SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — Denis Watson won the AT&T Champions Classic for his third Champions Tour title in two seasons, beating Loren Roberts with a birdie on the third playoff hole Sunday.
Watson, the 2007 Senior PGA Championship and Boeing Classic winner, birdied the par-5 18th in regulation for a 7-under-par 65 and a share of the top spot with Roberts (70) and Brad Bryant (72) at 7-under 209. Bryant was eliminated on the second extra hole.
Footnotes. Sweden’s Louise Friberg won her first LPGA Tour title in her fourth career start, closing with a 7-under 65 for a one-stroke victory over Taiwan’s Yani Tseng at the MasterCard Classic in Huxquilucan, Mexico.
• Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell won the Ballantine’s Championship in Jeju Island, South Korea, when he beat India’s Jeev Milkha Singh on the third playoff hole.
The Associated Press
