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Oakville, Ontario • Jhonattan Vegas successfully defended his RBC Canadian Open title Sunday at Glen Abbey, beating Charley Hoffman with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff.
Vegas' approach from the left bunker on the par-5 18th hit the grass just above the sand lip and still had enough power to clear the water and go through the green.
"When I heard the clip, because obviously I didn't see it, I knew that it was probably going to go in the water, because I didn't know exactly how hard it hit it," Vegas said. "But then when I saw the ball in the air, it was still going really hard and forward."
The 32-year-old Venezuelan chipped to a foot — after racing a chip past the hole in regulation from the same area en route to a par — and won when Hoffman's birdie try from the back bunker slid past the hole.
"It's been a special day," Vegas said. "I knew that I had to shoot a good round today to have a chance to win again. I just came out with an aggressive mentality, just feeling really good about my game. When I started making a few birdies, especially the putt for birdie on 7, I started feeling the same chills that I felt last year when I won, and I just knew that something good could happen if I kept that going."
Vegas closed with a 7-under 65 to match Hoffman at 21-under 267.
He has three PGA Tour titles, also winning the 2011 Bob Hope Classic.
Ian Poulter was a stroke back after a 64, the best round of the day.
Gary Woodland was 19 under after a 68. Robert Garrigus shot a 69 — a day after matching the course record with a 62 — to tie for fifth at 18 under with Brandon Hagy (68) and Salt Lake City native Tony Finau (68).
Top-ranked Dustin Johnson (67) and Kevin Chappell (71) were 17 under.
Senior British Open • In Bridgend, Wales, Bernhard Langer won in rain and wind at Royal Porthcawl for his record-extending 10th senior major title and fifth in the last 10.
The 59-year-old German star closed with an even-par 72 to finish at 4-under 280 and beat American Corey Pavin by three strokes.
Langer joined Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win three senior majors in a season.
Ladies Scottish Open • In Irvine, Scotland, Mi Hyang Lee took advantage of Hall of Famer Karrie Webb's late double bogey to win her second LPGA Tour title. Lee shot a 6-under 66 to finish at 6-under 282.
A stroke ahead of Lee with two holes left at chilly Dundonald Links, Webb dropped a shot back with the double bogey on the par-5 17th after driving into a bunker and having to play out backward. —
Sunday's scores
PGA Tour RBC Canadian Open
At Glen Abbey Golf Club
Oakville, Ontario
Purse: $6 million
Yardage: 7,253; Par 72
FInal
x-Won on first playoff hole
x-Jhonattan Vegas, $1,080,000 66-69-67-65 — 267 -21
Charley Hoffman, $648,000 68-66-65-68 — 267 -21
Ian Poulter, $408,000 67-69-68-64 — 268 -20
Gary Woodland, $288,000 70-63-68-68 — 269 -19
Tony Finau, $219,000 69-67-66-68 — 270 -18
Robert Garrigus, $219,000 70-69-62-69 — 270 -18
Brandon Hagy, $219,000 65-68-69-68 — 270 -18
Kevin Chappell, $180,000 65-69-66-71 — 271 -17
Dustin Johnson, $180,000 67-69-68-67 — 271 -17
Andres Gonzales, $144,000 67-69-66-70 — 272 -16
James Hahn, $144,000 66-73-67-66 — 272 -16
Sean O'Hair, $144,000 69-68-70-65 — 272 -16
Seamus Power, $144,000 68-70-68-66 — 272 -16
Keegan Bradley, $102,000 67-69-72-65 — 273 -15
Matt Every, $102,000 65-68-70-70 — 273 -15
J.B. Holmes, $102,000 67-70-68-68 — 273 -15
C.T. Pan, $102,000 72-66-67-68 — 273 -15
Vijay Singh, $102,000 66-68-71-68 — 273 -15
Martin Flores, $75,300 66-66-72-70 — 274 -14
Kramer Hickok, $75,300 67-71-67-69 — 274 -14
Sam Saunders, $75,300 68-67-67-72 — 274 -14
Tyrone Van Aswegen, $75,300 66-70-67-71 — 274 -14
Seung-Yul Noh, $55,200 69-67-71-68 — 275 -13
Chez Reavie, $55,200 67-69-69-70 — 275 -13
Rory Sabbatini, $55,200 70-66-67-72 — 275 -13
Harold Varner III, $55,200 69-65-69-72 — 275 -13
Smylie Kaufman, $44,400 66-71-68-71 — 276 -12
David Lingmerth, $44,400 67-70-68-71 — 276 -12
Nick Watney, $44,400 68-69-68-71 — 276 -12
Blayne Barber, $39,900 69-68-72-68 — 277 -11
Luke List, $39,900 72-68-67-70 — 277 -11
Also
Daniel Summerhays (12), $20,400 67-70-72-70 — 279 -9
Bubba Watson (12), $20,400 66-73-71-69 — 279 -9
Senior British Open
At Royal Porthcawl GC
Bridgend, Wales
Purse: $1.7 million
Yardage: 7,065; Par 72
Final
Bernhard Langer, $304,869 69-74-65-72 — 280 -4
Corey Pavin, $203,276 73-74-65-71 — 283 -1
Billy Andrade, $94,450 71-76-69-68 — 284 E
Fred Couples, $94,450 75-75-66-68 — 284 E
Peter Lonard, $94,450 71-75-67-71 — 284 E
Magnus P. Atlevi, $54,853 77-73-65-70 — 285 +1
Miguel Angel Martin, $54,853 72-76-68-69 — 285 +1
Phillip Price, $54,853 74-73-68-70 — 285 +1
Billy Mayfair, $38,750 71-72-71-72 — 286 +2
David McKenzie, $38,750 73-73-71-69 — 286 +2
Steve Flesch, $32,491 72-71-71-73 — 287 +3
Miguel Angel Jimenez, $32,491 76-73-65-73 — 287 +3
David Frost, $29,291 81-74-65-68 — 288 +4
Brad Faxon, $28,088 78-71-67-73 — 289 +5
Woody Austin, $23,518 75-77-70-68 — 290 +6
Paul Broadhurst, $23,518 75-75-67-73 — 290 +6
Scott Dunlap, $23,518 76-73-66-75 — 290 +6
Peter Fowler, $23,518 71-76-73-70 — 290 +6
Mike Goodes, $23,518 74-72-72-72 — 290 +6
Santiago Luna, $23,518 77-70-68-75 — 290 +6
Tom Pernice Jr., $23,518 71-76-70-73 — 290 +6
Jeff Sluman, $23,518 74-76-69-71 — 290 +6
Joe Daley, $18,470 78-73-68-72 — 291 +7
Tom Lehman, $18,470 71-72-73-75 — 291 +7
Scott McCarron, $18,470 75-74-72-70 — 291 +7
Colin Montgomerie, $18,470 71-76-70-74 — 291 +7
Gene Sauers, $18,470 75-75-70-71 — 291 +7
Greg Turner, $18,470 73-78-69-71 — 291 +7
Tom Watson, $18,470 72-77-67-75 — 291 +7
Mark McNulty, $16,100 75-80-67-70 — 292 +8
Ladies Scottish Open At Dundonald Links
Irvine, Scotland
Purse: $1.5 million
Yardage: 6,600; Par: 72
Final
Mi Hyang Lee, $225,000 73-75-68-66 — 282 -6
Mi Jung Hur, $104,559 74-71-72-66 — 283 -5
Karrie Webb, $104,559 65-75-70-73 — 283 -5
Carlota Ciganda, $56,462 71-73-70-70 — 284 -4
Cristie Kerr, $56,462 66-73-73-72 — 284 -4
Sun Young Yoo, $41,126 72-69-73-71 — 285 -3
Sei Young Kim, $41,126 69-72-69-75 — 285 -3
Minjee Lee, $34,853 74-70-73-69 — 286 -2
In-Kyung Kim, $32,065 75-71-74-67 — 287 -1
Caroline Masson, $32,065 70-75-73-69 — 287 -1
Georgia Hall, $32,065 71-73-72-71 — 287 -1
Cydney Clanton, $29,276 72-73-72-71 — 288 E
Emily K. Pedersen, $25,094 72-73-76-68 — 289 +1
Ai Miyazato, $25,094 73-73-74-69 — 289 +1
Paula Creamer, $25,094 75-70-75-69 — 289 +1
Lina Boqvist, $25,094 69-76-75-69 — 289 +1
Jacqui Concolino, $25,094 72-73-73-71 — 289 +1
Olafia Kristinsdottir, $25,094 73-70-73-73 — 289 +1
Michelle Wie, $22,306 72-73-73-72 — 290 +2
Pornanong Phatlum, $20,633 69-73-80-69 — 291 +3
Wichanee Meechai, $20,633 71-74-76-70 — 291 +3
Chella Choi, $20,633 76-73-69-73 — 291 +3