PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Gary Woodland made only one par on the back nine Sunday at the Transitions Championship, and it gave him his first PGA Tour victory and a trip to the Masters.
Woodland surged into the lead with three straight birdies, then fell out of it with back-to-back bogeys. Tied for the lead on the final hole, the big-hitter from Kansas holed a 10-foot par putt to finish off a 4-under-par 67.
That proved to be the difference moments later when Webb Simpson also went long on the 18th and his chip down the slope went 20 feet by the hole. Simpson missed the putt to shoot 69 and finished one shot behind.
Woodland, who lost in a playoff at the Bob Hope Classic in January, finished at 15-under 269.
Webb captures Founders Cup
PHOENIX — Karrie Webb rallied to win the LPGA Founders Cup for her second straight victory, shooting a 6-under 66 to beat Brittany Lincicome (70—205) and Paula Creamer (66) by a stroke.
Webb, who has 37 LPGA Tour victories, won when Lincicome bogeyed the final hole, missing a 10- foot par putt.
European event suspended
RAGUSA, Sicily — France’s Raphael Jacquelin held a one-shot lead over England’s Anthony Wall when final- round play at the inaugural Sicilian Open was suspended because of darkness.
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