Bowditch wins Byron Nelson tournament

Steven Bowditch closed with a 5-under 64 for a four-shot victory Sunday in the AT&T Byron Nelson, winning in the Australian’s adopted home for his second career title – both in Texas.

Bowditch, who got married at the resort next to the TPC Four Seasons in Irving five years after attempting suicide at his Dallas home while battling depression in 2006, had 27 birdies while becoming the seventh player to lead all four rounds of the event. He finished at 18-under 259 on the rain-altered layout.

Charley Hoffman (65), Texan Jimmy Walker (66) and Scott Pinckney (66) tied for second at 14 under. Zach Johnson shot a 63 to finish alone in fifth at 13 under.

Hometown favorite and Masters champion Jordan Spieth finished 7 under after an even-par 69.

Playing with Bowditch in the final group, Dustin Johnson briefly overtook him early in the round before making an 8 at the par-4 sixth. He finished at 11 under with a 69.

A sunny day wrapped up two otherwise soggy weeks of golf in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including a 5-inch overnight downpour after the first round of the Nelson that turned one of its toughest holes – the par-4 14th – into a pitch-and-putt par 3 of barely 100 yards for the final three rounds.

While birdies were the norm after easy wedge shots from what might normally be a drop area in front of a greenside pond, Bowditch had to save par from about 12 feet to keep a three-shot lead, pumping his right fist after the ball dropped in. The temporary tee box was about 20 yards farther back Sunday, and tour officials believe par of under 70 was a first according to records going back to 1983.

LPGA Tour

Anna Nordqvist birdied the 16th and 17th holes to break out of the pack and went on to win the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Galloway Township, New Jersey, by a stroke.

With her mother visiting from Sweden, the 27-year-old Nordqvist closed with a 2-under 69 in windy conditions to finish at 8-under 205 at Stockton Seaview’s Bay Course.

The former Arizona State player has five career LPGA Tour titles, winning twice each in 2009 and 2014.

Nordqvist made a 12-foot birdie putt at the par-4 16th to break a tie with France’s Christel Boeljon and get to 8 under. Nordqvist hit her tee shot on the short par-3 17th to 8 feet to the left of the hole and drained that putt as well to move to two strokes in front. She bogeyed the 18h.

Boeljon was a career-best second after a 68.

European PGA Tour

Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen won the Irish Open in Newcastle, Northern Ireland, beating England’s Eddie Pepperell and Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff.

Kjeldsen closed with a 5-over 76 to finish at 2-under 282. Pepperell had a 69, and Wiesberger shot 73 at wind-swept and rain-battered Royal County Down.