Day wins again with 6-shot victory

The toughest challenge Jason Day faced Sunday at The Barclays was convincing his peers that golf really isn’t this easy.

He’s just making it look that way.

Fresh off his first major at the PGA Championship, the 27-year-old Australian powered and putted his way to another blowout against a world-class field, capping off an explosive weekend at Plainfield in Edison, New Jersey, with an 8-under 62 for a six-shot victory over Henrik Stenson.

It was his third victory in his last four starts dating to the British Open, where he left a 30-foot birdie putt short on the final hole at St. Andrews and missed out on a playoff by one shot.

Day shot 63-62 on the weekend and finished at 19-under 261. He won two weeks ago at Whistling Straits by three shots over Jordan Spieth with a record score to par at 20-under 268. And the week after St. Andrews, he won the Canadian Open by one shot over Bubba Watson at 17-under 271.

Stenson closed with a 66. Watson was third at 11 under after a 69.

The victory, Day’s fourth on the PGA Tour this year, moved him to No. 1 in the FedEx Cup and assures that he will be among the top five who have a clear shot at the $10 million bonus at the Tour Championship. Day remains at No. 3 in the world, but now enters the picture with Spieth and Rory McIlroy for golf supremacy. All three will have a mathematical chance to get to No. 1 at the Deutsche Bank Championship next week at the TPC Boston.

LPGA

Kris Tamulis won the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic in Prattville, Alabama, for her first LPGA Tour title.

Tamulis played 29 holes Sunday in the twice-delayed tournament, the 186th of her LPGA Tour career. She finished a third-round 67 and closed with a 65 to beat Yani Tseng and Austin Ernst by a stroke.

The 34-year-old former Florida State player had a 17-under 271 total on The Senator Course.

Champions Tour

Jeff Maggert won the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open in Endicott, New York, for his fourth Champions Tour victory of the year, closing with a 6-under 66 to beat Paul Goydos by two strokes.

Maggert took the lead in the Charles Schwab Cup standings, 119 points ahead of Colin Montgomerie.

Maggert finished at 14-under 202 at En-Joie. He won the Regions Tradition in May and the U.S. Senior Open in July, both major championships, and took the Shaw Charity Classic three weeks ago in Canada.

Goydos shot a 68.

Senior women

U.S. Solheim Cup captain Juli Inkster shot a 4-under 68 for a two-stroke victory over Trish Johnson in The Legends Championship at French Lick, Indiana.

The 55-year-old Hall of Famer had a 5-under 139 total after opening with a 71 on French Lick Resort’s Pete Dye Course. She earned $37,500 for her first Legends Tour victory.

Johnson bogeyed the final hole for a 70.

Jan Stephenson finished at even-par 144 to win the Super Legends competition for players 60 and older.