Fitzpatrick wins U.S. Open; Kupcho takes LPGA Meijer Classic
BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Matt Fitzpatrick of England is a champion once more at The Nation Membership, this time with the grandest of trophies in golf.
A U.S. Newbie champion in 2013. The U.S. Open champion Sunday.
In a three-way battle at Brookline that got here all the way down to the wire, Fitzpatrick seized management with an ideal break and an excellent higher shot on the fifteenth gap for a two-shot swing. He was simply as clutch from a fairway bunker on the 18th that arrange par for a 2-under 68.
Fitzpatrick completed at 6-under 134.
Victory was not safe till Will Zalatoris, who confirmed superb battle again from each mistake, dropped to his knees when his 15-foot birdie putt on the 18th simply slid by the left facet of the cup. Zalatoris, who closed with a 69, was a runner-up within the second straight main.
Masters champion Scottie Scheffler by no means recovered from back-to-back bogeys to begin the again 9 that value him the lead. He had a 25-foot birdie probability on the 18th that simply missed and left him one behind with a 67.
Together with the $3.15 million in prize cash, Fitzpatrick had that gold Jack Nicklaus medal draped round his neck, which was solely becoming.
Fitzpatrick is the second man to win a U.S. Newbie and U.S. Open on the identical course, becoming a member of Nicklaus, who turned the trick at Pebble Seashore. Juli Inkster gained the U.S. Ladies’s Newbie and U.S. Ladies’s Open at Prairie Dunes.
Fitzpatrick, who briefly performed at Northwestern earlier than turning professional, gained for the eighth time worldwide, and this was his first in America.
Zalatoris misplaced in a playoff to Justin Thomas within the PGA Championship final month.
LPGA TOUR
BELMONT, Mich. (AP) — After lacking a 2-foot eagle putt on the primary gap of a playoff, Jennifer Kupcho gained the LPGA Meijer Traditional when Leona Maguire’s 3-foot birdie attempt lipped out on the second additional gap.
Kupcho closed with a 1-under 71 to match enjoying companion Nelly Korda and Maguire at 18-under 270 at Blythefield Nation Membership. Kupcho birdied each playoff holes. Maguire completed with a 65.
Korda, the winner final yr, had a 72 after taking a one-stroke lead over Kupcho into the ultimate spherical. Korda dropped out of the playoff with a three-putt par on first additional journey down the par-5 18th.
Kupcho gained for the second time on the LPGA Tour, following her main victory in early April at Mission Hills within the California desert. The 25-year-old former Wake Forest star from Colorado gained the inaugural Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Newbie in 2019.
Maguire gained the LPGA Drive On Championship at Crown Colony in early February to grow to be the primary Irish winner in LPGA Tour historical past.
The second-ranked Korda made her second begin since coming back from a four-month break due to a blood clot in her left arm. She tied for eighth two weeks in the past within the U.S. Ladies’s Open in her first occasion since early February.
KORN FERRY TOUR
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Norman Xiong gained the Wichita Open for his first Korn Ferry Tour title, making two eagles in a 7-under 63 for a five-stroke victory.
The previous College of Oregon participant from Guam completed at 26-under 254 at Crestview Nation Membership. He opened with rounds of 66, 61 and 64, tying the course file with the 61.
Xiong certified for the occasion Monday at Auburn Hills. He is the twenty fifth open qualifier to win on the tour and first since Rick Lamb within the 2016 LECOM Well being Problem. Xiong earned full tour membership for the remainder of the season.
Kevin Roy was second after a 64.
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OTHER TOURS
Bronte Legislation made a 55-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th for a 2-under 71 and a one-stroke victory over fellow English participant Georgia Corridor within the Girls European Tour’s Aramco Workforce Sequence-London. Corridor completed at 9-under 210 at Centurion Membership in St. Albans, England. Corridor closed with a 71. Sweden’s Linn Grant was third at 7 below after a 69. Final week in Sweden, Grant gained the Scandinavian Blended occasion to grow to be the primary feminine winner in European tour historical past. … Lim Hee Jeong gained the Korea Ladies’s Open, closing with a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over Kwon Website positioning Yeon. Lim completed at 19-under 269 at Rainbow Hills in Chungcheongbuk. Kwon shot a 68. … Yuna Nishimura shot a 6-uneder 66 for a three-stroke victory within the Japan LPGA’s Nichirei Girls. She completed at 17-under 199 at Sodegaura Nation Membership.. … Denmark’s Martin Simonsen accomplished a wire-to-wire victory within the Kaskada Golf Problem within the Czech Republic for his first European Problem Tour title. He closed with a 4-under 67 to complete at 20-under 264. England’s Marco Penge (68) was 4 strokes again. … Wil Bateman gained a three-man playoff within the Mackenzie Tour’s ATB Traditional at Edmonton Petroleum Golf & Nation Membership. The Canadian eagled the second additional gap to beat Joe Highsmith and Jorge Villar. Bateman closed with a 6-under 65 to match Highsmith (66) and Jorge Villar (66) at 19-uneer 265, All of them birdied the primary playoff gap,
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