Associated Press
Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rory McIlroy became the first two-time winner in the Wells Fargo Championship with a seven-shot victory Sunday over Webb Simpson and Patrick Rodgers.
The top-ranked McIlory closed with a 3-under 69 to finish at 21-under 267 and break the tournament record by five strokes. He entered the day with a four-stroke lead after a course-record 61 on Saturday.
Rodgers, playing on a sponsor exemption, was the only player to mount a serious challenge, getting within three shots after a birdie at No. 15. He finished with a 68, and Simpson shot a 72.
McIlroy also won Match Play Championship two weeks ago in San Francisco and has 11 PGA Tour titles. He has six top-10 finishes in his last eight PGA Tour starts.
McIlroy won at Quail Hollow in 2010 for his first PGA Tour title, shooting 15 under. Anthony Kim set the previous tournament record of 16 under in 2008.
KINGSMILL CHAMPIONSHIP
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Minjee Lee played a five-hole stretch in 5 under to open a four-stroke lead when final-round play was suspended because of darkness in the LPGA Tour’s Kingsmill Championship.
After making an eagle on the par-5 15th to cap the five-hole run, the 18-year-old Australian was on the par-4 16th when the horn sounded. She hit her approach to the green, but opted to mark the ball and finish the hole when play resumes at 7 a.m. Monday on Kingsmill Resort’s River Course.
Lee was 7 under in a 10-hole stretch after a 2-hour rain delay to reach 16 under.
Alison Lee was alone in second with four holes to play. Former champion Suzann Pettersen was the only one in a five-way tie for third at 10 under to finish. She shot 68. Perrine Delacour, Paula Creamer, So Yeon Ryu and Hyo Joo Kim also were 10 under.
REGIONS TRADITION
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Jeff Maggert won the Regions Tradition for his first Champions Tour major title, beating Kevin Sutherland with a 3-foot par putt on the first hole of a playoff.
Sutherland two-putted for bogey to set up Maggert for the winning par on the 18th hole at Shoal Creek.
Maggert closed with an even-par 72 to match Sutherland at 14-under 274. Sutherland had a 71.
Maggert’s only previous Champions Tour win came in Mississippi last year in his first start on the 50-and-over tour. He won three times on the PGA Tour, the last in the 2006 St. Jude Classic.
Jeff Hart and Gene Sauers shot 69 to tie for third at 11 under. Michael Allen (68), Bernhard Langer (70), two-time winner Tom Lehman (69) and 2014 champion Kenny Perry (70) were 9 under.
BMW CHARITY PRO-AM
GREER, S.C. — Australia’s Rod Pampling won the Web.com Tour’s BMW Charity Pro-Am, finishing with a 5-under 66 for a 25-under 261 total.
The 45-year-old Pampling opened with consecutive 9-under 63s at The Reserve at Lake Keowee and Green Valley Country Club and shot a 69 on Saturday at Thornblade Club — also the site of the final round.
Pampling earned $121,500 for his first career victory on the tour. The two-time PGA Tour winner was two strokes off the tournament record of 27-under 259 set by Mark Anderson in 2013.
Kelly Kraft was second after a 66.
Roland Thatcher shot a course-record 11-under 60 to finish third at 21 under. He had an eagle and nine birdies on the first 16 holes, then closed with two pars to miss a chance for a 59.
MISSION HEALTH WELLNESS CLASSIC
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — South Korea’s Jimin Kang won the Mission Health Wellness Classic for her fourth career Symetra Tour title and first since 2004.
The victory capped a comeback from an allergy problem two years ago that attacked her immune system and made it difficult to breathe and walk on her own.
A two-time winner on the LPGA Tour, Kang shot 5-under 67 in all three rounds for a five-stroke victory at the Country Club of Asheville. The 11-year span between victories is the longest in tour history.
The 35-year-old former Arizona State player broke the tournament record at 15-under 206 and earned $15,000 to jump from 10th to second on the money list with $32,932.
Lacey Agnew, Brianna Do, Daniela Iacobelli and Brittany Benvenuto tied for second.
SPANISH OPEN
TERRASSA, Spain — England’s James Morrison won the Spanish Open for his second European Tour title, closing with a 3-under 69 for a four-stroke victory.
Morrison finished at 10-under 278 at Real Golf Club El Prat.
Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez, the winner last year at PGA Catalunya at a tour-record 50 years, 133 days, closed with a 67 to tie for second with England’s David Howell (73), Italy’s Francesco Molinari (71) and France’s Edouard Espana (69).