PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — Jon Rahm is a winner again and it wasn’t easy.
Rahm has won the Mexico Open with a 69 in the final round at Vidanta Vallarta. The Spaniard now has 14 wins worldwide and seven on the PGA Tour. He says he could have done without the stress.
Rahm never fell behind. But after he missed an easy birdie conversion on the par-5 12th, he suddenly found himself in a four-way tie for the lead.
Brandon Wu shot 63. So did Tony Finau. Kurt Kitayama joined them. But then Rahm birdied the 14th, and he held on with pars.
Alker emerges from rain for 4-shot win on Champions Tour
THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Steven Alker is now the man to beat on the PGA Tour Champions.
One week after he threw away a chance to win, Alker shot 66 on Sunday for a four-shot victory in the Insperity Invitational.
The final round was delayed two hours by rain. Alker was leading by one shot over Steve Stricker. After the rain, Alker played a six-hole stretch in 6-under par to build a four-shot lead.
It was Alker’s second win this year and he now leads the Charles Schwab Cup.
Marina Alex wins LPGA Tour’s Palos Verdes Championship
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. (AP) — Marina Alex won the Palos Verdes Championship on Sunday for her second LPGA Tour title.
Alex broke a tie with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 16th and parred the final two holes for a one-stroke victory over Jin Young Ko.
Three strokes behind Hannah Green entering the round, Alex closed with a 5-under 66 to finish at 10-under 274 at hilly and windy Palos Verdes Golf Club. The top-ranked Ko also shot a 66.
