Tour Weekend Wrap

Lee Breaks PGA Tour Maiden

Danny Lee survived a four-way playoff to win the Greenbrier Classic at the Old White TPC in West Virginia for his first PGA Tour title.

After closing with a 3-under 67 to end up tied in regulation at 13-under 267 with Canada's David Hearn (67) and Americans Robert Streb (65) and Kevin Kisner (64), the 24-year-old South Korean-born New Zealander got a par on the par-5 17th to edge Hearn, who bogeyed the hole.

On the first extra hole, the par-3 18th, both Hearn and Lee had birdies while Streb had a par and Kisner took four shots to find the green and was eliminated along with Streb.

"It's amazing just amazing. I've been so close so many times this year and to win one, wow," said a happy Lee, who earned $1.206 million. "This is what winning feels like."

Lee, who became the youngest-ever winner of the U.S. Amateur in 2008 (a mark broken the following year by 17-year-old An Byeong-hun), is the first New Zealander to win on Tour since Michael Campbell became the U.S. Open champion in 2005.

Russell Henley posted a 7-under 63 to end up in fifth at 12-under 268. Tiger Woods finished with a 67 to end up tied for 32nd at 273.

Wiesberger Takes French Open

Austria's Bernd Wiesberger closed with a 6-under 65 to win the French Open by three strokes. The 29-year-old from Vienna rose to the top of the leaderboard thanks to five birdies on the front nine at Le Golf National, and stayed there the rest of the way with eight pars and another birdie on the home half to end up at 13-under 271.

The win, Wiesberger's third on the European Tour, was his first since his breakout two-victory season in 2012. "It's been a great first half of the year for me so far," he told the European Tour's website. "I've had a lot of great success but just couldn't pull it quite off. To stand here with the trophy right now, it's pretty sweet.

"I just hit a great shot down the fourth before the horns were blowing and they took us off the course. I liked my yardage, and had a good shot in there and had some momentum building, chipped in, holed a long putt.

"This tournament is very special to me. It's one of the biggest events we have on Tour every year and probably the most tradition, the oldest one on Continental Europe.

"I'm very proud to be on the winner's list now, on this trophy dating back to 1906 it says here. It's amazing and it was a great week. I really enjoyed playing in front of these crowds here and performing the way I did."

Three strokes back was England's James Morrison, who also shot 67, while five behind was 54-hole leader Jaco Van Zyl of South Africa, who finished with a 73.

"I have to say, James Morrison, who I played with, played great golf, as well, and gave me a good run which made it quite tight at the end."

The 30-year-old Morrison tipped his cap to the 2015 French Open champion. "Bernd played too perfectly today. He won the golf tournament, it's as simple as that. He played fantastic."

Other Tours

The LPGA and Champions tours were both idle this week. Next Thursday the U.S. Women's Open starts at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania, while on Friday the over-50 circuit moves to North Shore Country Club in Glenville, Ill., for the Encompass Championship.

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