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SPORTS Monday 28 May 2018
Rose 20 under at Colonial for 3-stroke win over Koepka

shot 68 and was tied for fairway bunker and he hit Campbell in the third round
fifth at 10 under with Louis from there into the rough. in 2004. Na also shot a 61 in
Oosthuizen (68) and Kevin Rose got that stroke back the third round of the 2010
Tway (67). with a 23-foot birdie putt at Wyndham Championship
The win at Colonial, the the 474-yard fifth hole, the in Greensboro, North Caro-
longest-running PGA Tour toughest at Colonial, to re- lina.
event still played at its origi- store his lead to four over After an opening 62 that
nal site (since 1946), adds Koepka. ended with a 92 foot chip-
to an impressive list of tradi- Koepka’s highlight shot of in from the rough when he
tional courses where Rose the day was birdie blast ended his first round at No.
has won. out of a greenside bun- 9, Na fell back in the field
Rose got his first PGA Tour ker at the sixth hole to get with a 73 in the second
win at Muirfield Village in to 13 under. But Rose im- round and then shot even
the 2010 Memorial, and mediately responded by par Saturday.
won the 2013 U.S. Open at making his 12-foot birdie Jordan Spieth made a
Merion. His 11 international putt. Rose had a five-stroke short birdie at No. 18 on
victories include the 2014 lead, his biggest, after a 10- Sunday for a closing 68 to
Scottish Open at Royal foot birdie at the ninth hole finish 5 under and tied for
Aberdeen Golf Club, and got him to 19 under. 32nd at Colonial, where he
the 2007 Volvo Masters at Na tapped in for a birdie had a win and two runner-
Valderrama in Spain. at the 435-yard 18th hole up finishes the past three
After birdies on Nos. 1 and to match his career-best years. The No. 3 player in
2 for the third day in a row, score and become the the world has played in 20
Rose gave up a stroke at seventh PGA Tour golfer PGA Tour events since his
the difficult 459-yard third with a 9-under round at Co- last win, at the British Open
when his drive went into a lonial — the first since Chad last summer.q

Justin Rose, of England, poses for a photo with the trophy after
winning the Fort Worth Invitational golf tournament at Colonial
Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, May 27, 2018.
Associated Press
By STEPHEN HAWKINS started the day four strokes
AP Sports Writer behind Rose in the final
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — group. Emiliano Grillo had
Justin Rose closed with a a 64 to finish third at 16 un-
6-under 64 and finished at der.
20 under Sunday at Colo- While Rose missed match-
nial for a three-stroke vic- ing Zach Johnson’s 2010
tory over defending U.S. tournament scoring re-
Open champion Brooks cord of 259 because of
Koepka in the Fort Worth bogey on the 72nd hole,
Invitational. first-round leader Kevin Na
It was the ninth career matched the course re-
PGA Tour victory for Rose, cord with a closing 61 and
the 37-year-old English- finished fourth at 14 under.
man and No. 5 player in Fourth-ranked Jon Rahm
the world who also won
his 2017-18 season debut
in October at the HSBC
Champions in Shanghai.
He is the fifth player with
multiple wins this season.
Rose got nearly $1.3 million
and a plaid jacket for win-
ning at Hogan’s Alley.
Koepka shot 63, but had