied the final hole of regulation to force the playoff. It matched the second-longest sudden-death playoff in PGA TOUR history. English shot a 5-under 65 to finish…
By The Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Two career-changing putts for Jon Rahm brought two trophies Sunday. He cradled his 3-month-old son, Kepa, as he walked off the 18th green at Torrey Pines on Father’s Day. And then he collected the silver U.S. Open trophy after a performance filled with passion and absent of blunders that…
