Golf roundup
Steinhauer earns 3rd Women’s British Open crown LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) – Sherri Steinhauer shot an even-par 72 Sunday to win the Women’s British Open for the third time, and the first since the tournament became a major.
Steinhauer finished at 7-under 281 at Royal Lytham for her second major title, the first being at the now-discontinued Du Maurier Classic in Canada in 1992.
“That is the biggest thrill for me that I’ve done it now as a major,” Steinhauer said. “I’m on cloud nine right now and feel like I’m in a dream.”
The 43-year-old American distanced herself from the field by playing mistake-free golf. She came to the 18th on Sunday having gone 48 holes without a bogey. She promptly hit into a greenside bunker and capped off her win with a bogey five.
Steinhauer also won the tournament in 1998 at Royal Lytham and then at Woburn a year later.
3M Championship
BLAINE, Minn. – David Edwards won the 3M Championship for his first Champions Tour title, birdieing five holes in a six-hole stretch en route to a 5-under 67 and a two-stoke victory over Craig Stadler and Brad Bryant.
Edwards, making his 11th start on the 50-and-over tour, birdied Nos. 8, 9, 11, 12 and 13 to reach 11 under, added four pars and closed with another birdie for a 12-under 204 total on the TPC Twin Cities.
Stadler finished with a 68 for his third straight runner-up finish in the event, while Bryant closed with a 67.
The 50-year-old Edwards, who earned a career-best $262,000, won three times on the PGA Tour, the last time in 1993 in the MCI Heritage.
Scandinavian Masters
LODDEKOPINGE, Sweden – Scotland’s Marc Warren won the Scandinavian Masters for his first European tour title, beating Sweden’s Robert Karlsson with a par on the second hole of a playoff.
Karlsson, coming off a victory last week in the Deutsche Bank Players’ Championship in Germany, double-bogeyed the playoff hole after twice hitting into the trees.
Warren shot a 3-under 69 to match Karlsson (71) at 10-under 278 on the Barseback course.
Cox Classic
OMAHA, Neb. – Johnson Wagner shot an 8-under 63 for a four-stroke victory in the Cox Classic, moving him to the top of the Nationwide Tour money list and within one win of immediate promotion to the PGA Tour.
The former Virginia Tech player completed four rounds at 21-under 263 for his second win this season. He won the Louisiana Open in March, but hadn’t had a top-10 finish since May. He earned $117,000 to push his season total to $321,669.
Craig Bowden (68) finished second.