Caroline Masson wins LPGA Manulife Classic for 1st title
Caroline Masson broke out of a star-filled pack Sunday to win the LPGA Manulife Classic for her first tour title.
Masson didn’t make a par until the seventh hole, following the double bogey with three straight birdies, a bogey on No. 5 and a birdie on the sixth.
Paul Casey made a birdie and eagle over the last three holes for a 5-under 66 and a three-shot lead going into the Labor Day finish at the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston.
Casey hit his tee shot to 5 feet for birdie on the par-3 16th, then drilled a fairway metal into the swirling wind on the par-5 18th, which worked out perfectly.
Alex Noren of Sweden sank a 20-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole to beat Scott Hend of Australia in a playoff for the European Masters title at Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
Noren, who won his sixth European Tour title, fired a 5-under round of 65 to be tied at 17-under with Hend, the overnight leader who carded a 66 on the Swiss Alps course.