Golf: Third time right at 18th for Bryson DeChambeau

Bryson DeChambeau follows his tee shot on the 18th hole during the final round of the Memorial golf tournament. Photo / AP

Bryson DeChambeau finally got it right on his third try at the 18th hole and won the Memorial in a playoff yesterday.

DeChambeau three-putted for bogey on the 18th for a 1-under 71 to get into a three-way playoff at Muirfield Village. He missed the green from the fairway on the 18th on the first extra hole and had to scramble for par. On his third try, he hit his approach to 12 feet behind the hole and made it for birdie to beat Byeong Hun An and win for the second time on the PGA Tour.

"I can't believe I did it," said DeChambeau.

Kyle Stanley ran off four straight birdies towards the end of his round until his final tee shot caromed off a tree and across the fairway into deep rough.

He made bogey for a 70 and still got into a playoff but was eliminated on the first extra hole when his approach from deep rough and the ball well above his feet squirted to the right, leading to a bogey. An closed with a 69.

Tiger Woods was never a serious factor. Starting five shots behind, Woods pulled to within three shots with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 fifth hole. But his chances effectively ended when he missed a 3-foot par putt on No 10.

• Ariya Jutanugarn lost a seven-shot lead on the back nine and then prevailed on the fourth hole of a playoff to win the US Women's Open at Shoal Creek, Alabama.

The 22-year-old Thai made a clutch bunker shot to within a foot of the hole to save par, beating South Korea's Hyo-Joo Kim, who shot a 5-under 67 in the final round to force the playoff.

Jutanugarn started the day with a four-shot lead over Australia's Sarah Jane Smith and looked like she might win easily after opening with a 4 under on the front nine to stretch her lead to seven shots.

But a triple bogey on No 10 cut the lead to four and seemed to shake her confidence. She still had a two-shot lead with two holes remaining but closed with back-to-back bogeys to fall into a playoff after shooting 73.

In the end, the excruciating collapse set up an emotional victory and her second major championship.

She also won the Women's British Open in 2016.

Jutanugarn nailed it on the fourth playoff hole, with a phenomenal shot from the bunker to a foot from the hole and an easy par.

Kim missed her putt for par and Jutanugarn tapped in for the win, turning towards her caddie and family for a happy, tearful embrace.

- AP