Justin Thomas earns his first PGA Tour win at CIMB Classic

Justin Thomas overcame a double bogey on the 14th and some nervous moments on the final hole Sunday to win the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for his first PGA Tour title.

The 22-year-old American holed a 6-foot par putt on the par-five 18th for a one-stroke victory over Australian star Adam Scott. Thomas shot a six-under 66 for a tournament-record 26-under 262 total at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club.

Thomas, who had a course-record 61 in the second round, seemed to have blown his chances when he hit into the water at 14, but immediately rallied with three consecutive birdies to take the outright lead.

Scott, playing two groups ahead, had an eagle and seven birdies in his closing 63.

Thomas led by a stroke coming to the par-five final hole, which he had birdied on Saturday, but the required par did not come easily. He drove right of the fairway and his approach found the bunker short of the green. He blasted out to 20 feet, raced his first putt past the hole and holed the comebacker for the breakthrough victory.

“I still can’t believe what happened,” Thomas said. “I made that par to clinch the title. “I don’t care how I got it done, it just feels awesome,”

Thomas, a close friend of second-ranked Jordan Spieth, continued the early season trend of players in their early 20s claiming their first PGA Tour victories, after Emiliano Grillo at Silverado and Smylie Kaufman in Las Vegas.

Scott had a shot at eagle on the last, but the putt was well off target, and that cost him a chance of forcing a playoff.

American Kevin Na and Brendan Steele tied for third at 24 under. Na had a 67, and Steele shot 68.

Sei Young Kim captures LPGA victory

Sei Young Kim made a six-foot birdie putt on the par-five 18th for a one-stroke victory Sunday in the Blue Bay LPGA in Hainan Island.

The 22-year-old South Korean player won for the third time in her rookie season on the LPGA Tour, closing with a two-under 70 at Jian Lake Blue Bay for a two-under 286 total.

Third-ranked Stacy Lewis, fellow American Kim Kaufman and Taiwan’s Candie Kung finished a stroke back. Kim holed her winning putt after playing partners Lewis and Kung missed birdie tries — Lewis from 20 feet and Kung from 10.

Lewis finished with a 70 for her sixth runner-up finish of the season and the 21st of her career. She won the last of her 11 LPGA Tour titles in June 2014.

Kung shot a 71. Kaufman, playing a group ahead, had a 69 for the best round of the day.

Dubuisson wins Turkish Airlines Open

Victor Dubuisson of France made three late birdies to overtake Jaco Van Zyl and clinch his second Turkish Airlines Open title in Antalya, denying the South African a wire-to-wire victory.

Van Zyl had led from the opening round and was two shots ahead of Dubuisson after birdies on the 13th and 14th. But the Frenchman responded with three birdies on the last four holes for a six-under 66 while Van Zyl finished with four pars for a 67. That gave Dubuisson a one-shot victory with a 22-under 266 total and a second career European Tour title — after also winning here in 2011.

Rory McIlroy was a shot behind the overnight leaders going into the round but only managed a 71 to drop to a tie for sixth.