Diminutive left-hander Brian Harman turned into a giant-killer when he rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt at the final hole to win the Wells Fargo Championship on Sunday and snuff out Dustin Johnson's hopes of winning a fourth consecutive start. With Johnson watching on TV in the clubhouse at Eagle Point in Wilmington, North Carolina, Harman stroked a beautiful putt and erupted in delight when it dropped into the cup. He carded 68 to finish at 10-under-par 278 for his second PGA Tour victory, one stroke ahead of fellow Americans Johnson (67) and Pat Perez (68). Spaniard Jon Rahm (71) finished two strokes behind, while overnight leader Patrick Reed (75) struggled with his driver and faded to end five strokes behind. World No. 1 Johnson, playing for the first time since falling down stairs on the eve of the Masters a month ago, was seeking to become the fifth player in PGA Tour history to win at least four consecutive starts. After sinking a 15-foot birdie at the par-five 18th, he looked set to be part of a playoff until Harman birdied the final two holes, a five-footer at the 17th setting up his final-hole heroics. Harman said it would be wrong to call his winning putt unbelievable. "I could believe it because I've been rolling it so well this week but when that thing was about a foot short I said, 'That thing's going home'," Harman, 30, said in a greenside interview after collecting his second PGA Tour victory. "I've been working really hard... just trusting that I'm pretty good at what I do. This feels really good. It's a lot of emotion for sure." Harman expected his 2014 John Deere Classic victory to open the floodgates, but instead spun his wheels until recently. "After I won the first one I thought I was going to be there a lot and it didn't work out that way," he said. "I struggled over the next two years, never really got into the hunt. I started getting into the hunt at the beginning of this year and started feeling like it was coming around, so I'm glad to get it validated." Despite not winning, Johnson, 32, was happy with the state of his game in his first tournament after five weeks off. "I didn't know what to expect this week," he said. "The first couple of days I didn't play that great but really played nicely on Saturday and Sunday so I'm happy with where the game is going into next week." John Daly is happy to be back on top John Daly is happy to be back on top, no matter how bad he may have looked finishing it off. Daly closed with three straight closing bogeys Sunday to hang on for his first PGA Tour Champions title, a one-stroke victory in the Insperity Invitational. "It wasn't pretty at the end," Daly said. "But I got it done and that's all that matters." The 51-year-old Daly had not won on tour since the PGA Tour's 2004 Buick Invitational. He hasn't exactly torn up the 50-and-over circuit since debuting at The Woodlands a year ago. Wearing American flag pants, Daly shot a 3-under 69 to finish at 14-under 202 and earned $322,500. He opened with rounds of 68 and 65 to take a one-stroke lead over Kenny Perry into the final round. Perry and Tommy Armour III tied for second. Perry had a 69, and Armour shot 67. Daly eagled the par-5 first, and appeared to be cruising to victory, up to 17 under through the 15th hole to lead by two shots. Poor tee shots on the final three holes led to mistakes that Perry and Armour could not take advantage of in trying to chase down Daly. As Daly walked up the 18th green, he knelt and kissed the large, colorful umbrella printed on the fairway to honor the late Arnold Palmer. When Daly tapped in the winning putt, he pumped his fist. The two-time major champion becomes the 12th member of the senior tour to record a win on all three PGA Tour circuits. "Now, I can say I'm a champion on the Champions Tour, which is really cool," Daly said. "Hopefully, I can keep this confidence going." Kim claims match play championship over Ariya Kim Sei-young of South Korea held off Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand for a 1-up victory in the Lorena Ochoa Match Play tournament on Sunday in Mexico City. The win gave Kim her sixth career title on the LPGA Tour and his first this season. The 24-year-old Kim never trailed in the championship match. She bolted to a 3-up lead on the first three holes. Ariya won the 10th hole to cut into the lead before Kim restored her three-hole advantage with a birdie on the 12th hole. Ariya closed within one with birdies on Nos. 14 and 17 but could not win the final hole. Hur Mi-jung took third place, winning her competitive match against Michelle Wie with a birdie on the 22nd hole. Wie led 4-up after the first nine holes, but Hur bought back on the back nine. Hur won five holes to square the match heading to No. 18, where Wie missed a par putt that could have closed out the win. On the 20th hole, Hur chipped in for a birdie and Wie sank a 2-foot birdie putt to remain tied. Hur finally ended the match with her birdie on the 22nd hole. Kim advanced to the final with a 5-and-4 victory over Hur. Ariya defeated Wie 4 and 3 in the other semi-final. Kim never trailed in her semifinal match against Hur, taking a 4-up lead at the turn. Ariya also was dominant, never losing a hole against Wie. — Agencies
