Dublin, Ohio
DeChambeau three-putted for bogey on the 18th for a 1-under 71 to get into a three-way playoff at Muirfield Village. He missed the green from the fairway on the 18th on the first extra hole and had to scramble for par. On his third try, he hit his approach to 12 feet behind the hole and made it for birdie to beat Byeong Hun An and win for the second time on the PGA Tour.
“I can’t believe I did it,” DeChambeau said.
Kyle Stanley ran off four straight birdies toward the end of his round until his final tee shot caromed off a tree and across the fairway into deep rough. He made bogey for a 70 and still got into a playoff, but he was eliminated on the first extra hole when his approach from deep rough and the ball well above his feet squirted to the right , leading to a bogey.
An closed with a 69.
Tiger Woods was never a serious factor. Starting five shots behind, Woods pulled to within three shots with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 fifth hole. But his chances effectively ended when he missed a 3-foot par putt on No. 10, and he put his tee shot into a backyard for the second time this week. He closed with a 72 and ended one of his best ball-striking weeks in a six-way tie for 23rd.
Woods was second-to-last in the key putting statistic among the 73 players who went all four rounds. The next stop for Woods is the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.
Patrick Cantlay also had a chance on Sunday, leading by two shots going to the back nine. But he didn’t make a birdie over his last 10 holes, and he fell back when he went bunker-to-bunker on the 17th and made bogey to fall two strokes behind. Cantlay narrowly missed a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole, shot 71 and finished fourth. Peter Uihlein (66) was alone in fifth.
Joaquin Niemann, the 19-year-old from Chile, birdied the 18th hole to tie for sixth. That was enough for him to earn special temporary membership on the PGA Tour, meaning he can get unlimited sponsor exemptions.
Justin Thomas shot 68 and tied for eighth in his debut at No. 1 in the world. He will keep that ranking going into the U.S. Open.
Jutanugarn Wins Women’s Open
Birmingham, Ala.
Jutanugarn appeared to have her second major sewn up when she shot 32 on the front nine to stretch her lead to seven shots. But the 22-year-old Thai began the back nine with a triple bogey, and then closed with back-to-back bogeys for a 1-over 73.
That put her in a two-hole playoff with Hyo-Joo Kim, who shot 5-under 67.
This is the first time the USGA has gone to a two-hole aggregate playoff, and Kim quickly took command by rolling in a long birdie putt on the 14th hole. Returning to the 18th, Jutanugarn went over the green while Kim found a bunker. Kim blasted out to 12 feet and failed to save par — her only bogey Sunday — and Jutanugarn chipped about 5 feet by the hole and made par to send the playoff to sudden death.
After they made pars on the 14th hole, both hit into the bunker on the par-4 closing hole at Shoal Creek. Kim hit out of bunker to about 12 feet, and Jutanugarn’s shot rolled at the hole before turning away and settling a foot away. Kim made another bogey, and the Thai tapped in for the win.
They finished regulation at 11-under 277.
Jutanugarn now has two majors, having won the Women’s British Open two years ago.
Carlota Ciganda of Spain had her best finish in a major, closing with a 69 to finish alone in third, four shots out of the playoff. Women’s PGA champion Danielle Kang was the low American with a 69 to finish fourth.
Sarah Jane Smith of Australia, who started the final round four shots behind Jutanugarn, shot a 78 and tied for fifth.