Poston wins John Deere, Meronk first Pole to win in Europe

Poston completed at 21-under 263. He opened with rounds of 62, 65 and 67.

Bezuidenhout shot a 66, and Grillo had a 69.

Christopher Gotterup, the previous Rutgers participant within the discipline on a sponsor exemption, had a 66 to tie for fourth at 17 below with Scott Stallings (70).

Poston birdied the primary three holes, bogeyed Nos. 5 and 6 and parred the subsequent 10. He made a 4-footer for birdie on the par-5 seventeenth and parred the 18th.

The 29-year-old participant from Hickory, North Carolina, gained every week after tying for second in Connecticut within the Vacationers Championship. He additionally gained the 2019 Wyndham Championship.

THOMASTOWN, Eire — Adrian Meronk turned Poland’s first winner on the European tour with an excellent closing stretch at Mount Juliet for a 6-under 66 and a three-shot victory within the Irish Open.

Meronk was one shot behind Ryan Fox of New Zealand with 4 holes remaining when he went birdie-birdie-eagle to offer himself room for error on the powerful closing gap. He made par and walked off the 18th inexperienced soaked in a champagne celebration.

Fox closed with a 64, and he feared a bogey on the ultimate gap may cost a little him in the long run. Meronk performed so effectively over the closing stretch that it didn’t matter.

Meronk tied for the lead with a 25-foot birdie on the fifteenth, made an 18-foot birdie putt on the subsequent gap after which successfully ended it with an eagle from simply in need of the inexperienced on the par-5 seventeenth gap.

Meronk, who completed at 20-under 268, Fox and Thriston Lawrence (67) already had been exempt for the British Open. The three spots obtainable from the Irish Open went to American John Catlin, David Regulation of Scotland and Fabrizio Zanotti of Paraguay. They tied for fourth on 273.

Meronk, who performed faculty golf at East Tennessee State, would be the first Polish participant within the British Open at St. Andrews in two weeks. He already was the primary Pole within the U.S. Open final yr at Torrey Pines, and the primary to even earn a European tour card.

BERTHOUD, Colo. — Zecheng “Marty” Dou of China ran off three birdies in a four-hole stretch on the again 9 and closed with a 5-under 67 for a one-shot victory over Carl Yuan in The Ascendant for his first Korn Ferry Tour title in three years.

The victory moved Dou as much as No. 2 within the factors record and guaranteed him of getting a PGA Tour card for the primary time in 5 years.

Yuan, who leads the Korn Ferry factors record, started the again 9 on the TPC Colorado with 4 straight birdies and briefly had the lead. Dou caught him with a birdie on the thirteenth, after which he added birdies on the fifteenth and sixteenth to take management.

Yuan, additionally from China, bogeyed the 18th and allowed Dou to take a two-shot result in the ultimate gap. He additionally closed with a bogey.

Dou completed at 17-under 267. Augusto Nunez (68), Brandon Matthews (68) and Jeremy Paul (66) tied for third, two photographs behind.

Crew Worldwide gained 13 matches and halved 4 others to defeat Crew USA within the Palmer Cup at Geneva Golf Membership. The matches had been tied at 18 going into Sunday singles. Crew Worldwide gained for the third time within the final 4 years within the Ryder Cup-style competitors of female and male faculty gamers. … Maja Stark of Sweden closed with a 2-under 70 for a one-shot victory over Leonie Hurt and Jessica Karlsson within the Amundi German Masters. Stark gained for the third time this yr on the Girls European Tour and fifth since leaving Oklahoma State final yr. … Kristian Krogh Johannessen closed with a 4-under 67 and gained the Italian Problem Open when Oliver Hunderboll made double bogey on the primary playoff gap. It was the Dane’s first win on the Problem Tour. … Brian Carlson closed with a 7-under 65 for a one-shot victory over Chris Wilson within the Prince Edward Island Open, shifting to the highest of the factors record on the Mackenzie Tour in Canada. … Serena Aoki closed with a 3-under 69 for a two-shot victory within the Shiseido Girls Open on the Japan LPGA. … Jin-hee Im had a 3-under 69 within the ultimate spherical for a two-shot victory within the McCall Mona Park Open on the Korean LPGA.

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