Cauley caps off long comeback from car accident with PGA Tour win
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CALEDON, Ontario -- Bud Cauley took the lead with a birdie chip on the par-4 12th and won the RBC Canadian Open in rain and wind Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, eight years after his career nearly ended in a car accident at the Memorial Tournament.
The 36-year-old Cauley won in his 239th tour start -- just over two years after he finally returned to the PGA Tour following the accident.
"There were times when I was hurt that we really weren't sure if I was going to be able to play again," said Cauley, who was a passenger in a car when he sustained six broken ribs, a collapsed right lung and fractured left leg.
On Sunday at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley, Cauley closed with a 5-under 65 to get to 17-under 263. He began the round a stroke behind Jackson Suber.
"So many events without getting a win," Cauley said. "But with everything that our family went through when I was out, and then to have my first win when everyone's here, just it kind of seems like perfect timing."
Cauley started his back-nine birdie run with a shot to 4 feet on the 206-yard 11th. He added the hole-out from 93 feet on 12, then made a 13 1/2-footer on 13 and a 15-footer on 15 -- both par 4s. After a bogey on the par-4 17th, he parred the par-5 18th.
"It was obviously playing difficult with the rain and the wind," Cauley said. "The conditions were so much different today than they were the first three days. I feel like my game was in a pretty good spot, I was hitting some pretty good shots."
Matt Fitzpatrick was second to take the FedEx Cup lead. He eagled the 18th in a 64.
Viktor Hovland was third at 14 under after a 65. Suber (70), Jesper Svensson (68), Jimmy Stanger (67) and Brice Garnett (68) were another stroke back.
LPGA Tour
MIDLAND, Mich. -- Gina Kim and Yana Wilson teamed to win the Dow Championship on Sunday for their first LPGA Tour titles, closing with an 8-under 62 in best-ball play for a two-stroke victory over Hyo Joo Kim and Hye-Jin Choi.
Gina Kim and Wilson finished at 17-under 263 at Midland Country Club. Gina Kim holed out from the fairway for eagle on the par-4 fifth.
The 26-year-old Gina Kim won in her 64th start on the LPGA Tour, while the 19-year-old Wilson was making the ninth start of her rookie season. Last year, Wilson -- the 2022 USGA Girls' Junior winner -- was second and Gina Kim third on the Epson Tour money list to earn LPGA cards.
PGA Champions
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Zach Johnson won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday in his debut in his home-state event, shooting a 5-under 67 for a four-stroke victory at Wakonda Club.
Johnson grew up in Cedar Rapids, about two hours away. He finished at 17-under 199 for his second victory in his first season on the 50-and-over tour.
Johnson opened with a 69 and shot 63 on Saturday. He also won the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational in his senior debut in March.
Curtis Cup
LOS ANGELES -- Texas junior Farah O'Keefe became the fourth player in Curtis Cup history to win five times in one match, helping the United States beat Great Britain and Ireland 13-7 on Sunday at Bel-Air Country Club.
The Americans have a 32-9-3 lead in the series that dates to 1932.