Wie delivers, wins US Open...final scoring all tours

"It seems like she has been playing forever on tour, but she is still young and I think a win today will start a glittering career of play on tour and in the majors... something the LPGA badly needs.."


For those who joined me here yesterday, that is part of what I wrote about Michelle Wie, and can say today I am glad for all of golf, the women's side predominantly that she finally delivered a performance worthy of the hype that has been heaped on her since she was a teenager.


She holed a gutsy a 25-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole, to secure her first major championship Sunday, a two-shot victory over Stacy Lewis in the U.S. Women’s Open. It is her 4th pro win and her 1st major.


Wie closed with an even-par 70 after Lewis made her work for it. She made eight birdies to match the best score of the tournament with a 66.


As I said yesterday Michelle, now 24 has been one of the biggest stars in women’s golf since she was 13, and she suffered a lot of criticism when she competed against the men on the PGA Tour while still in high school and talked about wanting to play in the Masters.


Being 6-foot tall is enough of a burden to a teenage girl, especially one growing up in an adult world, surrounded and hounded by the media every day, however she is all grown up now, and in my opinion for the good of the LPGA, she is the Champion golfer at the US Open !


EUROPEAN TOUR
Irish Open
Fota Island GC
Cork


Mikko Ilonen shot a final round 70 yesterday to win the Irish Open by 1 stroke after leading from start to finish. The 34-year old Finn celebrated his 300th European event and his fourth tour victory with an overall 13-under 271 on the Fota Island course.


Italy’s Edoardo Molinari shot 67 to take second on 12 under after crowd favorite Graeme McDowell missed putt after putt and never appeared in the hunt for his first Irish Open success, posting a 71 to finish three shots behind Ilonen.


Final scoring click here http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014048/leaderboard/index.html


LPGA
US Open
Pinehurst #2
N.C
Michelle Wie (70) bounced back from a late mistake at Pinehurst No. 2 to bury a 25-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole, sending the 24-year-old from Hawaii to her first major championship Sunday, a two-shot victory over Stacy Lewis (66) in the U.S. Women’s Open


Canada’s 16 year old amateur Brooke Henderson captured low amateur honours when she finished tied for 10th at 5-over 285


Final scoring click here http://www.usopen.com/women/en_US/scoring/index.html


PGA Tour
Travelers Championship
TPC River Highlands
Cromwell CT..


Kevin Streelman birdied the last seven holes to win the Travelers Championship by a stroke at TPC River Highlands, by shooting his second straight 6-under 64 to finish at 15-under 265, after he missed the cuts in his previous four starts on tour


He broke the tour record for consecutive closing birdies by a winner of six set by Mike Souchak in the 1956 St. Paul Open. Sergio Garcia and K.J. Choi tied for second. They each shot 67. Aaron Baddeley was fourth at 13 under after a 69.


Canada’s Graham DeLaet tied for 51st at 3-under 277


Final scoring click here http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/travelers-championship/leaderboard.html


PGA Tour Canada
Boreal Open
Fort McMurray GC, Alberta


With a final round 3-under 69 at Fort McMurray Golf Club, Joel Dahmen won the Boreal Open by five strokes, claiming his second win of the season on PGA Tour Canada and taking a commanding lead on the Order of Merit through three events


Final scoring click http://www.pgatour.com/canada/en_us/leaderboard.html




CHAMPIONS Tour
Encompass Championship
North Shore GC
Glenview Ill.


Tom Lehman closed with a 2-under 70 at North Shore and had a 15-under 201 total for his eighth senior title and first since 2012. He rebounded from bogeys on Nos. 13 and 14, his only dropped strokes of the week with birdies on Nos. 15 and 16, parred the par-3 17th and won on the par-4 18th.


Michael Allen and Kirk Triplett tied for second, a stroke back. Allen shot 67, and Triplett had a 68.


Canada’s Rod Spittle and Jim Rutledge finished tied for 49th and tied for 73rd respectively.


Final scoring click here http://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/encompass-championship/leaderboard.html


Other News...


* Canada’s Nicole Vandermade won the Four Winds Invitational on Sunday for her first Symetra Tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 for a one-stroke victory.
Vandermade, from Brantford, Ont., had a 12-under 204 total at Blackthorn Golf Club. The 24-year-old former University of Texas player and Team Canada member earned $22,500 to jump from 90th to eighth on the money list with $26,278, with the final top 10 earning 2015 LPGA Tour cards.


Final scoreboard click http://www.symetrascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx


* In Wichita, Kansas, Monday qualifier Sebastian Cappelen from Denmark, won the Air Capital Classic for his first Web.om Tour title, finishing with a 4-under 66 for a one-stroke victory over Matt Weibring.


Cappelen had an 18-under 262 total after opening with rounds of 66, 65 and 65 at Crestview Country Club. The 24-year-old former University of Arkansas player earned $108,000.


All Canadians missed the cut..


Final scoreboard click http://www.pgatour.com/webcom/tournaments/air-capital-classic-presented-by-aetna/leaderboard.html



















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