Horschel wins again at Wentworth and Ko extends her LPGA hot streak. Ripper wins LIV team title

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Billy Horschel became the first American to win the BMW PGA Championship twice when he holed an eagle to beat four-time major winner Rory McIlroy in a playoff on Sunday.

Horschel showed no sign of nerves when he sank a long putt from near the edge of the 18th green on the second playoff hole. Horschel and McIlroy each closed with a 5-under 67 and were joined at 20-under 268 by Thriston Lawrence, who had a 65.

Lawrence was eliminated on the first extra hole with a bogey on the par-5 18th.

Horschel won at Virginia Water three years ago. Arnold Palmer, in 1975, was the only other American winner of the flagship event on the European tour.

Matteo Manassero, who started the final round with a three-shot lead, closed with a 73 and tied for fourth. McIlroy was runner-up for the third time since winning at Wentworth in 2014. He also was runner-up last week in the Irish Open.

MAINEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Lydia Ko turned a two-shot deficit into a five-shot victory Sunday with a 9-under 63 to win the Kroger Queen City Championship for her third LPGA Tour title of the season.

Ko won for the third time in her last four starts, which includes her Olympic gold medal that gave the 27-year-old from New Zealand enough points for the LPGA Hall of Fame. It also includes another major in the Women’s British Open, this one at St. Andrews.

Jeeno Thitikul, who had a two-shot lead after eight holes, made birdie on the par-5 18th for a 70 to finish alone in second. Haeran Ryu (67) finished third.

Ko, who finished at 23-under 265, now has 22 career LPGA victories. It was the fifth time she has at least three wins in the same season on the LPGA, her biggest year coming with five wins when she was 18 and reached No. 1 in the world.

CARROLTON, Texas (AP) — Cameron Smith and Lucas Herbert delivered clutch putts late in the round Sunday to lead Australia-based Ripper to its first team title in the LIV Golf League.

Herbert, who looked as though he might have cost his team with a double bogey and a bogey on two of the par 5s at Maridoe Golf Club, responded with four birdies over his last five holes, the final putt a 12-footer for birdie for a 69.

Smith hit a 60-yard pitch to 12 feet and holed the birdie putt on the 17th to give Ripper the lead for good, and then drilled his tee shot down the middle on the 18th that effectively sealed the win. He shot 68. Matt Jones birdied two of his last three holes following a double bogey. He had a 70, along with Marc Leishman.

Ripper finished at 11-under 277, three shots ahead of 4Aces and Iron Heads.

Ripper won $14 million, with each player getting $1.4 million and the rest going to the team management.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Paul Broadhurst finished off his second PGA Tour Champions victory of the year with a few nervous moments Sunday, closing with an even-par 72 at Pebble Beach for a three-shot victory in the Pure Insurance Championship.

Broadhurst was staked to a five-shot lead going into the final round and expanded that to as many as six shots. But the lead shrunk to two shots when Alex Cejka shot a 64, and the Englishman held his nerve to the end.

Broadhurst, who finished at 14-under 202, got up-and-down for a tough par on the par-3 17th that kept his lead at two shots playing the final hole.

Broadhurst, a 59-year-old from England, has two senior majors among his seven career PGA Tour Champions titles. He moved up to No. 8 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Frankie Capan III closed with a 1-under 70 and won the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship by two shots on Sunday for his first Korn Ferry Tour title.

Capan already is assured of finishing in the top 30 on the Korn Ferry Tour points list to get a PGA Tour card for the 2025.

He won by two over Carter Jenkins (67), William Mouw (69) and Thomas Rosenmueller of Germany (70). All but Jenkins are assured of getting PGA Tour cards. Jenkins moved up to No. 37 in the points list with one tournament remaining.

The top 75 advance to the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Championship in two weeks.

Dan McCarthy had a closing 69 to tie for seventh, while Rick Lamb, Cole Hammer, Jacob Solomon and Davis Shore joined him in moving inside the top 75 to at least give themselves one last chance.

Kensei Hirata closed with a 7-under 65 for a three-shot victory in the Panasonic Open for his fourth Japan Golf Tour title this year. At 23, he became the third-youngest player with four wins in a Japan Golf Tour season behind Ryo Ishikawa (18) and Hideki Matsuyama (21). ... Jenny Bae closed with a 1-over 73 and held on for a one-shot victory over Therese Warner and Lauren Stephenson in the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout on the Epson Tour. ... Helen Briem of Germany closed with a 6-under 66 for a two-shot victory over Pauline Roussin-Bouchard of France in La Sella Open on the Ladies European Tour. ... John Parry won the Italian Challenge Open with a 3-under 68 to win by one shot over Justin Walters. Parry won for the third time this year on the Challenge Tour and earned an instant promotion to the European tour. ... Yurav Premlall rallied from a four-shot deficit with a 6-under 66 for a one-shot victory over Martin Vorster in the Vodacom Origins of Golf-Sishen on the Sunshine Tour in South Africa. ... Yuka Yasuda shot 2-under 34 for a three-shot victory in the Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Ladies Open. The Japan LPGA event was shortened to nine holes in the final round and a 27-hole tournament because of rain. ... Jeongmin Moon closed with a 4-under 68 for a two-shot victory in the Daebo Haus D Open on the Korea LPGA. ... Van Phillips shot 4-under 68 and won a three-man playoff over Adilson da Silva and Phillip Archer to win his first Legends Tour event in the Winston Golf Senior Open in Germany.

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Lucas Herbert, of Ripper GC, hits from the 12th tee during the final round of LIV Golf Team Championship Dallas at Maridoe Golf Club, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Carrollton, Texas. (Katelyn Mulcahy/LIV Golf via AP)

Lydia Ko, of New Zealand, poses for photos with the trophy and a golf ball after winning the LPGA Kroger Queen City Championship golf tournament at TPC River's Bend in Maineville, Ohio, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Billy Horschel of the U.S. displays the trophy following day four of the PGA Championship at Wentworth Golf Club in Virginia Water, England, Sunday Sept. 22, 2024. (Zac Goodwin/PA via AP)

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox tied the post-1900 MLB record of 120 losses by the 1962 expansion New York Mets on Sunday when the San Diego Padres won 4-2 by rallying for three runs in the eighth inning, capped by Fernando Tatis Jr.'s towering home run.

The White Sox (36-120) had taken a 2-1 lead on home runs by Korey Lee and Miguel Vargas off Yu Darvish, but that lead quickly disappeared in the eighth.

This defeat came a day after the White Sox tied the American League record of 119 losses set by the 2003 Detroit Tigers.

The 1899 Cleveland Spiders hold the major league record for losses at 20-134.

Interim manager Grady Sizemore didn’t address the team afterward.

“No loss is good,” he said. “It’s not something that we’re focused on. I think everyone outside this clubhouse is more obsessed with it than us. The way we spin is to put this one behind us and get ready for the series back home.”

With one more loss in their final six games, the White Sox will hold the modern-day record outright. They finish with three at home against the Los Angeles Angels beginning Tuesday night and finish with three at Detroit, which is in the AL wild-card hunt.

“I guess when you lose 120 it’s easier to brush it off, but it (stinks) to go through it, but that’s where we’re at,” veteran Andrew Benintendi said.

The Padres (90-66) clinched their first 90-win season since 2010, when they finished 90-72 but missed the postseason thanks to a brutal September collapse.

The Padres reduced their magic number to one for clinching their third postseason berth since 2020.

The Padres control their own destiny going into a three-game series at the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers starting Tuesday night, but would have to win out to clinch the division title. While the Dodgers have a three-game lead over the Padres, San Diego owns the tiebreaker. San Diego has a three-game lead over Arizona for the NL's top wild card. The Padres finish with three games at Arizona next weekend.

Some in the sellout crowd of 45,197 began chanting “Beat L.A.!” as the Padres players and staff saluted the fans after the final home regular-season game. San Diego set the franchise attendance record of 3,314,593 in 80 games.

“We're never out and that's probably since the first week that we played baseball this year,” Tatis said. “What we have been doing over here is really special. We have the talent to go all the way. But it's time to take care of business one day at a time.”

The Padres tied it at 2 when Donovan Solano and pinch-hitter Luis Arraez hit consecutive doubles opening the eighth against Fraser Ellard (2-3). Arraez advanced on a wild pitch and scored the go-ahead run on Jurickson Profar’s sacrifice fly.

Tatis then drove a towering shot into the left field stands, his 20th homer of the season.

“It felt amazing. It felt like I showed it that way after I hit it,” said Tatis, who had an exuberant trot after the 389-foot blast, including stutter-stepping into third base.

White Sox rookie Sean Burke held the Padres to one run and two hits in six innings in just his third big league appearance and second start. He struck out eight and walked one.

“Burke threw a hell of a game,” Benintendi said. “They’ve got a lot of good bats up and down that lineup, guys that have played a long time and once they get the lead with that bullpen, it seems like its pretty much over at this point."

Lee, who grew up in northern San Diego County, hit a line shot homer to left with one out in the third, his 11th.

Profar tied it when he hit an opposite-field shot to left with one out in the bottom of the inning. It was his 24th, extending his career-best.

The White Sox jumped back ahead on Vargas’ homer to left-center with one out in the sixth, his fifth.

Darvish became the first Japanese-born player to reach 2,000 career strikeouts when he fanned Jacob Amaya in the third. With nine strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings on Sunday, he pushed his 12-season MLB total to (2003). He walked nine while allowing two runs and three hits.

Robert Suarez, who has struggled lately, pitched the ninth for his 34th save.

UP NEXT

White Sox: RHP Jonathan Cannon (4-10, 4.61 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game home series against the Los Angeles Angels, who will go with RHP Jack Kochanowicz (2-5, 4.56).

Padres: RHP Michael King (12-9, 3.04) is set to start Tuesday night’s opener of a three-game series at the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Chicago White Sox' Lenyn Sosa walks back to the dugout after striking out against the San Diego Padres in the second inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Derrick Tuskan)

Chicago White Sox bench coach Doug Sisson, right, looks on from the dugout during a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Derrick Tuskan)

San Diego Padres' Jackson Merrill reacts after flying out to right field in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Derrick Tuskan)

Chicago White Sox third baseman Miguel Vargas cannot catch a pop fly hit by San Diego Padres' Jackson Merrill in the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Derrick Tuskan)