GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Davis Love III's long victory drought is over. Tiger Woods will have to wait a little longer to get another chance.
Love won the Wyndham Championship on Sunday to become the third-oldest winner ever on the PGA Tour, while Woods' season came to an abrupt end.
Love, 51, closed with a 6-under 64 for a one-stroke victory over Jason Gore.
"Any victory now is going to be really sweet when you're over 50," Love said.
The mere presence of Woods, who needed a victory to earn a spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs opener next week, was the dominant storyline all week at Sedgefield Country Club.
He was poised to challenge Sunday, starting two strokes off the lead. But he only had one birdie during his first 10 holes, dropping way off the pace with a triple bogey on the par-4 11th. Woods shot a 70, finished four strokes back and ended at No. 178 in the standings, well outside the cut-off of 125.
"I gave myself a chance, and I had all the opportunity in the world today to do it," Woods said. "I didn't get it done."
Love -- who started at No. 186 and finished at 76th -- played himself into The Barclays by earning 500 FedEx Cup points and $972,000 in prize money.
At 51 years, 4 months, 10 days, Love trails only Sam Snead and Art Wall on the tour's age list. Snead won the last of his eight Greensboro titles at Sedgefield in 1965 at 52 years, 10 months, 8 days, and Wall took the 1975 Greater Milwaukee Open at 51 years, 7 months, 10 days.
Love has 21 career victories, three in Greensboro. His previous two victories came across town at Forest Oaks in 1992 and 2006, and he had one victory since then -- at the 2008 Children's Miracle Network Classic in Florida.
"To have your name thrown out there with Sam Snead at any point is incredible," Love said. "For some reason, this tournament has been good to guys in my age group."
Love finished at 17-under 263. Gore, the third-round leader, shot a 69. Scott Brown (68), Charl Schwartzel (66) and Paul Casey (67) were two strokes behind Love.
Love, who was four strokes back after three rounds, started with four birdies and an eagle on Nos. 2-6. He moved to 17 under with an eagle on the par-5 15th -- the first of his career during a competitive round on that hole.
He closed with three consecutive pars, walked off the 18th green with a two-stroke lead over Brown and Gore, and headed to the range to hit a few shots and rest up for a possible playoff.
Brown pulled within one stroke of Love with a birdie on 15, and Gore made things even more interesting with an eagle on that hole.
Neither got any closer.
Woods was far from the only player who needed to play well at Sedgefield to advance to next week. Defending champion Camilo Villegas finished at 10 under -- good enough to move him from No. 129 to No. 123 and put him in The Barclays.
But Scott Langley, who arrived at No. 126 on the points list, dropped a spot after bogeys on four of his final six holes.
Austin Cook (Jonesboro, Arkansas Razorbacks) finished in a tie for 43rd place Sunday at 7 under. He earned $18,360 but did not qualify for the Barclays.
Bryce Molder (Conway) shot a 1-over 71, good enough for a tie for 59th place at 3 under and $11,826. He dropped from 88th to 92nd in the FedEx standings but qualified for next week.
David Lingmerth (Arkansas Razorbacks) did not play this week, but only dropped one place to 21st in the standings.
Ken Duke (Arkadelphia, Henderson State) missed the weekend cut, but managed to make the 125-man Barclays field as he sits in 117th place.
CHAMPIONS TOUR
Andrade hangs on
SNOQUALMIE, Wash. -- Billy Andrade won the Boeing Classic on Sunday for his second Champions Tour victory and first in an individual event, overcoming trouble early in the final round for a one-stroke victory.
Andrade closed with a 1-over 73 to finish at 9-under 207 at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. He opened with rounds of 69 and 65 to take a three-stroke lead into the final round.
Andrade, 51, teamed with Joe Duran to win the Legends of Golf in April for his first Champions Tour title. Andrade won four times on the PGA Tour.
WEB.COM
Kizzire closes strong
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Money leader Patton Kizzire won the News Sentinel Open on Sunday for his second Web.com Tour title of the season.
Kizzire closed with his second consecutive 7-under 64 to finish at 20-under 264 at Fox Den, four strokes ahead of South Korea's Si Woo Kim and Canada's Brad Fritsch.
Tag Ridings (Arkansas Razorbacks) had his fourth consecutive sub-70 round Sunday, shooting a 2-under 69 to finish 14 under and to win $14,300. Sebastian Cappelen (Razorbacks) and Zack Fischer (Little Rock) tied for 42nd at 6 under and won $1,827 apiece.
PGA EUROPEAN
Horsey stumbles, wins
AALBORG, Denmark -- David Horsey overcame a late stumble to win Made in Denmark by two shots on Sunday despite a 2-over 73 in the final round.
The Englishman, who led from the first round, bogeyed the 14th and 16th holes but finished with two pars for a 13-under total of 271. Four players tied for second, including Kristoffer Broberg of Sweden who surged up the leaderboard with a course-record 62.
U.S. AMATEUR
DeChambeau sweeps
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. -- SMU senior Bryson DeChambeau won the U.S. Amateur on Sunday to become the fifth player to win the tournament and NCAA individual title in the same year.
DeChambeau, from Clovis, Calif., beat Virginia junior Derek Bard of New Hartford, N.Y., 7 and 6 in the 36-hole final at Olympia Fields.
Jack Nicklaus (1961), Phil Mickelson (1990), Tiger Woods (1996) and Ryan Moore (2004) are the only other players to sweep the NCAA and Amateur titles in a season.
Sports on 08/24/2015