Yu gets first PGA Tour title; Hatton wins for third time at Dunhill course

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Kevin Yu watches his ball after teeing off from the first hole during the fourth round of the Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson on Sunday in Jackson, Miss. SARAH WARNOCK — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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JACKSON, Miss. >> Kevin Yu made a 15-foot birdie on the 18th hole for a 5-under 67, and he birdied it again from 6 feet in a playoff to beat Beau Hossler and win the Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title.

Yu was nearly forgotten for most of a final round that appeared to be a duel between Hossler and Keith Mitchell until the 26-year-old from Taiwan made a birdie to tie for the lead.

Mitchell had a 35-foot birdie putt to win it and it grazed the left edge of the cup. But he missed the 4-foot comebacker for par, shot 70 and missed the playoff.

Hossler was left off the tee on the 18th in the playoff. Yu hit first and sent his approach to 6 feet right of the hole. Hossler had to punch below the trees, and it turned too much and went into a front bunker. He blasted out to 2 feet to secure par, but Yu made birdie.

Yu’s victory sends him to the Masters and the PGA Championship for the first time.

European Tour

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland >> Tyrrell Hatton closed with a 2-under 70 to win the Dunhill Links Championship for a record third time after making birdie at the 18th hole on the Old Course at St. Andrews to beat Nicolas Colsaerts by one shot.

Both players walked down the storied last hole at the home of golf tied for the lead and having hit their drives just short of the green. Colsaerts putted to 8 feet and missed his birdie attempt, leaving Hatton a chance for victory after the Englishman had chipped to 4 feet.

Hatton won for the first time on the European tour since joining Saudi-funded LIV Golf. He tied the tournament record at 24-under 264, which he previously shot when he won in 2017. He also won in 2016. Tommy Fleetwood (67) finished third, three shots behind Hatton.

PGA Tour Champions

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. >> Rocco Mediate missed a 4-foot par putt for the win, and then made from about the same distance on the second playoff hole Sunday to beat Bob Estes and win the Constellation Furyk & Friends on the PGA Tour Champions.

Mediate, who closed with a 1-under 71 at Timuquana Country Club, won for the first time in five years and earned his fifth title on the 50-and-older circuit.

Mediate was three shots ahead with four holes to play, and two holes later he was tied. He birdied the 17th only to miss the short par on the final hole of regulation. Then, he had to make a 10-footer for par to extend the playoff. Estes made bogey on the 18th in the second playoff hole, and Mediate made par from 4 feet.

Mediate, 61, now has won in his 20s, 30s, 40, 50s and 60s.