Jason Dufner saved the best for last, biding his time through a late lightning delay before sinking a 32-foot putt to win the Memorial tournament in Ohio on Sunday. It was the longest putt Dufner had holed all tournament and completed an epic comeback for the American, who earned a three-stroke victory over compatriot Rickie Fowler and India's Anirban Lahiri at Muirfield Village in Dublin. He carded a 68 to finish at 13-under-par 275, becoming the second Ohio-born player to win the prestigious event after Jack Nicklaus, the tournament's host and founder. "That's pretty good company to have," Dufner said. A day after shooting a miserable 77 to turn a five-stroke lead into a four-shot deficit on Saturday, Dufner roared back in the final round for his fifth PGA Tour victory. "Yesterday I was pretty disappointed, especially (after) how well I played the first two days," he said in a greenside interview after being congratulated by Nicklaus. Dufner's victory was not as comfortable as the final margin might suggest. He had to wait out a weather delay of more than an hour after his drive had settled into thick rough at the par-four 18th. His lie was so bad that when play resumed he could not even scythe a wedge back to the fairway. However, his ball found a better lie in lighter rough and he punched his third shot to the middle of the green. While there was no pressure on the long putt, Dufner sank it anyway. Fowler, meanwhile, bogeyed the last to shoot 70 and ended up tied for second with Lahiri, whose 65 was the day's best score. Overnight leader Daniel Summerhays double-bogeyed the last to finish six shots behind after a 78. Chang pips Kim for Korea Open win Korean Chang Yikeun pipped overnight leader Kim Giwhan in a three-hole aggregate playoff for a breakthrough win in the Korea Open on Sunday. Chang began the day two shots adrift of Kim and went on to card one-under 70 to join his compatriot, who managed a battling 72, on 277 after 72 holes. Chang then parred the 16th, birdied the 17th and double bogeyed the 18th for a cumulative score of 12 at the Woo Jeong Hills Country Club. Kim matched Chang's par on the 16th but bogeyed the next and double bogeyed the 18th for a total of 15. Last year's runner-up Choi Jinho, who carded the day's best score of 65, shared third place with Hur Inhoi (69) after totaling 278 in the third event on OneAsia's schedule this year. Rory McIlroy said fit for US Open World No. 2 Rory McIlroy has recovered from a rib injury that has kept him out of action since the middle of May and has declared himself fit to compete at this month's US Open, the 28-year-old has said. The four-times major winner has been regaining fitness at the Quinta do Lago resort in Portugal and will return to action at the year's second major in Erin Hills, Wisconsin when the tournament begins on June 15. "I am ready for Erin Hills and looking forward to playing there for the first time," McIlroy told The Guardian newspaper. "The last few weeks have obviously been frustrating... but it was important I got back to a level of fitness where I felt like I could give myself the best possible chance at the US Open. "As I have said many times before, majors will ultimately determine my Golf career but I have had the rest of this busy season to consider as well." — Reuters
