WATSON CLAIMS FIRST TITLE OF THE YEAR
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Bubba Watson birdied the second extra hole to beat Paul Casey in a playoff Sunday at the Travelers Championship.

Spain's Pablo Larrazábal shot a flawless final round 66 to claim a second BMW International Open title by a single stroke from Henrik Stenson at Golfclub München Eichenried

Japan’s Toshinori Muto won the Japan Golf Tour’s inaugural ISPS Handa Global Cup in a playoff with Philippine, Angelo Que, after the pair had finished one shot ahead of Korean Hyun Sung Kim.

29TH JUNE 2015 | 07:19 AM

PGA Tour – Travelers Championship

Bubba Watson birdied the second extra hole to beat Paul Casey in a playoff Sunday at the Travelers Championship.

The victory is the eighth of Watson’s career and second at TPC River Highlands -- he won there in 2010, also in a playoff.

The win is Watson’s second this season and moves him to third in the FedExCup standings.

“I proved to myself in '10 that I could win under pressure in the playoff; I proved to myself that I could mess up 17 and still have a chance to win, and so I knew that if I just kept my head down and kept doing what I needed to do, I could still have a chance to win, and that's what I did,” Watson said.“

After Watson and Casey traded pars on the par-4 18th, they headed back to the tee. Casey drove into a fairway bunker and found the sand again on his approach before hitting a flyer over the green.

It didn’t matter. Watson found the fairway, hit the green and made his 12-footer for birdie and the win.

European Tour – BMW International

Spain's Pablo Larrazábal shot a flawless final round 66 to claim a second BMW International Opentitle by a single stroke from Henrik Stenson at Golfclub München Eichenried.

Larrazábal raced to the turn in 31 to place himself on a congested leaderboard, and as the challengers one by one faded away his sixth birdie of the day from 15 feet on the 16th proved decisive in edging out clubhouse leader Stenson.

The World Number Seven Stenson had put himself in contention with a round of 65 that featured five birdies and an eagle on the long 11th.

England’s Chris Paisley shot a one under par 71 in the final pairing to take third on 15 under, boosting his chances of retaining his card for next season in the process, but overnight leader James Morrison finished outside the top ten after a closing 77.

“I’m very tired,” said Larrazábal after claiming a fourth European Tour title, having also won his second at this venue in 2011.

“I knew that I was in a good position, and I knew that I had to start very fast. I had to start with a few birdies in the first few holes, and I started very well.

Japan Golf – ISPS Handa Global Cup

Japan’s Toshinori Muto won the Japan Golf Tour’s inaugural ISPS Handa Global Cup in a playoff with Philippine, Angelo Que, after the pair had finished one shot ahead of Korean Hyun Sung Kim.

It was the 37 year old Muto’s 6th Japan Tour victory and comes nearly three years after his previous win.


Korean Golf Tour - Gunsan CC Open

Soomin Lee won the Korean Golf Tour’s Gunsan Open shooting a 67 in the final round. Lee claimed 7 World Ranking Points taking him from 520th to 368th.

Web.com Tour - Air Capital Classic presented by Aetna

Rob Oppenheim fired a 6-under-par 64 to come from six shots off the pace and win the Air Capital Classic presented by AETNA. Oppenheim’s best final round of his career put him in the clubhouse at 13-under-par 267, more than an hour in front of the final pairing.

Third-round leader Andy Winings, who rolled in a 60-foot birdie putt at No. 10, stumbled on the back nine with three bogeys, including one at the final hole that handed the title to the 35-year old Oppenheim.

Winings closed with a 1-over 71 that left him alone in second, one shot back. Rhein Gibson (65) and Nicholas Lindheim (70) shared third place at 11 under par, while Darron Stiles (65) finished solo fifth, three back.

“You never know out here,” said Oppenheim, who collected his first Tour title and moved to No. 13 on the money list with the $108,000 first-place check. “It’s a lot less pressure and definitely easier playing from where I was than being in the lead. The leaders don’t want to make mistakes and I’m just firing at pins and trying to go as low as I can.”


Challenge Tour - SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge hosted by Macdonald Hotels and Resorts

England’s Jack Senior produced some quite stunning golf at crucial moments to secure a maiden Challenge Tour title after a four-hole, sudden-death play-off at the SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge hosted by Macdonald Hotels and Resorts.

The 26 year old eagled the par four ninth hole at Macdonald Spey Valley Golf Club to burst into back nine contention and then birdied the 13th and 16th holes before rolling home a 15 foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to secure a play-off with compatriot Robert Coles and Thailand’s Prom Meesawat.

Senior’s final round of four under 67 set the clubhouse target of 16 under par which was soon matched by Meesawat (68) and Coles (70).

Asian Development Tour – Bali National Golf Championship

Matthew Giles of Australia sank a clutch birdie putt on the last hole to win the Bali National Golf Championship by one-shot on Sunday.

The 25-year-old was tied with Lindsay Renolds of Canada before holing a 30-feet birdie to win his first Asian Development Tour (ADT) title with a closing three-under-par 69 at the Bali National Golf Club.

Renolds, who led by two shots early in the round, shot a 68 to settle for his fourth runner-up finish on the ADT while Sutijet Kooratanapisan of Thailand and current Order of Merit leader Hsieh Chi-hsien of Chinese Taipei finished third and fourth respectively.

“It is always nice to make a putt on the 18th hole to win an event. It feels fantastic. It has been a great week,” said Giles, who totalled 12-under-par 276 to win US$13,300 and earn six valuable Official World Golf Ranking points.

Giles got off to a slow start when he turned in one-over-par 36 but bounced back on his homeward nine with five birdies against one bogey.

“This is a demanding course. There are holes where you can make birdies or eagles but if you hit a bad shot then you will be punished. Every hole has its own little challenge. I just stayed in the moment and thankfully it worked out.

“The front nine is more challenging. I grinded out on the front and was lucky enough to birdie 10, 11, 13 and 15. I think I probably played 10 or nine-under on the back nine for the tournament,” he smiled.


PGA Tour Canada - The Syncrude Boreal Open Presented by AECON

British Columbia’s Kevin Spooner outlasted Choctaw, Oklahoma’s Talor Gooch and Thornhill, Ontario’s Ben Silverman in a marathon five-hole playoff on Sunday to capture the Syncrude Boreal Open presented by AECON, his first career Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada victory.

Spooner, who entered the week without status on the Mackenzie Tour and earned a spot in the field thanks to a top-20 finish at the Bayview Place Island Savings Open presented by Times Colonist three weeks ago, immediately earns exempt status and moves to no. 2 on the Order of Merit behind leader Albin Choi.

“It's been a bit of a whirlwind for me, because I was just trying to get status on this tour. I was fortunate enough to get an exemption into Victoria and turned that into another start for me. I was just trying to rack up those dollars to get status after the re-shuffle, and the win certainly helped; I don't think I have to worry about that anymore," said the 26 year-old Spooner.

Spooner began the day nine strokes off Silverman’s 54-hole lead, but came out on fire with four birdies and an eagle in a front-nine 30. After adding three more birdies at the 10th, 12th and 15th holes, Spooner made par at the par-5 18th for a 9-under 63 and a 16-under total. He then had to wait over 1 hour and 45 minutes to see how the final groups would determine his fate.

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