PGA Tour
The Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass
Ponte Verde, Fla
Canadians: David Hearn T6 -9 70 7168 70 Graham DeLaet +2 69 77 MC
Round 4
Martin Kaymer nearly blew a three-shot lead after a 90-minute rain delay until he holed a 30-foot par putt on the famous 17th island green. He got up-and-down with his putter from short of the 18th green for one last par and a 1-under 71 good enough to win the Players Championship.
Jim Furyk closed with a 66,he had to wait after the rain delay to rap in a 3-foot par putt and it looked as though it might be enough to force a playoff, or even win outright when the 29-year-old German began to crumble. Furyk had to settle for a runner-up finish for the second straight week. Sergio Garcia made a strong run until he hit into the water on the par-5 11th and lost momentum by missing too many putts. He closed with a 70 to finish alone in third at 11 under.
It was the 14th victory worldwide for Kaymer, ended an 0-for-29 drought. His last win was at the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa at the end of 2012, right after he delivered the crucial point for Europe in its Ryder Cup comeback. Kaymer was No. 1 in the world in February 2011 until he wanted to retool his swing to be able to hit a greater variety of shots.
Jordan Spieth, tied with Kaymer going into the final round, made his first bogey of the tournament on the fifth hole, and plenty more followed. He closed with a 74.
David Hearn tied for sixth, just four shots back of champion Kaymer. He climbed two spots Sunday after a 2-under par 70. He finished at 279 with four others including Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood, Francesco Molinari and Jimmy Walker
Live scoreboard http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html
PGA Tour Canada
"Q" School
British Columbia qualifying
Final
California’s David Bradshaw cruised to an eight stroke victory at PGA Tour Canada’s British Columbia Qualifying Tournament Friday, carding a final round 73 to finish 17-under par for the week. Bradshaw was among 18 players to earn exempt status and 42 total players to earn PGA Tour Canada cards for 2014.
Thirteen Canadians earned status on PGA Tour Canada for 2014, bringing the total number of Canadians with playing status for the year to 42
Live scoreboard http://www.pgatourcanada.com/leagues/cantour_leaderboard4.cfm?clientid=3776&leagueid=11752&seasonnum=2014
EUROPEAN Tour
Madeira Island Open
Portugal
Round 2
Daniel Brooks made par on the first playoff hole Sunday to win the fog-shortened Madeira Islands Open, which was overshadowed by the death of a caddie earlier in the day. Scott Henry, who had birdied the last three holes to force a playoff, three-putted for bogey on the first extra hole to finish second.
However, some European Tour members said the tournament should have been stopped after Ian MacGregor, the 52-year-old Zimbabwe-born caddy to Scotland’s Alastair Forsyth, collapsed and died of an apparent heart attack on the ninth fairway – Forsyth’s final hole.
Live scoreboard http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014036/leaderboard/index.html
Symetra Tour
Women's Health Classic
Greenwood, SC
Canadians: LeBlanc 74 76 72, Juneau 70 72 78, Richdale 73 78 MC, Vandermade 75 72 77
Round 4
Taiwan’s Wei-Ling Hsu won the Symetra Tour’s Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women’s Health Charity Classic on Sunday, closing with an eagle for a 4-under 68 and a five-stroke victory.
Sara-Maude Juneau, a former member of Team Canada, finished tied for eighth at even par after a 4-under par 68 during the final round. She picked up a $4,490 (U.S.) paycheck for her troubles. Maude Aimee-LeBlanc of Sherbrooke, Que., currently ranked 10th on the Tour’s money list, tied for 22nd at 5-over par
Live scoreboard http://www.symetrascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx
CN Future Links
Pacific Championship
Bear Links, Valley Course
Final
Valérie Tanguay and Alex Francois captured their CN Future Links Pacific Championship divisions at Bear Mountain Golf Resort Sunday in Victoria, B.C.
In the Junior Girls division, Team Canada Development Squad member Tanguay, 18, of St-Hyacinthe, Que., outlasted West Vancouver’s Alix Kong in a sudden-death playoff. The duo both birdied the par-5 18th hole to send the Junior Girls division into extra holes and Tanguay was declared the winner after Kong missed a short par putt on the first playoff hole
Tanguay finished the championship at 11-over 224 after rounds of 71-81-72, while Kong finished in solo second after rounds of 80-71-73.
Alex Francois, 16, of Burnaby, B.C. held on to win by a stroke over Vancouver’s Jordan Lu. Francois carded a final round 2-over 73 to post a 4-over 217 for the championship.
Live scoring
http://golfcanada.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/rcga14/event/rcga141/contest/1/leaderboard.ht
Bryan Angus
(files from europeantour.com, pgatourcanada.com BBC Reuters, AP )
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