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Jimmy Walker first to get two PGA Tour wins this season

Jimmy Walker smiles after he won the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio by four strokes. (Associated Press)
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Jimmy Walker smiles after he won the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio by four strokes. (Associated Press)

Jimmy Walker won his hometown Texas Open on Sunday to become the first two-time winner this season on the PGA Tour, beating fellow Texan Jordan Spieth by four strokes.

Walker closed with a 2-under 70 to finish at 11-under 277 at TPC San Antonio. The 36-year-old former Baylor player won the Sony Open in Hawaii by nine shots in January and has a tour-best five victories in the past two seasons.

Spieth also had a 70, making four late birdies in a row.

FedEx Cup champion Billy Horschel was third at 4 under after a 71.

LPGA

Cristie Kerr ran off four straight birdies on the back nine and closed with a 7-under 65 to win the Kia Classic in Carlsbad, California, for her first LPGA Tour title in nearly two years.

Starting the final round three shots back, Kerr was in a three-way tie for the lead at Aviara Golf Club when she pulled away from Mirim Lee and 17-year-old Lydia Ko. Her fourth straight birdie was on the 16th hole when she drove the green and two-putted from 20 feet.

It was her 17th career win and first since May 2013 at the Kingsmill Championship.

The American, 37, had a tournament-record 20-under 268 total.

Kerr’s two-shot victory over Lee (70) ended a stretch of seven straight LPGA events won by South Korean-born players dating to the CME Group Tour Championship last year.

Champions Tour

David Frost survived a one-stroke penalty on the par-3 17th and won the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic in Saucier, Mississippi, when Tom Lehman missed a 4-foot birdie putt on the last hole.

The 55-year-old South African finished with a 4-under 68 at Fallen Oak for a one-stroke victory over 2011 winner Lehman and second-round leader Kevin Sutherland.

Frost was penalized after the coin marking his ball on the green moved when he accidentally dropped the ball on it. That left him with a bogey and cut his lead to a stroke.

Lehman closed with a 70, and Sutherland had a 72.

Woods drops out

For the first time since 1996, Tiger Woods is not among the top 100 golfers in the world ranking.

Woods, who hasn’t played since he withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open on Feb. 6, falls to No. 104 this week. The last time he was out of the top 100 was on Sept. 29, 1996, when he was at No. 225.