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    Thursday, May 09, 2024

    Golf roundup

    Hoffman rallies in Mexico

    Charley Hoffman began to wonder if he would ever win another PGA Tour event. Even after he rallied to win the OHL Classic at Mayakoba on Sunday, he was reminded of how long it had been when his wife and two young daughters joined in the celebration.

    "My last win was when Claire was in my wife's stomach," Hoffman said with a smile.

    That would be his oldest daughter, who just turned 4.

    Hoffman rallied from a three-shot deficit on the El Camaleon course, taking advantage of Danny Lee's mistakes on the back nine and Shawn Stefani failing to put any pressure on him at the very end.

    Hoffman closed with a 5-under 66 after taking two putts for a bogey on the 18th. It was his third career victory. He had gone 105 starts between his first and second win, and this time went 108 starts until winning the final PGA Tour event of the calendar year.

    "It was really nice to see them run out on the green and see the excitement on their face," Hoffman said. "We have been talking about it for a while. It's a little bit longer than I anticipated, but it's nice to finally get it done."

    He referred to it as a low-stress round, with a few exceptions, including the final hole at Mayakoba.

    Stefani, who closed with a 69, made an 18-foot birdie putt on the 17th to get within one shot. Stefani then hit into a fairway bunker with a lip so steep that he had no option but to hit sand wedge some 50 yards short of the green. Hoffman hit driver that rolled up against the base of a tree, which forced him to play a left-handed shot back to the fairway.

    Hoffman safely played some 30 feet left of the hole. Stefani's pitch came up woefully short, and he chipped to 5 feet. That allowed Hoffman two putts for the win, and he rolled his par putt to within 18 inches for a tap-in bogey.

    Hoffman finished at 17-under 267.

    Kim wins Lorena Ochoa Invitational

    Christina Kim won the Lorena Ochoa Invitational for her first LPGA Tour title in nine years, beating China's Shanshan Feng in a playoff after blowing a five-stroke lead in the final round.

    Kim won with a par on the par-4 18th on the second extra hole. The 30-year-old American won for the first time since the Tournament of Champions in November 2005.

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