Golf roundup: Kevin Na adds third PGA Tour victory

Sophia Na runs to her father Kevin Na after he won the PGA Tour's Charles Schwab Challenge on Sunday at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.
Sophia Na runs to her father Kevin Na after he won the PGA Tour's Charles Schwab Challenge on Sunday at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

FORT WORTH, Texas - Kevin Na always believed he could win at Colonial Country Club, so he paused to visualize his name on the wall of champions at the first tee before making another run at it.

The 35-year-old, South Korean-born American will get to read his name on that wall at next year's Charles Schwab Challenge.

Na birdied four of the first eight holes Sunday as he closed with a 4-under-par 66 for a four-shot victory over Tony Finau on the cozy course made famous by Ben Hogan, securing the third PGA Tour win of his career and second in 10 months.

"On the first tee, I saw that wall, looked at the names, right below Justin Rose," Na said, referring to the third-ranked Englishman who won the 2018 tournament. "And in my head, I engraved my name on it. I was just trying to visualize success before I teed off."

Na had held a two-shot lead after 54 holes and was in front by at least that many for the final 16 after putting his second shot inside five feet for birdie on the par-4 second hole. Na finished at 13-under 267 after a bow-tying birdie on No. 18.

The win came after Na put himself in contention with a second-round 62, one off the Colonial record. That low round came a year after tying that course-record 61 in the final round to finish fourth.

Local favorite Jordan Spieth's strong putting disappeared in a 72 as the Dallas native finished eight shots back to remain without a victory since his third major title at the 2017 British Open.

Jim Furyk's hopes faded when the 2003 U.S. Open champion went in the water for double bogey at the par-3 13th on the way to a 73 that left him nine shots back. The 17-time tour winner's last title was in 2015.

Andrew Putnam (66) and C.T. Pan (69) finished at 8 under to share third, a stroke ahead of second-round leader Jonas Blixt (68).

Senior PGA Championship: Ken Tanigawa wins with late rally

PITTSFORD, N.Y. - Ken Tanigawa overcame a three-shot deficit on the final nine to pass Paul Broadhurst and win the Senior PGA Championship.

In only his second year as a PGA Tour Champions competitor and some 15 years after giving up playing professionally, Tanigawa closed with a par round of 70 on the East Course at Oak Hill Country Club to finish at 3-under 277. The 51-year-old held off PGA Tour Champions money leader Scott McCarron, who closed with a 70, by a stroke.

Tanigawa, who was born in Japan but grew up in Southern California, won the PURE insurance Championship last year at Pebble Beach Golf Links for his first victory on the 50-and-older circuit.

Tanigawa scrambled to avoid dropping a stroke on the par-4 closing hole after his tee shot landed in a fairway bunker. He chipped out into the fairway, hit his third shot to 12 feet away from the cup and made the putt.

Playing alongside good friend and former UCLA teammate Tanigawa, McCarron's bid to force a tie and a playoff ended when he missed a 25-foot birdie putt about a foot to the left.

Broadhurst, who was trying to repeat as the tournament's winner, began the day with a two-shot lead but closed with a 75 to finish third at 1 under. His chance to tie ended when he missed a lengthy birdie putt on the 18th, then settled for a bogey. Two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen (74) was another stroke back in fourth.

Ooltewah's Gibby Gilbert III (77) tied for 63rd at 18 over.

Bronte Law prevails at Pure Silk Championship

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Bronte Law closed with a 3-under 67 and held off a series of challengers to win the Pure Silk Championship by two shots for her first LPGA Tour victory.

The 24-year-old Englishwoman who starred at UCLA held at least a share of the lead after all four rounds, finishing at 17-under 267 on the River Course at Kingsmill Resort.

Third-round co-leader Nasa Hataoka (69) of Japan, Canada's Brooke Henderson (68) and Sweden's Madelene Sagstrom (66) shared second.

Law, who three weeks earlier came from 10 shots back in the final round to get into a playoff in the LPGA Mediheal Championship, had managed six straight pars on the back nine before a 15-foot birdie putt at the par-4 16th doubled her lead. Two-putt pars on the last two holes capped the victory in her 56th career start.

Close is good enough for Bernd Wiesberger

FARSO, Denmark - Bernd Wiesberger held on to win the Made in Denmark tournament for his fifth European Tour title.

The 33-year-old Austrian entered the final round at Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort with a one-shot lead over Scotland's Robert MacIntyre, and he maintained his slim margin by closing with a 5-under 66 to finish at 14-under 270.

MacIntyre matched his playing partner through 15 holes of the final round before conceding a two-shot lead heading into the final hole. Wiesberger bogeyed the 18th, but MacIntyre could only manage a birdie to complete a 66, finishing a stroke back.

France's Romain Langasque also closed with a 66 to finish alone in third at 11 under.

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