Golf:Sweden's Fredrik Jacobson finished one stroke ahead of Ryan Moore and John Rollins at the Travelers Championship to claim his maiden win on the PGA Tour. The 36-year-old shot 66 in his final round to reach 20 under with just one bogey in his 72 holes in Cromwell, Connecticut and take the title.
Beginning the day one ahead at 16 under after a third-round 63, Jacobson moved further clear with birdies at two and six. He added a third at the ninth and remained in sight of becoming the first PGA Tour winner to go through the tournament bogey-free since Lee Trevino in the 1974 Greater New Orleans Open.
That record came to a halt with a bogey at the 10th, but he pressed on and gained further shots at the 12th and 14th. That left him on top of the pile after Moore missed a short putt at the last which would have earned him a play-off.
Having targeted 20 under as a winning score following his third-round 64, Moore needed just a closing par to hit his target but found bunkers with his first two shots and failed to get up and down.
"Any time you shoot 63 in the final round (there's) not a whole lot to complain about," Moore said. "That 18th hole is going to sting a little bit. I really hit my first bad putt of the day. It was just a pretty simple left-centre putt and I pushed it right in the middle of the hole and it just topped out that left side.
"I could be certainly frustrated right now, but I just shot 64-63. Really it was my second round that cost me this tournament. I shot even par."
Rollins made four successive birdies from the 11th to move into contention, but a birdie at 18 was not quite enough for him to catch Jacobson, who produced an exemplary display of driving throughout.
"I was hitting so many fairways," said the Gothenburg native, who finished 14th in last week's US Open at Congressional. "It started clicking the end of last week. The last two days I struck the ball the best I ever have at the US Open."
Michael Thompson was fourth on his own at 18 under after a stunning eight-under-par final round of 62. An opening bogey failed to deter the American, who bounced back at the third and sixth and made seven birdies in his final 10 holes but left his run just too late to challenge Jacobson.
Amateur Patrick Cantlay had taken the headlines in the early part of the week after a second-round course-record 60 left him four shots ahead. He finished 72-70 to slip back to 11 under and a share of 24th place but said: "I just learned what it's like to have a week on the PGA Tour, make the cut and compete with all the guys."
