ON THE LINKS | Results of Sunday’s pro golf events

HSBC CHAMPIONS

SHANGHAI

Hideki Matsuyama of Japan never gave anyone a chance Sunday, closing with a 6-under 66 to win the HSBC Champions and become the first Asian winner in the 18 years of the World Golf Championships. It was only fitting that Matsuyama won the WGC billed as “Asia’s major.” The 24-year-old Matsuyama hit his second shot into the water on the par-5 18th hole and still finished with a par, holing an 18-foot putt. That gave him a seven-shot victory over British Open champion Henrik Stenson (65) and Daniel Berger (69). It was the largest margin of victory at the HSBC Champions, and the largest in a WGC since Tiger Woods won by seven in the 2013 Bridgestone Invitational. Starting the final round with a three-shot lead, Matsuyama hit his approach into 4 feet for birdie and was on his way.

SIME DARBY LPGA MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

Shanshan Feng won the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia to cap a string of high finishes that started with an Olympic bronze medal. The 27-year-old Chinese star beat Suzann Pettersen by three strokes at TPC Kuala Lumpur, shooting a 4-under 67 after finishing off a third-round 64 in the morning. Feng won the tournament for the second time to push her LPGA Tour victory total to five, ending a drought that stretched to her 2014 win in Kuala Lumpur. She has finished no worse than a tie for fourth in her last six events. After Rio, she tied for fourth at Evian in France, then opened the Asia Swing in China with a fourth-place tie at Reignwood, was second in Taiwan and tied for third in South Korea.

POWERSHARES QQQ CHAMPIONSHIP

THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF.

Tom Pernice Jr. won the first playoff event in PGA Tour Champions history, beating Colin Montgomerie by a stroke at Sherwood in the PowerShares QQQ Championship. The 57-year-old Tom Pernice Jr. closed with a 2-under 70, breaking a tie for the lead with Montgomerie with an 8-foot birdie putt on the par-4 14th and adding a 15-footer on the par-3 15th. Pernice bogeyed the par-3 17th and two-putted for par from 15 feet on the par-4 18th. The former UCLA player won for the fifth time on the 50-and-over tour, ending a drought that stretched to the 2014 Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

SANDERSON FARMS CHAMPIONSHIP

JACKSON, MISS.

Cody Gribble won the Sanderson Farms Championship for his first PGA Tour title, closing with a 7-under 65 for a four-stroke victory. The 26-year-old rookie started the day a stroke behind playing partners Chris Kirk and Luke List. Gribble had two birdies on the front nine to stay in contention, then ran off birdies on Nos. 11, 13, 15, 16 and 17 to turn a tight tournament into a blowout. He finished at 20-under 268.

WALGREENS CHARITY CHAMPIONSHIP

DELRAY BEACH, FLA.

Juli Inkster won The Legends Tour’s season-ending Walgreens Charity Championship on Sunday, closing with a 4-under 64 for a four-stroke victory over Pat Hurst. The 56-year-old Inkster finished at 5-under 139 at Seagate Country Club. She was three senior victories after winning 31 times in her Hall of Fame career on the LPGA Tour. Hurst also shot a 68.

Associated Press