Hadwin tops weekend winners.. Final scoreboards

To the casual sports fan this weekend wasn't a major, or the Fed Ex Cup finale or the upcoming Ryder Cup, but for many pros, both male and female this was a huge weekend where PGA Tour, LPGA cards were finally earned, hearts both overjoyed and broken, new careers launched, some shattered..


Web.com Tour
Final scoreboard click http://www.pgatour.com/webcom/tournaments/web-com-tour-championship/leaderboard.html

Abbotsford, B.C.’s Adam Hadwin topped the combined Web.com Tour money list to earn a full exemption and a spot in The Players after he had a 72 at the Tour Championship on Sunday to tie for seventh at 6 under. He earned $30,125 for a total of $529,792.

“I think everyone out here knows the importance of being No. 1 and knows how good it is not to have to reshuffle for the next year,” Hadwin said. “It allows you to just go out and have some fun and enjoy it. You don’t have to put pressure on yourself to perform before the first reshuffle or the second reshuffle.”

With Hadwin and Merrit, B.C.’s Roger Sloan having already secured their PGA Tour playing privileges, the stage was set for one of the most clutch final rounds in Canadian golf history. Nick Taylor also from Abbotsford joined the pair as PGA Tour rookies for next season after firing a blazing 7-under 63 on TPC Sawgrass Dye’s Valley Course. Taylor, 26, would go on finish 37th on the Web.com Tour eligibility category.


European Tour
Final scoreboard http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014074/leaderboard/index.html


Joost Luiten who was overlooked as a captain’s pick for next week’s Ryder Cup in favor of Lee Westwood, overcame a shaky start to shoot a level-par 71 and hang on for a one-shot victory at the Wales Open.

Luiten opened with two straight bogeys but bounced back with three birdies on the back nine and then recovered from a poor tee shot on the 18th to make par for the victory. The Dutchman, who had led by two shots after the third round, finished with a 14-under total of 270. It was Luiten’s third European Tour victory.

LPGA

Final scoreboard http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx

Mi Jung Hur matched top-ranked Stacy Lewis stroke for stroke Sunday in the final round of the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic in Alabama

Another in the seemingly endless stream of South Korean players, she never gave up the last-day lead on her way to a tournament-record 21-under 267 total. Hur birdied four of the final eight holes to beat Lewis by four strokes for her second LPGA Tour victory. The each shot 6-under 66

Alena Sharp climbed 20 spots up the leaderboard after a final round 6-under par 66 and tied for 30th at 5-under 283. Sue Kim of Langley, B.C. tied for 63rd at 3-over 291

Symetra Tour

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

Norway’s Marita Engzelius eagled the first hole of a playoff Sunday to win the season-ending Symetra Tour Championship, and the top 10 on the money list earned LPGA Tour cards. Engzelius earned $22,500 to finish 15th on the money list with $36,050. She earned an exemption into the final stage of the LPGA Tour’s qualifying school

Marissa Steen from Ohio, a three-time winner this season, topped the LPGA Tour qualifiers with $75,348. Min Seo Kwak was second at $69,143, followed by Stoelting ($60,452), Sadena Parks ($57,597), Min Lee ($57,011), Wei-Ling Hsu ($53,004), Yueer Cindy Feng ($51,992), Kendall Dye ($47,684), Runas ($45,095) and Mallory Blackwelder ($41,381

Heartbreak for Canadians narrowly missing out on LPGA Tour cards for next season were Sara-Muade Juneau, Nicole Vandermade and Maude-Aimee Leblanc. Juneau, of Fossambault, Que., finished 13th on the tour’s money list. Brantford, Ont.’s Vandermade finished 17th.

Leblanc, needed a win this week to retain her full status on the LPGA Tour for next season. She held the lead heading into the final round but missed a 6 footer on the last green to miss out on the play-off as she carded a final round 74 to tie for 4th and finish 19th on the money list.

Champions Tour

Final scoreboard http://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/pacific-links-hawai-i-championship/leaderboard.html

Watching Paul Goydos win the Hawaii Championship for his first Champions Tour title, breaking out of a tight pack with four straight birdies, just made me determined to return to Oahu some time before it becomes too late. There is something magical about the Hawaiian islands, the sun the breeze the stunning colour the ocean, the mountains, volcanos, beaches of all kinds, black, dazzling white, and so much more..

Anyhow Goydos was making his fifth start on the senior circuit since turning 50 in June, Goydos closed with a 4-under 68 at Kapolei Golf Club for a tournament-record 19-under 197 total. He opened with rounds of 66 and 63 for a share of the second-round lead with Fred Funk.

Funk finished with a 69 to tie for second with Scott Dunlap. Funk had a hole-in-one on No. 16, using a 4-hybrid on the 200-yard hole. Dunlap who is playing the best golf of his career, shot a 65.

Rod Spittle tied for 40th at 7-under 209 and Davis Love III who turned 50 in April struggled in his Champions Tour debut, closing with a 72 to tie for 64th in the 81-man field at 3 under with Canada’s Jim Rutledge.

Bryan Angus

( files from AP, CP, europeantour.com, BBC, Reuters )