Walker wins in Hawaii..Oosthuizen in Durban

PGA Tour
Sony Open
Waialae CC
Honolulu, Hawaii

3 Canadians in the field include Brad Fritsch MC 69 76, Mike Weir MC73 72 and David Hearn 68 70, 67 69 -6

Round 4 Final

In a wild final round, where four players were in the mix with an hour to go, Jimmy Walker followed a clutch par save with three straight birdies to pull away from the pack. He closed with a 7-under 63 for a one-shot victory over Chris Kirk

Walker's big run began with a 12-foot par on the 14th hole. One shot behind Harris English, Walker rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt on the 15th hole, and took the outright lead when English -- behind him in the final group -- failed to save par from a bunker.

Walker made a 7-foot birdie putt on the 16th, and then hit 7-iron into 6 feet for birdie on the par-3 17th. A par on the last hole made him wait just a little bit longer.

Kirk had a 30-foot eagle chip from just short of the green on the par-5 18th that would have forced a playoff. It stayed right of the hole, and Kirk made the birdie putt for a 66 to finish alone in second place.

Jerry Kelly (65) was alone in third. English never recovered from his bogey. He missed birdie putts on the last three holes for a 67.

Walker won the Frys.com Open in October, the first tournament of the new wraparound season. As the first multiple winner for the 2013-14 season, he is closing in on cracking the top 30 in the Official World Golf Ranking.


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EUROPEAN TOUR
Volvo Golf Champions
Durban GC
South Africa

Round 4 Final

For the fourth year running Louis Oosthuizen began the calendar year with victory on home soil as he retained the Volvo Golf Champions in Durban.

Oosthuizen was one shot behind compatriot Branden Grace with two holes to play, but birdied them both to card a closing 68 and 12 under par total.

Grace had also completed a 68 in the group ahead to finish 11 under and watched on television as former Open Champion Oosthuizen holed from two feet on the 17th and then chipped to the same distance for another birdie on the short par four 18th.

That meant all seven European Tour events staged at Durban Country Club have now been won by South Africans, while eight of the last 11 tournaments in South Africa have been won by home players.

England's Tommy Fleetwood had held a one shot advantage heading into the final round and briefly stretched that to three thanks to a birdie at the second and mistakes from his rivals.

However, three bogeys in five holes from the fifth threw the tournament wide open



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Bryan Angus  (files from BBC, Reuters europeantour.com, pgatour.com)