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Sports briefly: Bernhard Langer wins PGA Tour Champions event

February 11, 2019 at 5:34AM
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Bernhard Langer barely left his neighborhood in winning the PGA Tour Champions Oasis Championship in Boca Raton, Fla.

Playing 10 minutes from his house and with daughter Jackie as caddie, Langer shot a 7-under 65 on Sunday for a five-stroke victory. He finished at a tournament-record 19-under 197 and earned $255,000, breaking Hale Irwin's tour record with $27,196,504.

"Winning at home is always extremely special, no doubt about it," Irwin said.

Langer's 39th victory on the 50-and-over circuit moved him within six of Irwin's tour record, and he won in his 13th consecutive season, extending his own record.

LPGA winner breaks new ground

• Celine Boutier of France won the ISPS Handa Vic Open for her first LPGA Tour title, shooting an even-par 72 for a two-stroke victory at 13th Beach Golf Links in Barwon Heads, Australia.

Women's tennis

Australia eliminates U.S. from Fed Cup

Australia beat the United States 3-2 in Asheville, N.C., and advanced to the semifinals of the Fed Cup, along with France, Belarus and Romania.

Ash Barty and Priscilla Hon beat Danielle Collins and Nicole Melichar 6-4, 7-5 in the deciding doubles.

Romania advanced by eliminating defending champ Czech Republic 3-2.

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AROUND THE HORN

Men's tennis: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4, 6-2 in an all-French final of the Open Sud de France in Montpellier, winning his 17th career title and denying his countryman a first.

Soccer: Host Manchester City handed Chelsea its worst loss in 28 years, winning 6-0 in a meeting of the past two Premier League champions. City regained the Premier League lead from Liverpool.

Snowboarding: Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand and American Chris Corning were crowned slopestyle world champions after the finals in Park City, Utah, were canceled because of wind. Corning's men's title was Team USA's fifth gold and 14th medal, both leading the field.

Figure skating: American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates captured their first major international title, winning at the Four Continents meet in Anaheim, Calif.

Baseball: With a team that wasn't supposed to be in the tournament, Panama beat Cuba 3-1 in Panama City to win the Caribbean Series. Panama was in the tournament for the first time since 1960 only because the Caribbean Professional Baseball Leagues moved the series out of Venezuela because of violence there.

Drag racing: Rain forced NHRA officials to postpone final eliminations in the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, Calif., until Monday.

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