Brooke Henderson beats Lydia Ko in playoff to win Women’s PGA Championship

Brooke Henderson beat top-ranked Lydia Ko with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff Sunday in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship after overcoming a three-shot deficit on the back nine.

The 18-year-old Canadian, ranked No. 4 in the world, closed with a bogey-free six-under 65 — the best round of the week at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish Wash. — to match Ko at six-under 278. Ko finished with a 67.

In the playoff on the par-four 18th, Henderson hit her second shot from 155 yards to within three feet, while Ko’s second from farther back in the fairway left her with 20 feet. Ko missed to the left and Henderson tapped in to cap a week that started with a hole-in-one on her fourth hole of the tournament and ended with a major championship.

In regulation, Henderson saved par on 18 with a 12-footer, moments before Ko missed a four-foot birdie try on the par-three 17th. Henderson also eagled the par-five 11th and birdied the par-three 13th. She won last year in Portland, Ore., for her first tour title.

Henderson became the second-youngest winner in a major championship, with Ko the youngest last year in the Evian Championship in France. Henderson also ended Ko’s bid for her third straight major victory.

Ariya Jautanugarn, in search of a fourth straight victory, shot 66 to finish a stroke back. She missed a birdie putt on the 18th that could have put her into the playoff.

Berger wins first PGA Tour title at St. Jude Classic

Daniel Berger won the FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis, Tenn., for his first PGA Tour title, shooting a three-under 67 to hold off Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker and Brooks Koepka by three strokes.

The 23-year-old Floridian had had never been in a final pairing until Sunday. When Mickelson, with his 42 career PGA Tour titles, closed within a stroke, Berger birdied three of his next four holes, highlighted by a 32-foot putt on the par-three 14th that pushed his lead to 13 under.

Berger finished at 13-under 267. He became the 13th first-time winner on tour this season and took home the winner’s check of $1.1 million in the 50th start of his career.

“It’s the greatest feeling,” Berger said. “You work so hard to get here and to finally be able to put the trophy up, there’s no way I can describe it.”

Mickelson and Stricker shot 67, and Koepka had a 66 in the round that was delayed three hours because of storms. Dustin Johnson had a 63, setting the back-nine record with a 29, to finish fifth at 9 under.

Berger also became the fourth first-time winner at this event in the past six years and 10th overall in Memphis.

Langer wins Senior Players Championship again

Bernhard Langer won the Constellation Senior Players Championship for the third straight year, holing a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a one-stroke victory Sunday at windy Philadelphia Cricket Club in Flourtown, Pa.

The 58-year-old German star won his seventh senior major title — his fifth in the last 11 majors — to tie Hale Irwin for second place on the career list, a victory behind Jack Nicklaus.

Three strokes ahead at two under entering the round on the difficult Wissahickon Course, Langer closed with a three-over 73 to finish at one-over 281 — the highest winning score in the history of the event first played in 1983. Mark O’Meara had the previous record at 7 under in 2010 at TPC Potomac in Maryland.

Langer held off Miguel Angel Jimenez and Joe Durant, saving bogey with a six-footer on the par-four 17th and getting his birdie putt to drop on the par-four 18th after it caught the edge and circled the cup. Jimenez and Durant each shot 68 for the low rounds of the day.

Langer won in 2014 at Fox Chapel in Pittsburgh and last year at Belmont in Massachusetts.

Ashun captures the Lyoness Open

China’s Wu Ashun rallied to win the Lyoness Open for his second European Tour victory, improving his chances of playing in the Rio Olympics.

The 30-year-old Wu closed with a three-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over Spain’s Adrian Otaegui. The China Open winner last year, Wu finished at 13-under 275 at Diamond Country Club in Atzenbrugg, Austria.