Cal alum Max Homa wins Web.com Tour event
Former Cal player Max Homa won the Rust-Oleum Championship on Sunday for his second Web.com Tour victory, closing with a 5-under-par 67 for a one-stroke victory over Josh Teater and John Mallinger at Ivanhoe, Ill.
Teater, the third-round leader, bogeyed the final hole for a 75 after hitting his second shot over the green.
Homa earned $108,000 to jump from 52nd to ninth on the money list with $147,953, with the top 25 at the end of the regular season earning PGA Tour cards.
Bernhard Langer won the Constellation Senior Players Championship for the third straight year, holing a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a one-stroke victory at windy Philadelphia Cricket Club.
The 58-year-old German won his seventh senior major title — his fifth in the past 11 majors — to tie Hale Irwin for second place on the career list, a victory behind Jack Nicklaus.
Three strokes ahead at 2-under entering the round on the difficult Wissahickon Course, Langer closed with a 3-over 73 to finish at 1-over 281 — the highest winning score in the history of the event first played in 1983.
China’s Wu Ashun rallied to win the Lyoness Open at Atzenbrugg, Austria, for his second European Tour victory, improving his chances of playing in the Rio Olympics.
Wu, 30, closed with a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over Spain’s Adrian Otaegui.