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Johnson Earns 1st PGA Tour Victory

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The Associated Press

Published: July 21, 2008

MILWAUKEE - Richard S. Johnson birdied three of his last four holes to shoot a 6-under-par 64 Sunday and win the U.S. Bank Championship for his first PGA Tour victory.

Johnson finished at 16-under 264 on the 6,759-yard Brown Deer Park Golf Course. He is the sixth golfer from Sweden to win on tour and seventh first-time winner this year.

Johnson, the first-round leader after shooting a 63, sank a birdie putt of about 12 feet on the par-4 17th hole to break a tie with Ken Duke at 14 under. He then birdied the par-5 18th from less than 2 feet.

He needed that final birdie to win because Duke, playing in his threesome, also birdied the last hole. Duke shot 65 to finish second at 15 under.
Dean Wilson (65), Chad Campbell (65) and Chris Riley (66) tied for third at 13 under.

LPGA: Ji Young Oh won the LPGA State Farm Classic in Springfield, Ill., making a birdie on the first playoff hole to beat Yani Tseng.

Oh chipped from the rough within 6 inches of the pin on the par-4 18th hole at Panther Creek Country Club. She then tapped in for the victory.

Tseng entered Sunday in first place. She bogeyed the 18th hole at the end of regulation and bogeyed the hole again in the playoff. Oh and Tseng entered regulation at 18 under par.

CHAMPIONS: R.W. Eaks was the runaway winner in the 3M Championship in Blaine, Minn., posting the lowest score in the tournament's 16-year history.

Eaks shot a 7-under 65 in the final round to finish with a 54-hole total of 193, four shots better than Ed Dougherty's finish in 2000. Gary Hallberg and Bernhard Langer tied for second at 17-under 199.

Eaks, who had one top 10 finish in 14 previous events he completed this year, led by as many as six on the front nine.

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