CROMWELL, Connecticut – Australian Marc Leishman faced a long and nervous wait Sunday but ultimately his sizzling final round eight-under-par 62 proved enough to give him his maiden PGA Tour title at the Travelers Championship. Leishman finished the tournament at 14-under 266, a stroke in front of 2010 Travelers winner Bubba Watson and Charley Hoffman, who was left ruing a double-bogey, bogey finish that dropped him from 16-under. Roland Thatcher also had a disappointing finish when, needing a birdie at the last to force a playoff, he hit his approach from the fairway into a greenside bunker and finished with a bogey. Thatcher finished at 12-under in a tie for fourth with Briton Brian Davis, South African Tim Clark and fellow American John Rollins. Sweden's defending champion Fredrik Jacobson finished with a 68 to tie for eighth at 11-under. Leishman went out early and posted a good number that turned out to be enough for a breakthrough win. Leishman then faced a long wait as his various pursuers found a number of different ways to throw their chances of winning away on the closing holes. “The wait was the hardest part, you don't really get too nervous out on the course,” Leishman said. “I got something to eat, watched some soccer and then put the golf on. Then I hit some balls and putted. “I'm glad that turned out to be a practice session and not a warm up session.” There was no playoff required, though, because Hoffman was the only player to match or pass Leishman's 14-under. Hoffman got to 16-under after a birdie at the 13th hole but a pushed tee shot into the water at the penultimate hole led to a double-bogey and he closed with a bogey after failing to get up-and-down from a greenside bunker. Lang claims 1st win In Waterloo, Canada, American Brittany Lang earned her first LPGA Tour victory Sunday, winning the Manulife Financial Classic by making birdie on the par-five 18th hole three consecutive times in a playoff. Lang held off a wave of South Korean contenders in the playoff after shooting a four-under 67 in regulation to reach 16-under 268. She edged out South Koreans Seo Hee-kyung, Chella Choi and Inbee Park at the Grey Silo Golf Course. Choi was knocked out on the first extra hole, third-round leader Park was eliminated on the second hole, setting the stage for a head-to-head battle between Lang and Seo. Lang rolled in a five-foot putt for the win. Choi closed with a 63 on Sunday, Park a 69 and Seo a 67 to get to 16-under. Reigning US Women's Open champion Ryu So-yeon and American Stacy Lewis both fired seven-under 64s on Sunday to finish in a tie for fifth at 15-under. Lewis is a two-time winner this season. Playing partners Lang, Seo and Park all settled for pars on 18 to set up the playoff. — Agencies
