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Sacramento's Cameron Champ earns first PGA Tour victory

Cameron Champ birdied five of the last six holes to win the Sanderson Farms Championship, recovering for his first PGA Tour victory after giving up a four-shot lead Sunday.
Credit: Matt Sullivan
JACKSON, MS - OCTOBER 28: Cameron Champ reacts after making birdie on the 15th green during the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship on October 28, 2018 in Jackson, Mississippi. (PHOTO: Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Cameron Champ birdied five of the last six holes to win the Sanderson Farms Championship, recovering for his first PGA Tour victory after giving up a four-shot lead Sunday.

The 23-year-old Champ won in his ninth career tour start, closing with a 4-under 68 for a four-stroke victory. He finished at 21-under 267 in the wire-to-wire victory at the Country Club of Jackson.

Champ began the day four shots ahead, but played the front nine in 1 over to fall into a tie. Corey Conners pulled even on No. 9 with a 13-foot birdie putt, but Champ pulled away on the back nine with four straight birdies on Nos. 13-16. Conners had a 68 to finish second.

Carlos Ortiz (64) and Sam Burns (68) were six shots back.

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