PGA Tour - Hero World Challenge

Bubba Watson wasn't even planning to play in the Hero Challenge. He left no doubt Sunday who was going to win.

Watson quickly stretched his two-shot lead by making four birdies in seven holes. He was never seriously challenged, sailing home to a 6-under 66 for a three-shot victory over Patrick Reed at Albany Golf Club and a trophy from tournament host Tiger Woods.

Watson turned down his invitation a few months ago because he didn't have a passport for his newly adopted daughter, Dakota. But when PGA champion Jason Day backed out to stay home with his newborn daughter, Watson's wife was able to expedite all the right documents for the family to come over to the Bahamas.

He left with a $1 million payoff and a firm grasp on No. 4 in the world the rest of the year.

"I guess I've got to thank Jason Day for backing out. I have to thank the U.S. government and passport office for getting Dakota a passport so we could be here," Watson said. "For us, it's a good ride, a fun ride."

Even if it didn't feel easy to him, it sure looked that way.

Asian Tour – Ho Tram Open

Sergio Garcia prevailed in a four-way play-off to win in the inaugural US$1.5 million Ho Tram Open after an enthralling final round on Sunday.

The 35-year-old Spaniard parred the second extra hole at The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip to pip a courageous Himmat Rai of India to the title after Chinese Taipei’s Lin Wen-tang and Thai veteran Thaworn Wiratchant had bowed out earlier in the richest full-field Asian Tour tournament this season.

Garcia’s 23rd career Tour victory and his first since January, 2014 came with a cheque of US$270,000.

“Winning is never easy. I was fortunate and you have to be lucky to win. I was fortunate to get a second chance after I pretty much gave it away. I’m very happy as I haven’t won in a while. After you’ve been up there and you don’t win, a lot of things go through your mind and this win will help give me a little bit more confidence,” said Garcia, who signed off with a three-under-par 68 for a 14-under-par 270 aggregate.

Starting the day two back of overnight leader Lin, Garcia stormed out with a stunning outward 29 to open up a three-shot lead before his game surprisingly unravelled with a bogey on 10 and a double bogey on 17.

Thaworn and Rai came home in 67s while Lin scrambled to a 70 to force extra-time which left spectators at the edge of their seats as they awaited to hail the Ho Tram Open’s first ever champion.

In the first extra hole on 18, Garcia, who has now won five Asian Tour titles, drained a massive 35-foot birdie putt which was matched by Rai, who coolly converted from five feet after Lin and Thaworn missed their birdie attempts.

Sunshine / European Tour – Nedbank Golf Challenge

It was as precise an approach shot as you could hope to see, and even though he didn’t believe it at the time, it was the sign that Australia’s Marc Leishman would go on to march to a six-stroke victory on Sunday in the $6.5-million Nedbank Golf Challenge.

He used his long, languid swing to deposit a sand-wedge three metres past the 13th hole, and the ball spun back towards the flag as if being pulled by a piece of string. It stopped just a fraction from the hole, and the tap-in birdie was probably enough to snuff out any remaining faint chance Sweden’s Henrik Stenson had of chasing him down.

“I definitely didn’t think I clinched it then,” he said. “But you never know with golf. Probably when the putt went in on 16 – that’s when I knew that I’d have to do something really dumb to lose it from there.”

The victory brought a tumultuous 2015 to an end on an appropriately high note after things had threatened to become awful in April: His wife Audrey was hospitalised with toxic shock syndrome while he was preparing for the Masters.

Japan Golf Tour – Golf Nippon Series JT Cup

Ryo Ishikawa won his second tournament of the year on the Japan Golf Tour with a five shot victory over Yoshinori Fujimoto and Koumei Oda at the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup in Tokyo.

Ishikawa finished in 6th position on the Japan Tour money list and moved to World No.104.

PGA Tour of Australasia / European Tour – Australian PGA Championship

Australia's Nathan Holman secured a career-changing victory at the Australian PGA Championship, defeating South African Dylan Frittelli and American Harold Varner III at the first extra hole of a sudden-death play-off to lift the prestigious Joe Kirkwood Cup and secure full playing rights on The European Tour as well as entry to The 2016 Open Championship.

Nathan HolmanHolman double bogeyed his first hole of the day, then recovered with three birdies before almost throwing his chance of victory away with back-to-back bogeys on the 17th and 18th of the RACV Royal Pines Resort to card a final round 73 and fall back to level par for the tournament.

He had posted the clubhouse lead, but with Varner III and Frittelli still on the course, it looked like Holman could have given up the victory. But neither Varner nor Frittelli, who had started the day as joint leaders in the final match, could find a finishing birdie, leaving the door open for Holman to charge to glory with a par at the first extra hole in front of an ecstatic home crowd on Australia's Gold Coast.

Holman's first professional win secured him 225,000 Race to Dubai points to move him to second place in the early Race, one spot behind South Africa's Charl Schwartzel after two events of the 2016 season.

PGA Latino America – PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Tour Championship presented by FirstBank

A strong charge of five birdies between holes 7 and 14 helped Daniel Mazziotta pull away for a comfortable four-stroke victory at the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica Tour Championship presented by FirstBank. The 27-year old carded a final round 68 on Sunday to secure the title at 11-under 273 at the TPC Dorado Beach’s East Course.

Ken Looper of Mandeville, Louisiana shot 70 to join José Toledo of Guatemala City, Guatemala in a tie for second. Toledo held the outright lead for the first three days, but carded a 73 on the final day to miss on his chance of becoming the first wire-to-wire champion ever on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica.

“I'm just happy to get a win this year. It hasn’t been a great year and it’s a great way to end,” said Mazziotta about his first win in a season in which he collected four top-10s in 13 starts on Tour. The winner’s check for $36,000 helped him move up twenty spots, rising to sixth on the Order of Merit.

PGA Tour China - Capital Airlines – HNA Real Estate Championship

Zeyu He took a share of the lead after the first round of the Capital Airlines – HNA Real Estate Championship. Ranked only 45th on the Order of Merit when the week began and hoping to remain inside the top 50 to earn 2016 membership, He played steady golf all week, shot four under-par rounds at Hillview Golf Club—including a final-round 70—and did much more that maintain his Order of Merit Status. The 24-year-old defeated a hard-charging Rohan Blizard by two shots and countryman Zecheng Dou by three. Dou’s final-day performance allowed him to move from No. 6 on the Order of Merit to No. 4, giving him a 2016 Web.com Tour card.

He, a native of Guangdong, teed off in cool conditions, and the weather progressively improved as the day went on. He birdied his first hole then gave a shot back with a bogey at No. 3. It would be his final bogey of the day.

“I’m very excited at this moment. This is my first professional title. I’m very satisfied with my four rounds, especially leading from the first round until the end,” He said. “Of course, definitely, I wanted to win. I was thinking of winning this tournament. When the thoughts about winning came up, I just tried to put them out of my mind and focus on my game. When you look at my scorecard today, you can see it was very steady, very stable.”