THE WOODLANDS, Texas >> Mao Saigo of Japan won the Chevron Championship on Sunday for her first major title, making a 3-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a five-way playoff.

Saigo birdied the par-5 18th in regulation for a 2-under 74, leaving her tied with Hyo Joo Kim, Ruoning Yin, Ariya Jutanugarn and Lindy Duncan. They finished at 7-under 281 at The Club at Carlton Woods.

Andrew Novak finally finishes atop the leaderboard along with Ben Griffin at the Zurich Classic

AVONDALE, La. >> Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin shot a 1-under 71 in alternate-shot play Sunday to become first-time PGA Tour winners — by one stroke — at the Zurich Classic.

They finished at 28-under 260 at the Pete Dye-designed TPC Louisiana and Novak finally broke through after a pair of top-three finishes this month — the last a playoff loss to Justin Thomas a week ago at the RBC Heritage.

Play was delayed by weather for just over 90 minutes with Novak on Griffin on the eighth hole.

Masters champion Rory McIlroy and fellow Irishman Shane Lowry, the defending champions, were in contention through 12 holes, but fell to 12th — six shots behind — with three late bogeys.

Danish identical twins Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard narrowly missed out on a first PGA Tour win, finishing second after a 68.

Novak and Griffin began the PGA Tour’s only team event three shots ahead but were caught by Jake Knapp and Frankie Capan III before pulling back ahead when Griffin made a birdie put from nearly 35 feet on the par-3 17th.

That gave the eventual winners a two-shot lead after Capan had pulled his tee shot on 17 into the water left of the green. Novak’s tee shot also went farther left than intended and he had his hand over his chest as the ball stopped near the water’s edge.

But the clutch putt by Griffin on 17 allowed his team to win with a par on 18.

McIlroy and Lowry were just three shots off the lead when they bogeyed the 384-yard, par-4 13th — with each mishitting a chip before McIlroy missed a par putt from just inside 11 feet.

Jerry Kelly wins the Mitsubishi Electric Classic for his 13th PGA Tour Champions title

DULUTH, Ga. >> Jerry Kelly won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic on Sunday for his 13th PGA Tour Champions title, birdieing two of the last four holes for a one-stroke victory over Ernie Els.

The 58-year-old Kelly, tied with Els entering the round, closed with a 5-under 67 to finish at 20-under 196 at TPC Sugarloaf. He opened with a 62 on Friday and shot 67 on Saturday.

Els birdied the last for a 68. He opened with rounds of 65 and 64.

Steven Alker was third at 16 under after a 65.

Angel Cabrera had a 68 to finish fourth at 15 under. Vijay Singh followed at 13 under after a 70.

Marco Penge is back from betting ban and wins his first European tour title

HAINAN ISLAND, China >> Marco Penge of England closed with a 5-under 67 on Sunday for a three-shot victory in the Hainan Classic for his first European tour title, coming just two months after he returned from a ban for betting on golf.

The win capped off a wild six months for Penge, which began with him narrowly keeping his European card and ended with him finishing third in the Asian Swing to earn a spot in the PGA Championship next month.

The European tour gave Penge a three-month suspension for betting on golf, though it determined he never bet on himself or on anyone in the tournaments he played. He was fined 2,000 pounds.

The 26-year-old Penge held off an early charge from Sean Crocker on the front nine as Crocker fell back with too many bogeys and shot 66 to finish three back along with Kristoffer Reitan (67). Penge finished at 17-under 271.

Joaquin Niemann wins LIV Golf Mexico City for his 3rd victory in 6 events this season

MEXICO CITY >> Joaquin Niemann won LIV Golf Mexico City on Sunday for his third victory in six events this season, closing with a 6-under 65 for a three-stroke margin over Bryson DeChambeau and Lucus Herbert.

Niemann finished at 16-under 197 at Club de Golf Chapultepec. The 26-year-old Chilean star also won last year in Mexico at Mayakoba. He has five LIV victories after winning twice on the PGA Tour.

Herbert tied the course record with a 61, and second-round leader DeChambeau shot 70. Penge also moved to No. 11 in the Race to Dubai.