Bae bids for Presidents Cup...weekend winners..

As I was going on TSN1050 for my Sunday morning golf report my colleague Tim Haffey, veteran sports broadcaster asked me if it was correct to say that the Fry's.com was the first event of the 2015 PGA Tour season... it is confusing isn't it !


Yes Tim the 2015 season is now underway and Korean sensation Sang Moon Bae had this one under control most all the way, stretching his lead to as many as six shots, he closed with a 1-over 73 at Silverado in sunny Napa, California, for a two-shot victory over Steven Bowditch, who had a 67. Bae had gone 36 straight PGA Tour events without so much as a top 10.


Final scoreboard http://espn.go.com/golf/leaderboard?tour=pga


None of our Canadians had great weekends. Graham DeLaet T39th at 4-under 284 worth $23,400 while after a promising start Adam Hadwin could only manage a 75 on Sunday for $13,890 T53rd at 2-under 286. David Hearn T68th at 3-over 291,worth $12,120


Speaking of 2015, the Presidents Cup goes to Asia for the first time next year at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon, by far the country's biggest golf event and Bae really wants to be a part of the International team “I think it’s most important to me because it’s in Korea next year. It really means a lot,” he said.


If you were wondering, the majors in 2015 are the Masters of course at Augusta, April 9-12, the US Open is at Chambers Bay in Washington June 18-21, the Open Championship is at St Andrews July 16-19 and the PGA is at Whistling Straits in Kohler Wisconsin August 13-16.


CHAMPIONS Tour .. In Gary, NC Kirk Triplett won the SAS Championship for his second victory of the year and fourth in three seasons after he closed with a 3-under 69 for a three-stroke victory over Tom Lehman. Triplett finished at 14-under 202 at Prestonwood Country Club.


Jim Rutledge carded a final round 2-under 70 to tie for 50th ($5,712) as the leading Canadian at even-par 216. Rod Spittle tied for 55th ($4,200) at 1-over 217, while Stephen Ames tied for 65th at 3-over 219 ( $2,415)


Final scoreboard http://espn.go.com/golf/leaderboard?tour=champions


With 3 events left to go in the Charles Schwab Cup race Bernhard Langer who T3, extended his lead, adding 138 points this week. He has a tour-high five wins, two of them majors, and leads the money list. Colin Montgomerie finished outside the top 10, earning no points this week. The German star now holds a 771-point lead over Montgomerie


EUROPEAN Tour ..It did nothing but rain at Vilamoura in the Algarve, and that is most unusual for this popular golf resort in Portugal. In 8 previous year's there hadn't been a drop of it.


Alexander Levy of France won the shortened Portugal Masters after the third and final round was abandoned because of further bad weather Thunderstorms and water-logged greens had already led to the event being reduced to 54 holes Friday, and more rain Sunday saw it finally cut to 36 holes.

Levy’s rounds of 63 and 61 on Thursday and Friday left him on 18-under 124 – three shots ahead of Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts

Final scoreboard http://espn.go.com/golf/leaderboard?tour=euro

LPGA...In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia China’s Shanshan Feng rallied to win the LPGA Malaysia for her fourth Tour title, playing a six-hole stretch on the back nine in 6 under. Feng, four strokes behind Thailand’s Pornanong Phatlum entering the round, closed with a bogey-free 8-under 63 for a three-stroke victory over Phatlum

The tournament was the second in the tour’s six-event Asian swing. The LPGA KEB-HanaBank is next week in South Korea, followed by the Blue Bay LPGA in China.

Final scoreboard http://espn.go.com/golf/leaderboard?tour=lpga


PGATour LatinoAmerica.. Tyler McCumber a 23-year old from Jacksonville, Florida defeated Argentina's Jorge Fernández Valdés in a playoff to claim the Mazatlan Open title in Mexico..


Final scoreboard http://www.pgatourla.com/leaderboard/m2014130/?lg=en#.VDu7HjpMvMw includes Canadian scores..

Bryan Angus 

(notes from europeantour.com, BBC, Reuters, AP )