CROMWELL, Conn. — Stewart Cink had a reputation as a good golfer who just couldn’t finish off a tournament.
On Sunday, he put that behind him, holding off Tommy Armour III and defending champion Hunter Mahan to win the Travelers Championship by a stroke.
“I know there has been some talk that I have not been a closer,” Cink said. “They had every right to say that, because I felt the same way myself. So I felt that I had something to prove to myself.”
Cink shot a 3-under-par 67 to finish at 18-under 262 for his first victory since 2004.
Birdies propel Sluman.
Jeff Sluman birdied three of the last four holes to win the Bank of America Championship in Concord, Mass., for his first Champions Tour title.
Sluman, who shot an 8-under 64, finished with a 34-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th hole for a two-stroke victory over Loren Roberts. The 64 was the best final round by a winner on the tour this year.
South Korean nets first LPGA win.
Eun-Hee Ji won the Wegmans LPGA for her first tour title, rallying to beat Suzann Pettersen by two strokes in Rochester, N.Y. The South Korean shot a 5-under 67 to finish at 16-under 272. Pettersen surrendered a three-stroke lead, shooting a 72.
Footnotes.
Martin Kaymer became the first German winner in BMW International Open history, birdieing the first hole of a playoff with Denmark’s Anders Hansen after blowing a six-stroke lead in the final round in Munich, Germany. Kaymer, 23, is the youngest winner in tournament history.
• Australia’s Jarrod Lyle won his second Nationwide Tour title of the year to move within a victory of a promotion to the PGA Tour, beating Chris Kirk with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff in the Knoxville Open in Tennessee. They finished regulation at 19-under 269.
• Scott Hebert won the PGA Professional National Championship in Lake Oconee, Ga., closing with a 4-under 68.
