Jimmy Walker tees off on the second hole during the final round of the Texas Open at TPC San Antonio on Sunday in San Antonio, Tex. With the win, he moves to a career high in the world rankings.Christian Petersen/Getty Images
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 two-under 70 to finish at 11-under 277 at TPC San Antonio, a 35-minute drive from his home. 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 finished with a 70, making four late birdies in a row. The 21-year-old Dallas player was coming off a playoff victory two weeks ago at Innisbrook.
Walker and Spieth will move to career highs in the world ranking, with Spieth going from sixth to fourth and Walker from 13th to 10th.
FedEx Cup champion Billy Horschel was third at four under after a 71.
Daniel Summerhays, second last year behind Steven Bowditch, tied for fourth with Chesson Hadley at three under. Summerhays closed with a 69, and Hadley had a 71.
Doral winner Dustin Johnson shot his second straight 68 to match Ryan Palmer at two under. Palmer also had a 68.
Phil Mickelson, looking for some momentum heading to the Masters, closed with a 76 to drop into a tie for 30th at four over.
Ten players finished under par, with the Oaks Course playing the toughest on the PGA Tour this season with a 74.581 stroke average – more than two shots over par. The previous high was PGA National's Champion course at 1.832 over par for the Honda Classic.
Marc Warren and Harris English failed to crack the top 50 in the world ranking, which would have given them spots in the Masters. Warren, 52nd, needed to finish ahead of Brendan Todd to get in, but closed with a 70 to finish 35th. English, 53rd, needed at least a top 10. His final-round 72 only got him to 30th.
Canadians steal show on Symetra Tour – Lake Wales, Fla.
Sue Kim won the Symetra Tour's Florida's Natural Charity Classic on Sunday, leading a Canadian sweep of the first three places.
Kim, the 24-year-old former University of Denver player from Langley, B.C., closed with a two-under 70 to finish at five-under 211 at Lake Wales Country Club.
Kim earned $18,750 to take the lead on the money list with $20,201. The final top 10 will earn 2016 LPGA Tour cards.
"Words can't describe how important a win is out here," said Kim, who moved from South Korea to Canada when she was 10. "This is definitely a confidence booster and lets me know that I can go back out on LPGA and compete. This win definitely gives me a good mindset to go back out there."
Sisters Brooke and Brittany Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., tied for second, three strokes back. The 17-year-old Brooke Henderson finished with a 70, and Brittany Henderson shot a 74.
"It's a really good feeling," Brooke Henderson said. "It would've been better to be one and two, but Sue had a great week and I'm happy for her."
Kim opened with rounds of 70 and 71 and was the only player in the field under par all three days.
"It was a great tournament for me from the first day forward," Kim said. "I had the right people around me this week to get me in position to win. It was a great patient tournament for me to grab the 'W.'"
Cristie Kerr ends 0-for-42 drought – Carlsbad, Calif.
Cristie Kerr closed with a seven-under 65 on Sunday and won the Kia Classic for her first LPGA Tour title in nearly two years.
Kerr made four successive birdies on the back nine at Aviara to pull away from Mirim Lee and 17-year-old Lydia Ko. It was her 17th career win, and her first since May of 2013 at the Kingsmill Championship.
Her victory ended a streak of South Korean-born players winning the past seven LPGA events.
Ko didn't make another birdie after the 14th hole and closed with a 67 to finish third. It was her 28th consecutive round under par on the LPGA Tour, one short of Annika Sorenstam's record set in 2004.
Kerr finished at 20-under 268 to break the tournament record by six shots.
Woods out of top 100 for first time since 1996 – Virginia Water, England
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. The following week, Woods won the Las Vegas Invitational as a 20-year-old for the first of his 79 PGA Tour victories.
It is not clear when Woods will return. He said in February that his scores were not acceptable and he would not play until his game was in tournament shape.
Woods is not required to announce if he is playing the Masters until the tournament starts April 9.