Monday 21 August 2017 00:40, UK
Henrik Stenson held off a spirited fightback from Ollie Schniederjans to clinch his first title of the year at the Wyndham Championship.
The Swede carded a final round six-under 66 at Sedgefield Country Club in North Carolina to finish one stroke clear of Schniederjans, who was chasing a maiden PGA Tour title, at 22-under par - breaking the course's 72-hole record.
Stenson's victory is also his sixth career PGA Tour title but most significantly his first since lifting the Claret Jug at The Open last year.
Schniederjans finished with a blemish-free round of six-under 64 which culminated in back-to-back birdies but Stenson finished in style with four birdies over the final six holes. He required a composed up-and-down from just off the green to par the last.
American former US Open champion pair Webb Simpson finished the tournament, which precedes the FedExCup PlayOffs, in third place at 18-under par with a three-under 67.
Kevin Na carded a final-hole bogey to drop back into a tie for fourth place, at 17-under, with second round co-leader Ryan Armour and South Africa's Rory Sabbatini, who both carded final round six-under 64s.
Ireland's Shane Lowry completed an impressive week in Greensboro with a round of 67 to make it four successive sub-70s to sit alongside Cameron Smith and Martin Flores, who made a hole-in-one at the par three 16th on his way to a seven-under 63 during a week which was notable for low scores.
Another subplot was the push by several players to qualify for the playoffs that start on Thursday at The Northern Trust for the top 125 players on the points list.
Flores, who started at No 139, jumped to No 118 and made the playoffs for the first time since 2014 while former major winner Geoff Ogilvy, who was at No 125, finished at 11-under and earned enough points to move to No 116 and secure his spot in the field at Glen Oaks Club.
"I was very aware of where I was all day but I knew that I needed to be somewhere inside the top 10, have to," Flores said. "So I was able to get off to a great start and I was able to just keep it going all day."
