Bohn Sets Record in First PGA Win

After bouncing around for years on mini tours and spending five years on the Canadian Tour, Jason Bohn closed with a second consecutive six-under-par 66 Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory, a one-stroke win and a tournament-record total in the B.C. Open at Endicott, N.Y.

“You don’t really expect when your first win is going to come,” said the 32-year-old Bohn, who finished at 24-under 264. “I hadn’t played that well this year. I missed a lot of cuts, and I haven’t seen that many great things come out of my game. And then this week I kind of got turned around.”

Bohn, in only his second year on tour, had six birdies in a bogey-free round and won $540,000 in becoming the 13th player to make this tournament his first triumph.

The previous tournament record in relation to par was 22 under, set in 2001 by Jeff Sluman and Paul Gow.

The tournament record score was 265, by Calvin Peete in 1982. He finished 19 under when the course at the En-Joie Golf Club played to a par 71.

Bohn edged his playing partner, Ryan Palmer (67), and J.P. Hayes (66), John Rollins and Australian rookie Brendan Jones (68).

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Meena Lee became the LPGA Tour’s record-tying fourth consecutive first-time winner, closing with a three-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over playing partner Katherine Hull in the Canadian Women’s Open at Halifax.

The 23-year-old South Korean had come close to winning twice this season before breaking through on the picturesque Glen Arbour course.

Lee finished at nine-under 279 and earned $195,000 to jump from 13th to seventh on the money list with $643,933.

Hull, a 23-year-old Australian who starred at Pepperdine, also closed with a 69 for the best finish of her short career.