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AARON BADDELEY holds up his trophy after winning the Barbasol Championship golf tournament on Sunday.
AARON BADDELEY holds up his trophy after winning the Barbasol Championship golf tournament on Sunday.
OPELIKA, Ala.

Aaron Baddeley made a 24- foot putt on the fourth hole of a playoff with Si Woo Kim to win the Barbasol Championship at Grand National.

Baddeley broke into a celebratory run off the green, tossed his club in the air and flung his cap back onto the green after his fourth PGA Tour victory. The Australian secured a two-year exemption and a spot in the PGA Championship, but not the Masters.

Both players parred the first three holes of the playoff, two on 18 and the third on 17. Kim parred 18 again after Baddeley had already clinched his first win since the 2011 Northern Trust Open.

Baddeley finished with a 5- under 66 to match Kim at 18- under 266. Kim shot a 63, closing with a bogey.

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Kim, a 21-year-old South Korean, sent his approach down a slope into the rough between two grandstands on the fourth playoff hole. He chipped to 5 feet but Baddeley closed it out before Woo finished.

The weather turned steamy after a light drizzle on the final regulation holes.

Former Auburn University player Michael Johnson finished a stroke back after a 65 in his first professional tournament, a few miles from campus. He just missed a potential birdie putt on his final hole that would have landed him in the playoff.

Marathon Classic

SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — Lydia Ko outlasted Ariya Jutanugarn and Mirim Lee to win the Marathon Classic for her fourth LPGA Tour victory of the season.

The top-ranked Ko made a 10-foot birdie putt on the fourth extra hole after Jutanugarn and Lee ran into trouble. Also the 2014 winner, Ko closed with a 2-under 69 at Highland Meadows to match Jutanugarn and Lee at 14-under 270.

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The 19-year-old New Zealander has 14 LPGA Tour titles, also winning consecutive events in South California — the second the major ANA Inspiration — and later in Arkansas. She’s 4-1 in playoffs, with the loss coming to Brooke Henderson this year in the KPMG Women’s PGA.

Ko missed a 5-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole, sending the trio back to the 18th tee for the final time. Jutanugarn had chances on the first two playoff holes, missing birdie putts of 14 and 8 feet.

Lee shot a 65, bogeying the 18th after making birdies on Nos. 13, 15, 16 and 17.

Jutanugarn had a 68, reaching 14 under with an eagle on 17. The long-hitting Thai player won three straight events in May.

Lincoln Land Charity Championship

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Martin Flores won the Lincoln Land Charity Championship for his first Web.com Tour title to wrap up a PGA Tour card.

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The 34-year-old former Oklahoma player closed with a 4- under 67 for a two-stroke victory over four players. He finished at 22-under 262 at Panther Creek and earned $99,000 to jump from 11th to fourth on the money list with $249,431. The top 25 at end of the regular season will earn PGA Tour cards.

Flores had his fifth top-four finish of the year. He tied for third in the Panama Claro Championship and Louisiana Open and was fourth in the Brazil Champions and El Bosque Mexico Championship.


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