CROMWELL, Conn. — Russell Knox saved par with a 12-foot putt on the final hole to beat hometown favorite Jerry Kelly by a stroke Sunday in the Travelers Championship, hours after Jim Furyk shot the first 58 in PGA Tour history.
Knox closed with a 2-under 68 for a 14-under 266 total at TPC River Highlands. The 31-year-old Scot won for the second time on the tour, following his breakthrough victory in China in November in the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions.
Kelly, the 49-year-old former University of Hartford player, finished with a 64.
Furyk tied for fifth at 11 under. He opened with rounds of 73, 66 and 72.
Knox opened with consecutive 67s and had a 64 on Saturday. He took the lead with birdies at 13 and 14.
He bogeyed the par-3 16th, and missed a chance to seal it on the par-3 17th when his 20-foot birdie putt stopped an inch right of the hole.
The Scot hit his tee shot right and into the crowd on the par-4 18th, and put his second shot into a green-side bunker below the hole. He pitched out short of the hole, setting up a putt that went straight into the hole, prompting the 31-year-old to send his hat flying in celebration.
“That’s a putt I’ll remember forever,” he said.
EUROPEAN TOUR: Anthony Wall of England won his first European Tour title in more than 16 years, beating Alex Noren of Sweden 1 up in the final of the Paul Lawrie Match Play in North Berwick, Scotland.
Noren was looking to win a second title in Scotland in the space of a month, after capturing the Scottish Open on July 10, and was 2 up after two holes over the Archerfield links in the windiest conditions of the week.
He didn’t win another hole.
CHAMPIONS TOUR: Joe Durant made a 10-foot eagle putt on the first hole of a playoff with Miguel Angel Jimenez to win the 3M Championship in Blaine, Minnesota.
Durant, 52, won on the par-5 18th after closing with a birdie on the hole in regulation for a 9-under 63. After a double bogey on the par-4 14th, Jimenez birdied the last four holes for a 67 to match Durant at 19-under 197 at TPC Twin Cities.
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