Potgieter wins a playoff in Detroit for first PGA Tour win. Harrington wins another Senior Open

DETROIT AP Aldrich Potgieter made an -foot birdie putt on the fifth playoff hole outlasting Max Greyserman to win the Rocket Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title The -year-old from South Africa is the youngest player on the tour and its biggest hitter He became the ninth athlete to win for the first time this season Chris Kirk who closed with a -under missed a -foot putt for the win on the first playoff hole and was eliminated on the second extra hole when he missed a -foot par putt Greyserman missed a -foot birdie putt on the th hole in regulation missing his chance to win and closing with a Potgieter who started with a two-shot lead shot to join Kirk at -under Michael Thorbjornsen and Jake Knapp finished a stroke out of the playoff USGA and PGA Tour Champions COLORADO SPRINGS Colo AP Padraig Harrington came out on top of a major championship that felt more like match play closing his round with seven straight pars at the U S Senior Open for a -under to beat Stewart Cink by one shot Playing alongside Cink for the fourth straight day Harrington finished at -under on the tricky heavily sloping Broadmoor The Irishman sealed this match by hitting his approach to feet on No putting pressure on Cink who trailed by one but sat yards in front of him on the fairway Cink s approach landed on the precipice of a ledge but spun back to feet away to set up a two-putt Harrington took two putts for the win his second U S Senior Open title in four years that gets him in the U S Open next year at Shinnecock Hills LIV Golf League CARROLLTON Texas AP Patrick Reed lost the lead with a -over and then atoned for it by making a -foot birdie putt on the first hole of a four-man playoff to win LIV Golf Dallas his first title since joining the Saudi-funded league in Reed who started the final round with a three-shot lead fell behind late in the day at Maridoe Golf Club until Jinichiro Kozuma made bogey on the th hole and then made par on his final hole at No for a That got him into a playoff with Reed Louis Oosthuizen and Paul Casey On the first extra hole Oosthuizen drove into the water and Casey took four shots to reach the green on the par- th Kozuma missed his -foot birdie try setting the stage for Reed Jon Rahm finished out of the top for the first time in LIV while Sergio Garcia claimed the one LIV spot for the British Open LPGA Tour MIDLAND Mich AP Somi Lee poured in an -foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to unit with fellow South Korean Jin Hee Im to win the Dow Championship denying Lexi Thompson her first LPGA title in six years Thompson s partner Megan Khang had a chance to extend the playoff but she missed a -foot birdie putt that was on the low side of the hole from the start The final round was fourballs but switched to foursomes for the playoff Thompson made an -foot birdie putt on the par- th hole for the American duo to finish with a -under in fourballs They were the first to post at -under Lee made a -foot birdie putt to tie for the lead on the th They shot European Tour TUSCANY Italy AP Adrien Saddier claimed his first European tour title in his th start with a back-nine charge in the Italian Open closing with a -under for a two-shot mastery over Martin Couvra Couvra the -hole leader closed with a and appeared headed for supremacy until Saddier had five birdies over the final seven holes at the Argentario Golf Club on the Tuscan coast Saddier and Couvra earned places in the British Open field at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland next month Calum Hill of Scotland and Dan Bradbury of England finished tied for third four strokes behind Korn Ferry Tour SPRINGFIELD Ill AP Austin Smotherman holed out for eagle to take the lead for the first time and closed with an -under for a one-shot conquest over Alvaro Ortiz in the Memorial Vitality Championship It was the second Korn Ferry Tour success this year for Smotherman who moved to No on the points list and is virtually certain of returning to the PGA Tour next year Ortiz began had a four-shot lead going into the final round and his lead was down to one when he bogeyed the th hole Smotherman followed by holing out for eagle on the -yard th hole Both sportsman made birdie on the par s coming in and Smotherman held on for the win Sandy Scott shot with pars on the last two holes to tie for third Other tours Jillian Hollis rallied from a three-shot deficit with a -under and a one-shot preeminence over Kelli Ann Strand in the Otter Creek Championship on the Epson Tour Tatsunori Shogenji closed with a -under for a one-shot success over Ryuichi Oiwa in the Japan Players Championship his second Japan Golf Tour triumph this year Shannon Tan of Singapore captured her second Ladies European Tour title with a -under and a one-shot success over Helen Briem of Germany in the Amundi German Masters David Horsey birdied the final hole for a -under and then made birdie again to win a four-man playoff against James Allan Joseba Torres and Daniel Young in Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge in France Shuri Sakuma closed with a -under and won the Earth Mondahmin Cup by one shot over Nana Suganuma on the Japan LPGA Jiu Ko closed with a -under to hold off Hyungjo Yoo for a two-shot triumph in the McCol-Mona Youngpyong Open on the Korea LPGA AP golf https apnews com hub golf Source