Wyndham Clark shot 68 on Sunday for a four-shot victory over Xander Schauffele at the Wells Fargo Championship to earn his first career win on the PGA Tour.
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PGA Tour - Wells Fargo Championship
Wyndham Clark shot 68 on Sunday for a four-shot victory over Xander Schauffele at the Wells Fargo Championship to earn his first career win on the PGA Tour.
The 29-year-old Clark struggled to hold back tears as he sank a bogey putt on the 18th hole to seal the win. Clark finished the tournament at 19-under 265, the second-lowest score in relation to par in tournament history behind only three-time champion Rory McIlroy’s 21-under 267 in 2015 when par for the course was 72. Clark's victory came the hard way.
The world's 80th ranked player opened the final round with a two-shot lead, surrendered it to Schauffele after seven holes and then stormed back to win after playing the final 11 holes in 4 under.
Despite never having won on TOUR before, there were signs that Clark was due. He'd finished in the top six in three of the last five tournaments he'd entered, including a third-place finish at the Zurich Classic last month.
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Points Won - 63.59453
World Number 80 - 31
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DP World Tour - DS Automobiles Italian Open
Adrian Meronk held his nerve in a breathless back-nine battle to win the 2023 DS Automobiles Italian Open. The Pole kept his composure to hold off French duo Romain Langasque and Julien Guerrier at Marco Simone Golf & Country club to win by one shot.
Meronk, who holed the winning putt at the Hero Cup in January, lifted his third DP World Tour title and boosted his hopes of qualifying for the Ryder Cup, which will take place at this course later this year.
Meronk and Langasque duelled on the back nine, while overnight leader Guerrier kept in touch with them in a thrilling finale. The Pole edged ahead on the 16th hole with his fifth birdie of the day and holed a par putt from the edge of the green on the 17th.
Langasque's challenge had appeared to have faltered with a bogey on the 16th, but he stunningly chipped in for a birdie on the penultimate hole to keep the pressure on. But the Pole would not falter as he birdied the 18th to finish one shot clear of Langasque, with Guerrier a further two back.
Meronk said: "I didn't play as well as previous days so I had to grind a little bit, but I'm proud of myself and my caddie that we kept believing, kept hitting good shots and the putts on 17 and 18 were very big.
"I knew 16 and 18 are birdieable. I had an amazing shot on 16 so that was quite an easy birdie. Seventeen was a bit of a struggle but the putt saved me. On 18 I just focused on making a birdie cos I didn't want to go to a play-off."
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Points Won - 20.47851
World Number 63 - 46
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Sunshine Tour - FBC Zim Open
Neil Schietekat won the FBC Zimbabwe Open by four strokes at Royal Harare Golf Club on Sunday, his successful foray to South Africa’s northern neighbour bringing him his first Sunshine Tour title since 2018 and an ideal start to his season before he heads off even further north to play in Asia.
The experienced Schietekat had started the final round with a seven-stroke lead following his brilliant 66 on the third day, and although he did not pull any further away from the chasing pack, his final-round 75 was still good enough for him to win comfortably on 11-under-par.
Most importantly, he played the front nine under-par, birdies on the second, third and fifth holes offsetting dropped shots on the first two par-fours – the first and the fourth holes. Schietekat reached the turn with an eight-shot lead, which he needed because the tough back nine caused him problems.
“I’m really happy that I managed to pull through because today was a much tougher day for me. I haven’t won before with such a big lead, so I didn’t really know how to go about things. I wasn’t trying to play safe, but there were some shots I did not commit to and some shots I did really go for.
“I had some unlucky breaks out of the rough, but that’s been the same for everybody this week. But I made a couple of really good saves and par-putts.
“I was bleeding on the back nine, starting on 10 where I hit a good shot off the tee but it just rolled into the water and I made double-bogey. But I made some clutch par-saves as well, especially on 14 where I sank a big putt. That settled everything and I knew that only I could lose it then. It feels really good that I managed to hang in there,” Schietekat said.
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Points Won - 1.65025
World Number 469 - 437
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Asian Tour & KPGA Korean Tour - The 42nd GS Caltex Maekyung Open Golf Championship
‘Korean Hulk’ Chanmin Jung produces superhero performance to win GS Caltex Maekyung Open. Chanmin Jung completed a shock wire-to-wire victory in the GS Caltex Maekyung Open today, establishing him as one of his country’s stars of the future.
He shot a final round five-under-par 66 for a tournament total of 16 under par and a commanding six-shot victory at Namseoul Country Club, in Seoul.
Korea’s Minhyuk Song, an amateur, and Junghwan Lee tied for second following rounds of 64 and 70 respectively, in an event reduced to 54 holes after Saturday’s third round was cancelled because of poor weather and a waterlogged course.
Their compatriots Jaekyeong Lee (66) and Eunshin Park (67) tied for fourth, one shot back, while defending champion Bio Kim, also from Korea, finished in a tie for sixth, an additional stroke behind, following a 70.
Until this week, Jung was best known as one of the biggest hitters in Korea – he topped the driving distance stats on the Korean PGA Tour last year – and had only finished in the top 10 twice in domestic events since turning professional three years ago.
That all changed this week with an inspired and unexpected victory, that has helped him live up to his nickname the ‘Korean Hulk’.
He led after the opening day with a 63 and had a two-shot advantage after his second round 68, which he started today’s round with after yesterday was washed out.
A brilliant front nine of five-under-par 31, with an eagle – the result of holing his bunker shot on the par-five fourth – and three birdies, put him six ahead at the turn, before he stylishly closed out the event with nine straight pars on the second half.
“I won a big tournament wire to wire, so I feel good,” said the 23-year-old, who won US$222,222.
“I sensed the victory with an eagle on the fourth hole. After that, I felt at ease. I used my driver on nine holes today, I used it often because I was confident.
“My putting has changed a lot, I had a lot of worries before, but it’s solved, the anxiety is gone.”
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Points Won - 6.28743
World Number 1012 - 548
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Challenge Tour - UAE Challenge
Maximilian Rottluff held his nerve to secure a maiden European Challenge Tour victory at the UAE Challenge at Saadiyat Beach Golf Club. The German, making his first start on the Challenge Tour this season, carded a round of 70 to reach 14 under par and finish one shot clear of Road to Mallorca Number One Ugo Coussaud. The 30-year-old, who climbed the leaderboard on moving day with a course record 63, was delighted to claim a memorable win in Abu Dhabi.
“It means everything,” he said. “I’m speechless really. There were times this winter where I wasn’t sure whether or not I would keep playing or not, but here I am.
“I saw the leaderboard on the 17th for the first time and figured it was going to be a close call.
“I had some good targets which is one of the things you need on this golf course as it always plays hard. There’s not an easy golf shot out here, but I felt confident. It’s stressful to win a golf tournament though, especially on a golf course like this.
“There’s a lot of work and a lot of people that help me behind the scenes and I’m extremely grateful for those people.”
Rottluff started his final round two shots back from overnight leader Manuel Elvira, and after bogeying his opening hole and the par four eighth, he looked to be out of contention, however his round changed as he reached the turn.
Rottluff birdied five of his next seven holes from the ninth to join Coussaud at the top of the leaderboard, only for the Frenchman to bogey the 17th, giving Rottluff the outright lead. Rottluff catapults to 14th on the Road to Mallorca Rankings and ensures his playing rights on the Challenge Tour for the remainder of the season.
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Points Won - 5.85102
World Number 1065 - 583
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Nordic Golf League - Golfkusten Blekinge by Scandic Hotels
Anton Karlsson kept his cool all the way to take home the victory in the Gulf Coast Blekinge by Scandic Hotels carding a final round of 2 under 69 and claims victory by 2 shots after finishing with a total score of 14 under par (66.64,69).
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Points Won - 1.10832
World Number 847 - 786
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PGA Tour Latinoamerica - KIA Open
On a day he started four shots back of the leader, Toni Hakula carded a final-round 67 to charge to the top and claim the 2023 Kia Open. It is his second career PGA TOUR Latinoamérica victory. At 16-under 272 for the week, the 31-year old from Finland finished one stroke ahead of Argentina’s Julián Etulain, who three-putted for a par at the par-5 17th and then parred the final hole for a round of 65 that turned out to be insufficient.
Firing a low-of-the-week, 9-under 63, Brazil’s Rafael Becker joined Brent Ito of the United States in a tie for third, at 14-under. With back-to-back 70s on the weekend, Mexico’s Armando Favela finished solo fifth, at 13-under.
“It feels awesome. It’s been a little while, five years since my last—and only—win. It feels good. It’s a pretty big relief, finishing that last hole and realizing I won. It feels great,” said Hakula, whose lone Tour win came at the 2018 Bupa Match Play in Mexico.
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Points Won - 3.34109
World Number 1558 - 885
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PGA Tour of Australasia - PNG Open
Lachlan Barker had said there was a low score on offer at Royal Port Moresby all week, and he found it on Sunday to claim the 2023 PNG Open.
Starting the day one shot back of 54-hole leader Chris Wood, the third hole saw a two-shot swing for the South Australian to take control. Wood, and third member of the final group Ryan Peake, found the hazard from the tee of the short par-4, while Barker drove pin high off the left edge of the green.
Wood’s third came up short of the green, before he managed to get up and down for a bogey five. Meanwhile, Barker went centimetres from holing his eagle chip, tapping in to reach 10-under and a one-shot lead.
The 24-year-old then proceed to scorch the front nine, making birdie at the fourth, before going birdie-birdie-birdie-eagle to close the front nine in seven-under par 30 with a six-shot lead.
As was the case at three, Barker had the chance to be even lower having driven the par-4 sixth to within a metre of the hole. His eagle putt, however, hit the lip as Wood took three chips to make the putting surface and eventually a double bogey.
Another eagle went begging for Barker at the par-5 eighth, with his 16-under-par at the turn a comfortable enough cushion to start thinking about taking home the trophy and the winner’s green jacket.
“Like I’ve been saying all week, been chasing that low one and it came on the front nine today,” Barker said.
“Was swinging it really well, driving it in the fairway makes all the difference, doing the rest of it as I should and turned in seven-under-par.
“That really shot me up the leader board and put me in good stead to sort of manage my way home.”
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Points Won - 0.38956
World Number 1673 - 1496
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