IRVING, Texas — Steven Bowditch rode his best birdie binge on the PGA Tour to a 5-under 64 and a four-shot victory Sunday in the AT&T Byron Nelson, winning in the Australian’s adopted home for his second career title – both in Texas.

Bowditch, who got married at the resort next to the TPC Four Seasons five years after attempting suicide at his Dallas home while battling depression in 2006, had 27 birdies while becoming the seventh player to lead all four rounds of the event. He finished at 18-under 259 on the rain-altered layout.

Charley Hoffman (65), Texan Jimmy Walker (66) and Scott Pinckney (66) tied for second at 14 under. Zach Johnson shot 63 to finish alone in fifth at 13 under.

Hometown favorite and Masters champion Jordan Spieth finished 7 under after an even-par 69.

LPGA: Anna Nordqvist birdied the 16th and 17th holes to break out of the pack and went on to win the ShopRite LPGA Classic by a stroke in Galloway Township, New Jersey.

With her mother visiting from Sweden, the 27-year-old Nord-qvist closed with a 2-under 69 in windy conditions to finish at 8-under 205 at Stockton Seaview’s Bay Course.

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The former Arizona State player has five career LPGA Tour titles, winning twice each in 2009 and 2014.

Nordqvist made a 12-foot birdie putt at the par-4 16th to break a tie with France’s Christel Boeljon and get to 8 under.

Nordqvist hit her tee shot on the short par-3 17th to 8 feet to the left of the hole and drained that putt as well to move to two strokes in front. She bogeyed the 18th.

EUROPEAN TOUR: Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen won the Irish Open in Newcastle, Northern Ireland, beating England’s Eddie Pepperell and Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff.

Kjeldsen closed with a 5-over 76 to finish at 2-under 282. Pepperell had a 69, and Wiesberger shot 73 at wind-swept and rain-battered Royal County Down.

Kjeldsen two-putted from 35 feet for his winning birdie on the par-5 18th hole. Wiesberger finished with a par, and Pepperell had a bogey.

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Kjeldsen, 40, has four European Tour titles.

Rickie Fowler shot a 73 to tie for 30th at 7 over.

The American was coming off a victory three weeks ago in the PGA Tour’s Players Championship.

Top-ranked Rory McIlroy missed the cut Friday.


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