SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Steve Stricker made his U.S. Senior Open debut one for the record book.
Stricker birdied the opening hole on Sunday and never was threatened on his way to a 1-under 69 for a six-shot victory. He finished at 19-under 261 on the Warren Golf Course at Notre Dame, breaking by three shots the U.S. Senior Open record set two years ago by Kenny Perry at Salem (Mass.) Country Club.
The 52-year-old Stricker, who still spends half of his time on the PGA Tour, won a PGA Tour Champions major for the second time this year. He also won by six shots at the Regions Tradition in May in Alabama.
Jerry Kelly, who beat Stricker in a playoff last week in Wisconsin in the event Stricker hosts, shot a 69 and tied for second with defending champion David Toms, who had a 68.
The victory gets Stricker into the U.S. Open next year at Winged Foot, where he tied for sixth in the 2006 U.S. Open, a key moment in resurrecting his career.
DETROIT — Nate Lashley completed an unlikely wire-to-wire victory in the Rocket Mortgage Classic for his first PGA Tour title.
Lashley closed with a 2-under 70 to finish at 25-under 263 and win by six shots, the margin he took into the final round. Monday qualifier Doc Redman shot a 67 to finish second. Rory Sabbatini (68) and Wes Roach (68) were another stroke back.
ROGERS, Ark. — Sung Hyun Park two-putted for birdie on the par-5 18th to win the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship for her second LPGA Tour victory of the season and seventh overall.
The 25-year-old Park is projected to move from second to first in the world ranking on Monday.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks acquired checking-line forward Nicolas Deslauriers in a trade with the Montreal Canadiens.
Montreal got a 2020 fourth-round draft pick and freed up $950,000 under the salary cap in completing their second trade on Sunday. The Canadiens earlier traded center Andrew Shaw to Chicago.
The trades freed up $4.85 million in cap space for Montreal a day before the NHL’s free-agency signing period opens.
The Blackhawks traded second- and seventh-round picks in next year’s draft and a third-rounder in 2021 to the Canadiens for Shaw and a seventh-rounder in 2021.
PHILADELPHIA — Darren Mattocks scored on a penalty kick in the 75th minute and Jamaica beat Panama, 1-0, to advance to the CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinals.
Mattocks converted after Michael Murillo was whistled for a handball in the box in the first game of the doubleheader at Lincoln Financial Field. Mattocks, a forward for FC Cincinnati in Major League Soccer, had entered the game two minutes earlier.
Jamaica, a finalist in the 2017 Gold Cup, advanced to play the United States or Curaçao in the semifinals on Wednesday night in Nashville, Tenn.
The Reggae Boyz have made it to the semifinal round in three straight Gold Cups.
Jamaica defender Damion Lowe will miss the semifinal after receiving a 90th-minute yellow card for time-wasting.