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Golf roundup: Monday qualifier Doug Barron beats Fred Couples at En Joie

The Associated Press

PGA Tour Champions: Doug Barron became the 13th Monday qualifier to win a PGA Tour Champions event, holing two 15-foot birdie putts after a rain delay to beat Fred Couples by two strokes in the Dick's Sporting Goods Open.

Making his second senior start after turning 50 last month, Barron closed with a 6-under 66 at at En Joie Golf Club to finish the wire-to-wire victory at 17-under 199. With Couples in the clubhouse after a 63, Barron returned from the rain delay to hole the first 15-footer on the par-4 15th to break a tie for the lead, then doubled the advantage with the second one on the par-3 17th.

The 59-year-old Couples was back at En Joie for the first time in 24 years. He won the PGA Tour's 1991 B.C. Open at the course.

Barron is the first open qualifier to win since Willie Wood in the 2012 event at En Joie, and the first to win wire-to-wire. After tying for fifth in the Senior British Open in his Champions debut, Barron got into the field Monday with a 66 at The Links at Hiawatha Landing.

Barron was winless on the PGA Tour in 238 starts, playing the defunct B.C. Open seven times at En-Joie. In 2009, three years after losing his PGA Tour card, Barron became the first player to be suspended by the tour for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. He was suspended for one year.

Woody Austin was third at 13 under after a 67.

Korn Ferry Tour Finals: Scottie Scheffler won the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, closing with a 4-under 67 for a two-stroke victory in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals opener.

Scheffler finished at 12-under 272 on Ohio State University Golf Club's Scarlet Course. The former University of Texas player won the Evans Scholars Invitational in May and finished third on the Korn Ferry Tour's regular-season money list to earn a PGA Tour card for next season. Scheffler earned $180,000.

Brendon Todd (67), Beau Hossler (68) and Ben Taylor (68) tied for second. Defending champion Robert Streb (66) and Brandon Hagy (71) followed at 9 under.

The players who have yet to earn PGA Tour cards are fighting for 25 spots based on their finishes in the four-event Finals standings.

U.S. Amateur: Andy Ogletree won the U.S. Amateur Sunday, rallying to beat John Augenstein 2 and 1.

Ogletree was 4 down early in the morning round of the 36-hole final at Pinehurst's renovated No. 4, but won four of the final seven holes on the No. 2 course to claim the championship matchup of 21-year-old college seniors.

The Mississippian became the third Georgia Tech player to win the U.S. Amateur, joining Matt Kuchar and Bobby Jones.

He ended it on the 17th, sticking his tee shot on the par-3 hole on the green and two-putting for par. Augenstein four-putted for a double bogey. Augenstein, from Kentucky, was the first Vanderbilt player to reach the final since Luke List in 2004.

European Tour: Belgium's Thomas Pieters became the first two-time winner in Czech Masters history, shooting a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over Adri Arnaus of Spain.

Pieters finished at 19-under 269 at Albatross Golf Resort for his fourth European Tour victory. He also win in 2015 at Albatross.