Golf roundup: Matt Kuchar hangs on to win Mayakoba Golf Classic

Matt Kuchar, shown during the 2017 Canadian Open, completed a wire-to-wire win in the Mayakoba Golf Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory in more than four years.
Matt Kuchar, shown during the 2017 Canadian Open, completed a wire-to-wire win in the Mayakoba Golf Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory in more than four years.

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico - Matt Kuchar ended more than four years without a PGA Tour victory Sunday by closing with a 2-under-par 69 and holding up through a few nervous moments down the stretch to win the Mayakoba Golf Classic.

Kuchar had a four-shot lead going into the final round. But after making two bogeys over the first 67 holes in the tournament, he made bogeys on Nos. 14 and 15 at El Camaleon Golf Club, and his lead shrunk to one shot when Danny Lee made a 20-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the 16th hole.

Lee finished with two pars for a 65.

Kuchar still wasn't entirely in the clear. His 15-foot birdie attempt rolled about 3 1/2 feet by the hole on No. 17, and he had to make that for par. And on the 18th, he left his 30-foot birdie putt about three feet short and had to roll that in to win by one shot. He finished at 22-under 262.

"I didn't want a three-footer on the last hole," Kuchar said. "I was hoping to have a three or four-shot lead for some wiggle room. But man, that felt awfully good."

The 40-year-old Kuchar had gone 115 starts on the PGA Tour since his last victory in the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head in April 2014.

Chattanooga's Stephan Jaeger (68) tied for 16th at 14 under, with fellow Baylor School graduates Keith Mitchell (73) and Harris English (73) tying for 65th at 2 under and 68th at par, respectively.

Langer wins season

PHOENIX - Vijay Singh rallied from six shots behind with his career-best round on the PGA Tour Champions, a 10-under 61 that gave him a four-shot victory in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship and gave Bernhard Langer the season title and a $1 million annuity.

Langer won the points-based Schwab Cup for the fifth time overall and the fourth time in five years on the 50-and-older tour.

Scott McCarron was in position to capture the Schwab Cup for the first time, needing only to win the final tournament of the season, provided Langer didn't make a big run and finish among the top three. Langer tied for 13th.

McCarron, however, faded badly and was never under par at any point in the final round at Phoenix Country Club. He closed with a 72 and tied for third.

Westwood rallies

SUN CITY, South Africa - Lee Westwood came from behind to win the Nedbank Golf Challenge, overturning a three-shot deficit at the start of the final round to deny Sergio Garcia a wire-to-wire victory and Louis Oosthuizen success in his home country.

Westwood closed with an 8-under 64 at Gary Player Country Club to take him to 15-under 273 and a three-shot win over Garcia (70). Oosthuizen (69) was third at 11 under.

It was Westwood's third Nedbank title, with the others back-to-back wins in 2010 and '11, before the event was part of the European Tour. He held back tears after sealing his 24th European Tour title and first in more than four years.

The event also had repercussions for the Race to Dubai, with Lucas Bjerregaard, Li Haotong and Rory McIlroy eliminated going into the season-ending DP World Tour Championship this week in Dubai. It now comes down to Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood, but Molinari has a healthy lead over his Ryder Cup buddy.

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