Jason Day’s furious finish earns him a Canadian Open victory

Jason Day birdied the final three holes to win the Canadian Open on Sunday, spoiling David Hearn’s bid to become the first Canadian winner in 61 years.

Day made a 20-foot putt on the par-five 18th for a four-under 68 and a one-stroke victory over Bubba Watson. Day finished at 17-under 271 at Glen Abbey in Oakville.

Day was coming off a fourth-place tie Monday in the British Open at St. Andrews. The 28-year-old Australian also fought through vertigo symptoms last month to tie for ninth in the U.S. Open. He has four PGA Tour victories, also winning at Torrey Pines in February.

Watson birdied the final four holes for a 69.

Hearn, two strokes ahead of Day and Watson entering the round, had a 72 to finish third at 15 under.

Pat Fletcher, born in England, was the last Canadian winner in 1954 at Point Grey in Vancouver. Carl Keffer is the only Canadian-born champion, winning in 1909 and 1914. Albert Murray, a Canadian also born in England, won in 1908 and 1913.

Hearn birdied the first two holes, but gave back the strokes with bogeys on Nos. 3 and 7. He also bogeyed the par-three 12th, birdied the par-five 13th and closed with five pars.

Two-time winner Jim Furyk was fourth at 14 under after a 69.

Stewart Cink and Tom Hoge followed at 13 under, each shooting 66.

Thompson wins LPGA Classic by a stroke

Lexi Thompson won the Meijer LPGA Classic by a stroke Sunday, shooting a six-under 65 and rallying from four shots back in Belmont, Mich.

The 20-year-old Florida golfer won for the fifth time on the LPGA Tour. This was her first victory since she captured her first major title last year at the Kraft Nabisco Championship.

She finished at 18-under 266. Gerina Piller closed with a 64 and was one shot behind. Third-round leader Lizette Salas parred the first six holes and shot a 70.

Thompson caught Salas with birdies on Nos. 1, 4, 5 and 7. Piller made five birdies on the front nine, and a birdie at No. 8 briefly tied her for the lead with Thompson and Salas.

But Thompson, ranked seventh on the tour in average driving distance and greens in regulation, kept bombing drives, spinning wedge shots and making putts. A six-footer for birdie off a wedge shot to a back pin on 400-yard, par-4 16th hole put her three shots in front.

Thompson created some drama when she missed the green at No. 17 and rimmed a four-foot, par-saving putt. She caught a good bounce off a tree down the right side of No. 18 on her tee shot though, ripped a shot from the rough to the middle of the green and two-putted for the par and victory.

Piller charged and stayed close to the end. She had hit all 15 greens and was 7 under for the round when she missed the green at No. 16 with tree troubles on the left side of the par-4 hole. She made bogey for the first time. A 7-footer for birdie at No. 18 left her one shot behind.

Salas, who had three birdies and three bogeys through 16 holes, stayed in it with a 20-foot birdie putt at No. 17. But she could manage only par at No. 18.

Michigan native Kris Tamulis closed with a 68 for 269. She tied for fourth with So Yeon Ryu, who shot a 66.

Willett captures European Masters title

England’s Danny Willett won the European Masters for his third European Tour title, closing with a five-under 65 for a one-stroke victory in Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland.

Coming off a tie for sixth Monday in the British Open, Willett finished at 17-under 283. Fellow Englishman Matthew Fitzpatrick was second after a 66.

England’s Tyrrell Hatton was another stroke back after a 62.

Artis wins Ladies Scottish Open

Australia’s Rebecca Artis rallied to win the Ladies Scottish Open, shooting a six-under 66 in windy and rainy conditions for a two-stroke victory over Norway’s Suzann Pettersen, who closed with a 74.

Artis, six strokes behind Pettersen at the start of the round, finished with a six-under 210 at Dundonald Links in Troon, Scotland, in the final Ladies European Tour event before the Women’s British Open at Turnberry.

England’s Holly Clyburn was third at two under after a 74. Second-ranked Lydia Ko of New Zealand tied for fourth at 1 under with the Czech Republic’s Klara Spilkova. Ko had a 74, and Spilkova shot 72.