Novak and Coughlin win mixed team. A.J. Ewart among 5 players to earn PGA cards at Q-school

NAPLES Fla AP Andrew Novak made three straight birdies on the back nine and Lauren Coughlin finished off their -under in modified fourballs for a three-shot supremacy Sunday in the Grant Thornton Invitational the second association title this year for Novak They were challenged primarily by Chris Gotterup and Jennifer Kupcho until the par- th at Tiburon Golf Club Gotterup and Kupcho both missed the green in tough spots and had to work hard for par Novak and Coughlin were in the final group behind them and Novak poured in a -foot birdie putt that gave them a a two-shot lead going to the final hole Coughlin s birdie putt helped them set a tournament record at -under They finished three ahead of Gotterup and Kupcho Denny McCarthy and Nelly Korda and Michael Brennan and Charley Hull Novak also won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with Ben Griffin PGA Tour PONTE VEDRA BEACH Fla AP A J Ewart of Canada shot a -under on the Dye Valley program at TPC Sawgrass and was one of five players who earned PGA Tour cards through the -hole qualifying tournament Dylan Wu got the final card holing a -foot birdie putt on the first sudden-death playoff hole against Ben Silverman Wu made a -foot eagle putt on the th hole and shot Ewart finished at -under Adam Svensson of Canada Alejandro Tosti of Argentina and Marcel Rozo of Colombia tied for second and got the other three cards Rozo had a tough par on the final hole to avoid a playoff The next players and ties at Q-school have full Korn Ferry Tour cards for European tour and Sunshine Tour JOHANNESBURG AP Jayden Schaper ended a duel with defending champion Shaun Norris by hitting hybrid out of a fairway bunker to feet in a playoff and holing the eagle putt from just off the th green to win Alfred Dunhill Championship for his first European tour title Schaper a runner-up last week in the Nedbank Golf Challenge chipped in for birdie on the th hole and closed with a -under Norris shot in the final round to match him at -under Norris missed a -foot eagle attempt in the playoff that set the stage for Schaper The tournament was shortened to holes because of rain that washed out the third round on Saturday at Royal Johannesburg Club Other tours Marc Leishman birdied his final hole to salvage a -under to win the Victorian PGA Championship by one shot for his first title in his native Australia in years Bjorn Hellgren of Sweden holed a -foot birdie putt on the final hole for a -under for a one-shot triumph over Jack Thompson in the Saudi Open giving Hellgren his first Asian Tour title AP golf https apnews com hub golf Source