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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Jay Haas birdied the first hole of a playoff with Bart Bryant on Sunday to become the second-oldest winner in Champions Tour history.

At 62 years, 10 months, 7 days, Haas trails only Mike Fetchick, the 1985 Hilton Head Seniors Invitational winner at 63 years to the day.

After opening with bogey-free rounds of 64 and 63 to take a five-stroke lead, Haas had to rally to get into the playoff. He made par saves on the par-3 17th and par-5 18th for a 1-under 70 to match Bryant – who earlier bogeyed 18 to give Haas an opening – at 16-under 197.

Also the 2007 winner at Newport Beach Country Club, Haas won his 18th title on the 50-and-over tour and first since 2014. He won nine times on the PGA Tour and captained the United States’ winning Presidents Cup team last year in South Korea.

Bryant shot a 64, three-putting the 18th in regulation. He hit into the left greenside bunker in two, and hit something under the ball in the sand that sent the ball right and long.

EUROPEAN TOUR: Tyrrell Hatton won his first European Tour title after taking apart the Old Course at St. Andrews for the second straight day in an impressive display of front-running at the Dunhill Links Championship.

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The 24-year-old Englishman, who had a three-shot lead overnight, followed up a course record-tying, bogey-free 62 at the home of golf on Saturday with a 6-under 66 in the final round. He finished with a total of 23 under par (265).

Hatton won by four shots over Richard Sterne (66) and Ross Fisher (67) to earn about $800,000.

n Brandt Snedeker ran away with the wind-swept Fiji International in Natadola, Fiji, closing with a 4-under 68 for a nine-stroke victory.

LPGA TOUR: Ha Na Jang held off Shanshan Feng by a stroke in wind and rain in the Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship in Taipei, Taiwan.

Eight strokes ahead of Feng after a birdie on the sixth hole, Jang bogeyed two of the next three holes and scrambled to par the final nine for a 1-under 71.

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