PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Charley Hoffman rallied from a three-shot deficit Sunday by closing with a 5-under 66 for a one-shot victory over Shawn Stefani in the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. ADVERTISING PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Charley Hoffman
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Charley Hoffman rallied from a three-shot deficit Sunday by closing with a 5-under 66 for a one-shot victory over Shawn Stefani in the OHL Classic at Mayakoba.
Hoffman ended another long drought with his third career PGA Tour victory. He had gone 105 starts between his first and second victory, and this time went 108 starts until winning the final PGA Tour event of the calendar year.
Hoffman and Stefani each finished with a bogey.
Hoffman hit his tee shot against the trunk of a tree and had to play left-handed out to the fairway. Stefani drove into a bunker and had to play short of the green because of a steep lip. A 50-yard pitch for his third shot was short of the green. Stefani closed with a 69.
McIlroy wins Race to Dubai
Rory McIlroy has won the European Tour’s Race to Dubai for the second time in three years.
The 25-year-old Northern Irishman is more than 2.7 million euros ($3.4 million) ahead of Henrik Stenson. The Swede, who was European No. 1 a year ago, moved second on the money list by coming third in the Turkish Airlines Open on Sunday.
No player can now catch four-time Major winner McIlroy at the remaining DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, starting Nov. 20.
McIlroy did not compete in Turkey where Marcel Siem, Jamie Donaldson and Sergio Garcia needed to win to stay in the race.
Brooks Koepka of the United States won the tournament by a stroke.
Kim beats Feng in playoff at Ochoa
MEXICO CITY — Christina Kim won the Lorena Ochoa Invitational on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title in nine years, beating China’s Shanshan Feng in a playoff after blowing a five-stroke lead.
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. She also won the 2004 Longs Drug Challenge.
Kim bogeyed the final hole of regulation for a 1-under 71, leaving her tied with Feng at 15-under 273 at Club de Golf Mexico. Feng shot 66.
After bogeying Nos. 14 and 15 to fall into a tie, Kim rebounded with birdies on Nos. 16 and 17 to take a one-stroke advantage. Feng played the four par-5 holes in 5 under, making an eagle on No. 2 and birdies on Nos. 6, 11 and 17.
