Tiger Woods fades in final round, Davis Love III wins Wyndham Championship

The 51-year-old Love closed with a 6-under 64 for a one-stroke victory over Jason Gore.

Love has played two Champions Tour events this year and committed to the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open this week in Endicott, New York But as he said Sunday, he now has an “upgrade” and will be at The Barclays for the start of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs.

Woods began the final day harbouring honest hopes, just two off the lead. The four shots he shipped at the 11th and 12th were precisely the difference to the victor Davis Love, who ensured his passage to the Fed-Ex play-offs with the victory.

Love, who earned his 21st career victory and his first since 2008, wasn’t the oldest PGA Tour victor.

Love finished at 17-under 263.

Love, who was four strokes back after three rounds, started strong with four birdies and eagle on Nos. 2-6.

His first-round 64 was his best score in two years. He bogeyed the first hole, then went on a vintage Love roll – birdie, birdie, birdie, eagle, birdie.

There was quite a crowd near the top of the leaderboard for a while. But none of them provide the kind of bump in interest that Woods can, even now.

Lydia Ko won the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open for the third time and first as a professional, beating Stacy Lewis with a par on the first hole of a playoff. Now his strategy is to play in the FedExCup one hole at a time, and make it to the finals at East Lake Country Club.

Despite being all smiles at the Masters Par-3 Contest, Woods and competitive skier Lindsey Vonn announced their split soon after. He couldn’t maintain his ensuing chip on the inexperienced and wound up three-putting for triple bogey.

Woods was removed from the one participant who wanted to play properly at Sedgefield to advance to subsequent week. He finished tied for last, 26 shots behind victor Jordan Spieth. Now at No164 in the world rankings, his target has to be to crack the top 50.

Bryson DeChambeau won the U.S. Amateur to become the fifth player to win the tournament and the NCAA individual title in the same year.

The 2015 season was a struggle for Tiger Woods and even got down right ugly during some points, but that didn’t stop fans from showing their support for Big Cat. After bogeying hole 7, he went on to par the rest of the day, sticking with the leaders, before once again getting an eagle on a par 5 to lead going into the clubhouse with a -17 under.

Andrade closed with a 1-over 73 to finish at 9-under 207 at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. He would have won his 80th (PGA Tour) title, and he would have done it in the same tournament that Sam Snead won for his 80th.

“I was nervous”, admitted Gore, whose solo second place finish was enough to retain his tour card.

Added Sports Illustrated senior writer Alan Shipnuck: “If he had made 18 pars today it would feel more like progress, but the triple bogey that took Tiger out of the tourney was so wretched it has to leave more scar tissue”. Whether the 11th hole was simply bad golf, the result of injury or both, it was as close as he had been to the lead in any tournament at that late stage in almost two years.

Kim finished with a 66, and Fritsch had a 67.