FORT WORTH, Texas — Justin Rose closed with a 6-under 64 and finished at 20 under Sunday for a three-stroke victory over defending U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka in the Fort Worth Invitational.
It was the ninth career PGA Tour victory for Rose, the 37-year-old Englishman and No. 5 player in the world who also won his 2017-18 season debut in October at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai. He’s the fifth player with multiple wins this season. Rose got nearly $1.3 million and a plaid jacket for winning at Hogan’s Alley.
Koepka shot 63, but started the day four strokes behind Rose. Emiliano Grillo had a 64 to finish third at 16 under.
While Rose missed matching Zach Johnson’s 2010 tournament scoring record of 259 because of bogey on the 72nd hole, first-round leader Kevin Na matched the course record with a closing 61 and finished fourth at 14 under.
CHAMPIONS TOUR: Paul Broadhurst shot an 8-under 63 to win the Senior PGA Championship by four strokes at Benton Harbor, Michigan, and match the 72-hole scoring record.
Broadhurst finished at 19-under 265, tying the record by Rocco Mediate two years ago. Broadhurst, a 52-year-old from England, passed 54-hole co-leaders Tim Petrovic and Scott McCarron with a 31 on the back nine.
Petrovic was runner-up after a 69. McCarron closed with a 70 and tied for third at 14-under 270 with Jerry Kelly (65).
LGPA: Minjee Lee birdied the 18th hole for a one-stroke victory over In-Kyung Kim at the LPGA Volvik Championship in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Lee, who turned 22 on Sunday, put her second shot on the par-5 18th a few feet to the right of the green, then chipped to about 3 feet and made the putt to finish at 4-under 68, and 16 under for the tournament.
EUROPEAN TOUR: Rory McIlroy left his victory charge too late as Francesco Molinari won the BMW PGA Championship by two shots with a 4-under 68 in Virginia Water, England.
McIlroy entered the final round tied for the lead with Molinari at 13 under, but a Sunday shootout at the European Tour’s flagship event never really materialized.
Instead, as McIlroy toiled to a 70 that was propped up by birdies on the par 5s at Nos. 17 and 18.
Molinari was bogey-free for a second straight day to claim his fifth career win and his biggest since a World Golf Championship in Shanghai in 2010. The Italian finished at 17-under 271.
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