SI WOO KIM VICTORIOUS AT THE WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Week 34

Si Woo Kim the 21-year-old South Korean closed with a 3-under 67 for a five-stroke victory at the Wyndham Championship moving to World No. 62

JJ Spaun gave himself the best 26th birthday present a guy could ask for, pouring in a 12-foot uphill birdie putt at the last for his first Web.com Tour victory moving to World No. 139.

Dylan Frittelli sealed a second European Challenge Tour victory in timely fashion in the Rolex Trophy to help him surge towards the summit of the Road to Oman moving to World No. 145.

22ND AUGUST 2016 | 04:57 AM

PGA Tour - Wyndham Championship

Si Woo Kim had a productive week at the Wyndham Championship. He claimed one tournament record, a share of another -- and, most importantly, his first PGA TOUR trophy.

The 21-year-old South Korean player closed with a 3-under 67 for a five-stroke victory Sunday. He had a 21-under 259 total at Sedgefield, tying the event 72-hole record set eight years ago by Carl Pettersson.

Kim matched Pettersson by sinking an uphill 14-foot birdie putt on the final hole, then said through an interpreter that he "never expected any course record."

Kim set a tournament record with a 60 in the second round. He earned 500 FedExCup points and $1,008,000 in prize money in the regular-season finale.

He said he "aggressively played because (I) already made the top 125" on the points list, and that he "felt confidence -- (I don't) have any fear attacking the pin."

Kim became the youngest winner on the PGA TOUR this season, and the second-youngest in tournament history; Seve Ballesteros was 20 when he won here in 1978. Kim also became the eighth player from South Korea to win on the PGA TOUR -- they've combined for 18 victories -- and the second to do so in Greensboro, joining 2005 winner K.J. Choi.

Luke Donald was second at 16 under after a 67. Hideki Matsuyama and Brandt Snedeker were 15 under, also each shooting 67.

"He looked like he was very much in control of his game, and he was going to be a hard man to catch," Donald said.

Kim pretty much locked up the tournament on the par-5 15th.

Donald birdied that hole to pull within three strokes of Kim at 16 under, and Rafa Cabrera Bello -- Kim's playing partner -- joined him by chipping in for eagle from a greenside bunker on that hole.

Kim then pushed a 15-foot eagle putt to the right of the hole, but tapped in a 4-footer for the birdie that put him back up by four strokes with three holes left.

Web.com Tour - News Sentinel Open presented by Pilot

JJ Spaun gave himself the best 26th birthday present a guy could ask for, pouring in a 12-foot uphill birdie putt at the last for his first Web.com Tour victory. Spaun’s 26-under total for the week edged out his best friend, Sam Ryder, by one shot after Ryder missed an 8-foot birdie at the last that he needed to force a playoff.

“I fought really hard out there and to have a putt at the last hole to win it and to bury it was a dream feeling. A lot of redemption in that putt today,” Spaun said. “It’s something that I’ve been knocking on the door all year, had a couple really close chances that I let slip out of my hands, and I didn’t want that to happen today, especially when I had that opportunity on the last hole. I knew it was my time and I knew I was going to make it, and I buried it.”

European Tour - D+D REAL Czech Masters

Paul Peterson won his first European Tour event as he held off the challenge of defending champion Thomas Pieters to claim the title at the D+D REAL Czech Masters.

The American came into the final round two shots behind Pieters but followed up his course record 64 on Saturday with a 67 to get to 15 under and beat Pieters by a single shot.

Peterson was playing in just his 23rd European Tour event and becomes the 11th first-time winner this season and just the seventh left-hander to win in Tour history.

"This is the best feeling in the world," he said. "My team and I have put in so much hard work and long hours by everybody and I'm just so happy.

We had this as a goal this year and to be able to accomplish it means so much.

"It was fantastic, the crowds have been great all week. My sports psychologist was on the bag this week and my coach and my girlfriend came all the way from Phoenix. It's just so great to have all the team here."

Pieters climbed off a 6000-mile flight from Rio de Janeiro after finishing fourth in the Olympic Men's Golf Competition, knowing that back-to-back wins here and at the Made in Denmark could still earn him an automatic qualifying place for the Ryder Cup in September.

Sunshine Tour - Vodacom Origins of Golf – Arabella

Vaughn Groenewald carded a six-under-par 66 on Saturday to win the R700,000 Vodacom Origins of Golf tournament at Arabella Country Estate.

It was the fifth win of a Sunshine Tour career that stretches back to 1995, and it was achieved at the expense of Stefan Engell Andersen, who fired a brilliant seven-under 65 to finish one shot back from Groenewald on eight-under 208.

“That’s why we play – we want to win,” said Groenewald. “I’d like to win every week if I could. That would be great. I feel bad for Stefan. He played well with seven birdies and an eagle today. It’s a pity, but his turn will come.”

Groenewald started like a man late for an appointment with the trophy engraver: He made three birdies in his first four holes. A bogey on the sixth checked his momentum momentarily, but he birdied the ninth to turn in three-under 33.

Three more birdies on his homeward nine was enough to edge clear of Engell Andersen and give him the victory which means so much to him. “It’s amazing. Even when I phoned my Dad after I finished, I started crying,” said Groenewald. “I’ve been close this year in a couple of tournaments, leading, and I’ve messed it up, so today was good.”


PGA Tour Canada - National Capital Open to Support Our Troops

Brock Mackenzie from Yakima, Washington prevailed in a marathon seven-hole playoff over Spain’s Samuel Del Val and Langley, British Columbia’s Adam Cornelson on Sunday to win the National Capital Open to Support Our Troops, securing his third career Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada win.

The win, which came thanks to a final round 3-under 68 and then a birdie on the seventh extra hole, moves Mackenzie to second on the Order of Merit with three events remaining.

“Winning is hard,” said Mackenzie. “It seems like it gets harder and harder on this Tour. The quality of guys goes up and up every year on this Tour so I don’t take it for granted, that’s for sure.”

Beginning the day three shots off the lead, the former University of Washington standout admitted he thought he was out of the tournament when Cornelson reached 17-under with three holes to go. Two closing bogeys for the Canadian, however, coupled with a Mackenzie birdie at the 72nd hole, changed the landscape of the tournament, and when Del Val managed two delicate par saves at the 17th and 18th, all three returned to the 18th tee for extra holes.

“I thought Adam had a stranglehold on it,” said Mackenzie. “Unfortunately he made those two bogeys and then all of a sudden the playoff started and chaos ensued.”

All three players made par on the first two extra holes, but Mackenzie put the pressure on after stuffing a 6-iron from 185 to four feet at the par-3 third hole. And while Del Val was able to keep pace after rolling in a long birdie putt, Cornelson’s dreams of a second victory in 2016 were dashed when he wasn’t able to cash in on a birdie try of his own.

Nordic Golf League - Norwegian Open

Oscar Lengden won the Norwegian Open after firing 68,69, 67 to win 6 shot clear of swede Gustaf Kocken.

Asian Development Tour - PGM MNRB Sarawak Championship

Mathiam Keyser of South Africa edged Singapore’s Quincy Quek by one shot to win his first Asian Development Tour (ADT) title at the PGM MNRB Sarawak Championship on Saturday.

Keyser posted a fourth consecutive two-under-par 70 to win the RM200,000 (approximately US$46,600) ADT event with an eight-under-par 280 total at the Kelab Golf Sarawak.

Quek, playing three groups in front of the leading flight, fought hard for a second ADT title before settling for second place following a 67.

EuroPro Tour - The Matchroom Sport Championship

Curtis Griffiths won the Matchroom Sport Championship after a sudden-death play-off with Ashley Chesters at East Sussex National.

Griffiths (Wentworth; 70, 65, 70) had held the lead for most of the round after a birdie at the 2nd. A bogey at 5th was a brief setback but he restored his -10 lead at the 7th. On the back nine he broke par at 12 and 14, while Chesters kept in touch with birdies of his own at the 5th, 12th and 15th on the East Course.

Chesters (Hawkstone Park; 67, 69, 69) benefited from some good fortune to remain one back at the 13th. His five-wood tee shot looked destined for the thick rough off the back of the green, but ricocheted off the front of a buggy and onto the relative safety of the green apron, from where he made par.

The lead, now -12, changed hands at the 17th when Chesters made birdie and Griffiths dropped a shot but there was still time for the Wentworth man to pull level when he parred the last, with Chesters making his first bogey of the tournament.

The outcome on 18 was the same on the first and only hole of the sudden-death play-off. Both took three to reach the green in the heavy rain that had arrived at East Sussex National as the leaders had played the 15th. But Griffiths managed to sink a 12-foot putt for the win, while Chesters’ similar-length effort failed to find the hole.

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