* Leishman wins maiden tour title
* Hoffman, Thatcher rue poor finishes
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By John Nestor
CROMWELL, Connecticut, June 24 (Reuters) – Australian Marc
Leishman faced a long and nervous wait on Sunday but ultimately
his sizzling final round eight-under-par 62 proved enough to
give him his maiden PGA Tour title at the Travelers
Championship.
Leishman finished the tournament at 14-under 266, a stroke
in front of 2010 Travelers winner Bubba Watson and Charley
Hoffman, who was left ruing a double-bogey, bogey finish that
dropped him from 16-under.
“It’s an incredible feeling, I didn’t think I would be in
this position when I started this morning,” Leishman said.
“This isn’t the way I thought I would pick up my first win,
but I’m not complaining. I’ll take a win any way I can get it.”
Roland Thatcher also had a disappointing finish when,
needing a birdie at the last to force a playoff, he hit his
approach from the fairway into a greenside bunker and finished
with a bogey.
Thatcher finished at 12-under in a tie for fourth with
Briton Brian Davis, South African Tim Clark and fellow American
John Rollins.
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