From wire reports
LAS VEGAS - Ryan Moore won't be celebrating this victory by himself.
With family and friends cheering him on, he carded a final-round, 5-under 66 and outlasted Brendon de Jonge on the back nine to win the J.T. Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on Sunday for his second career victory on the PGA TOUR.
"It's been an unbelievable week," Moore said. "I've had such great support with my family and friends out here."
Moore, a resident of this city and a four-time All-American at UNLV, said he had few friends with him during his first win at the 2009 Wyndham Championship, but this clearly was different.
The deciding hole was the par-five, 560-yard 16th, with Moore making a birdie to take the lead for good. He hit a second-shot 4 iron from 233 yards onto the back fringe of the green and then hit a delicate putt to within a foot of the hole en route to birdie.
On the 444-yard 18th, Moore's approach landed about 12 feet from the hole. De Jonge, trailing by one, left his approach 30 feet from the hole. He two-putted for par and Moore did the same for the win.
"I hit a poor tee shot," de Jonge, still looking for his first win on the PGA TOUR, said of No. 16. "That was definitely the turning point for me.
"I'll build on it. It's disappointing but I'll get over it pretty quickly. It was fun out there."
Rookie Jonas Blixt (70) was third at 20 under while Jason Day - who shot a tournament
record-tying 28 on the front nine Sunday - was fourth at 18 under after double-bogeying his final hole. Bill Lunde (66) was fifth at 15 under.European Tour
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - Branden Grace won his fourth European Tour event of the season by shooting a 2-under 70 to win the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship by two shots.
The South African led from the first round and finished at 22-under 266 to hold off Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark, who finished second after a 68. Alexander Noren of Sweden (69) was another two shots back in third.
"It's just awesome to win an event at St. Andrews as I have really dreamt of this moment all my life," said Grace, who shot a first-round 60 at Kingsbarns.
Another South African, George Coetzee, equaled the Old Course record that had been set Thursday with a 10-under 62 for a share of fifth place.
The 24-year-old Grace is the youngest winner of the tournament. His $800,000 prize money moved him to third in the Race to Dubai money list.
Grace arrived in Scotland ranked 49th but will make the top 40 when the rankings are adjusted today.
Grace became the first player in the 40-year history of the European Tour to win his first four events in the same season.
Web.com Tour
POTOMAC, Md. - Sweden's David Lingmerth won the Web.com Tour's Neediest Kids Championship and wrapped up a 2013 PGA Tour card.
Lingmerth, who closed with a 4-under 66 for a one-stroke victory over Casey Wittenberg, finished at 8-under 272 at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm and earned $108,000. He jumped from 27th to seventh on the money list with $249,043, more than enough to guarantee a top-25 finish.
Wittenberg shot a 69. He earned $64,800 to regain the money lead with $407,453.
Champions Tour
CARY, N.C. - Bernhard Langer shot a 9-under 63 and rallied to win the SAS Championship.
Langer, who beat Jay Don Blake by two strokes, also took the lead in the Charles Schwab Cup points race.
Langer took a 69-point lead over Tom Lehman in the points race for a $1 million annuity. Lehman skipped the tournament. The bogey-free 63 was the best final round by a winner in the history of the event.
Four shots back entering the round, Langer birdied the final two holes to finish at 13-under 203 at Prestonwood Country Club. The German star has two victories this year and 16 overall on the 50-and-over tour.
Blake closed with a 68. He needed a birdie on the par-4 18th to force a playoff but hit a tree with his drive and bogeyed the hole. Mark Wiebe also shot 68 to finish third at 10 under.
World Amateur
ANTALYA, Turkey - U.S. Amateur champion Steven Fox and Chris Williams each shot a 2-under 69 to help the United States win the rain-shortened World Amateur Team Championship with a record score.
Fox, from Hendersonville, Tenn.; Williams, from Moscow, Idaho and Justin Thomas of Goshen, Ky., combined for a 54-hole total of 24-under 404. Thomas shot a non-counting 70 on Sunday.
They teamed to beat Mexico by five strokes at Antalya Golf Club to give the United States it 14th Eisenhower Trophy title. The Americans also broke the records for 18 and 36 holes.
Mexico's Sebastian Vazquez was the low individual at 15-under 199.
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