Billy Horschel recovers from slow start to win BMW Championship

Billy Horschel gave up the lead, then took it back, and ended up with a two-shot victory over Bubba Watson at the BMW Championship in Cherry Hills Village, Colo.

Horschel shot one-under-par 69 on Sunday to finish at 14-under 266. He’ll head into next week’s Tour Championship ranked second in the points standings, meaning a win there will earn him the FedEx Cup and a $10-million bonus.

“Obviously, after last week, a lot of people on Twitter were calling me a choker,” Horschel said. “I didn’t choke. I made one bad swing at a bad time. To start with a three-shot lead today and hold on means a lot.”

Watson shot a 66 but never got closer than the final two-shot deficit.

Ryan Palmer overcame a three-shot deficit to start the day to tie Horschel after 11 holes but made double bogey on the 13th to fall three behind. Still, his tie for fourth vaulted him well inside the top 30, who will play next week in the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.

Sergio Garcia was two back going into the par-five 17th but made a triple bogey and tied for fourth.

Outside of Horschel, Sunday’s biggest winner was third-place finisher Morgan Hoffman, who turned the old-school, mile-high layout at Cherry Hills into his personal pitch and putt over the weekend. He shot seven-under 63 on Sunday to go with his course-record 62 on Saturday and vaulted from 68th to 21st in the standings. He started the playoffs 124th.

Short wins the Quebec Championship

Wes Short Jr. eagled the final hole to win the Quebec Championship on Sunday for his first Champions Tour’s title.

The 51-year-old Short played the final 10 holes in eight under for an eight-under 64 and a one-stroke victory over Scott Dunlap in the first PGA Tour-sanctioned event in the area since 1956.

Dunlap, the Boeing Classic winner two weeks ago, also eagled the par-five 18th for a 64.

Short finished at 15-under 201 at La Tempete. He won in Las Vegas in 2005 for his lone PGA Tour title.

Brad Faxon and Esteban Toledo, the winner last year at La Vallee du Richelieu in the then-Montreal Championship, shot 71 to tie for third at 11 under. They were tied for the second-round lead.

Two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen closed with a 72 to tie for 23rd at seven under in his first Champions Tour event. He turned 50 last week.

Lipsky takes European Masters title

American David Lipsky won the European Masters in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, in a playoff with a par four on the first extra hole to beat Graeme Storm of England.

The 26-year-old Lipsky reached the 18th green via a fairway bunker and thick green-side rough before sinking a two-foot putt. Storm, the overnight leader, sliced his tee shot wide right and made a bogey.

Lipsky, who plays on the Asian Tour, shot 65 in the final round to tie with Storm, who carded 68. Both had 18-under totals of 262 on the 6,848-yard Severiano Ballesteros course in the Swiss Alps.

Another American, Brooks Koepka, and Tyrrell Hatton of England tied for third trailing by one shot after shooting 67 and 65, respectively.