Mahan wins Travelers Championship; Ochoa takes Wegmans LPGA title

Hunter Mahan defeated Jay Williamson on the first playoff hole at the Travelers Championship yesterday for his first PGA Tour victory. Mahan finished second in the event last year …

“Knowing that you can win and actually winning are two different things,” Mahan told reporters. “And to win the way I did is just amazing to me. To have to birdie in a playoff …”

World No. 1 women’s golfer Lorena Ochoa defeated In-Kyung Kim in a playoff to win the Wegmans LPGA yesterday. Ochoa overcame a three shot deficit with two holes remaining to force the extra holes. Before yesterday her playoff record was 0-4 …

Meanwhile, Niclas Fasth of Sweden shot a two-under-par 70 Sunday to beat the field at the BMW International. He defeated a late charging Bernhard Langer by two strokes …

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