Watney wins Barclays with 69 in final round

Posted: August 27, 2012

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. - Nick Watney salvaged a dismal season with a victory Sunday at The Barclays that was timely in many ways.

Watney turned a 2-shot deficit against Sergio Garcia into a 3-shot lead in four holes around the turn at Bethpage Black, and then hung on to close with a 2-under 69 and capture the opening playoff event for the FedEx Cup. Watney won by 3 strokes over Brandt Snedeker.

Watney is assured a shot at the $10 million prize at the Tour Championship next month and is also in the running for a Ryder Cup selection. Garcia shot a 75 and tied for third.

"It's been not quite the year I wanted," Watney said. "But this really makes it all forgotten. Winning a tournament is hard, but winning out here and against this field was very, very difficult."

Champions

SNOQUALMIE, Wash. - Jay Don Blake won the Boeing Classic for his third Champions Tour title, beating Mark O'Meara with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff.

Playing the par-5 18th hole for the third time in less than an hour, Blake tapped in for birdie after O'Meara's 15-foot birdie attempt missed on the low side of the hole. Blake and O'Meara also birdied the hole in regulation for matching 4-under 68s that left them tied at 10-under 206. They missed short birdie putts on the first extra hole.

The playoff marked the fourth time in eight years that the event has gone to extra holes.

LPGA

COQUITLAM, British Columbia - Lydia Ko won the Canadian Women's Open to become the youngest winner in LPGA Tour history and only the fifth amateur champion.

The 15-year-old South Korean-born New Zealander closed with a 5-under 67 for a 3-stroke victory. She broke the age record of 16 set by Lexi Thompson last September in the Navistar LPGA Classic in Alabama, and is the first amateur winner since JoAnne Carner in the 1969 Burdine's Invitational.

European

GLENEAGLES, Scotland - Scotland's Paul Lawrie earned a 4-shot victory in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

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