Stallings shines at Torrey Pines, Korda triumphs
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American Scott Stallings birdied six of the last 11 holes to break clear of a tightly bunched leaderboard and clinch his third PGA Tour title by one shot at the Farmers Insurance Open outside San Diego on Sunday.
Stallings also held his nerve with clutch putts for par at the 15th and 17th on the challenging South Course at Torrey Pines before two-putting for birdie at the par-5 last for a 4-under-par 68 and a 9-under total of 279.
“It’s pretty cool,” Stallings, 28, told CBS Sports after mixing seven birdies with three bogeys to earn the US$1.098 million winner’s check. “It hasn’t quite set in yet but it’s nice to kind of hold up coming down the stretch.”
Stallings, who won his maiden PGA Tour title in a playoff for the 2011 Greenbrier Classic before adding a second at the 2012 True South Classic, sank par putts from 14 feet at the 15th and six feet at the 17th to remain on course for victory.
He set up his birdie at the 18th with a four-iron from 225 yards but watched as his ball landed on the front portion of the green before rolling back to the fringe, with a pond lurking below.
American Gary Woodland and Australian Marc Leishman, playing in the final group, had the chance to force a playoff over the last two holes but Woodland’s title bid ended with a double-bogey on 17 and Leishman’s when he failed to eagle 18.
Leishman’s wedge from 100 yards ended up four feet from the cup and he settled for a birdie and a 71 to tie for second with compatriot Jason Day (68), South Korean KJ Choi (66), Canada’s Graham DeLaet (68) and American Pat Perez (70).
The long-hitting Woodland, who like Stallings had been seeking a third victory on the PGA Tour, covered his back nine in 2-over to close with a 74 and finish joint 10th at 6 under.
At Paradise Island, Bahamas, Jessica Korda won the season-opening Bahamas LPGA Classic on Sunday for her second tour title, holing a 6-foot birdie putt on the final hole to beat Stacy Lewis by a stroke.
The 20-year-old closed with a 7-under 66 for a 19-under 273 total. Fellow American Lewis parred the final four holes — two of them par 5s — for a 66.
Korda’s father, Petr, won the 1998 Australian Open tennis tournament and her mother, Regina Raichrtova was also a professional tennis player. Korda earned US$195,000 and is projected to jump from 40th to 26th in the world ranking.
Lewis birdied six of the first eight holes, but then dropped a stroke on the par-4 ninth. She birdied the par-5 11th and par-4 14th to reach 18 under, but closed with four straight pars.
Paula Creamer, paired with Korda all four days, had a 69 to tie for third with Choi Na-yeon, Lizette Salas and Pornanong Phatlum at 16 under. Phatlum finished with a 67, Salas had a 71, and Choi shot 72.
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