Jordan Spieth cruises to four-shot victory at Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Jordan Spieth kept it simple Sunday and won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for the ninth PGA Tour title of his young career.

Spieth started with a six-shot lead and no one got closer than three all day. He putted for birdie on all but one hole and closed with a two-under 70 for a four-shot victory over former U.S. Amateur champion Kelly Kraft, who shot 67.

U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson shot 68 to finish third.

The scenery was as spectacular as it gets on the Monterey Peninsula. The final round was on the dull side, and that was just fine with Spieth.

“Played a lot of boring golf today,” Spieth said, “which was exactly what we needed.”

It was his first 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour since the Masters, where he lost a five-shot lead on the back nine at Augusta National. The 23-year-old Texan ran off 14 straight pars until a 30-foot birdie on the par-three 17th. That allowed for an easy walk up the 18th with a four-shot lead.

Spieth’s only other birdie was on the par-five second when he two-putted from 12 feet. He finished at 19-under 268.

“This is a bucket-list place to win — here, Augusta National, St. Andrews, there’s only a few in the world. It feels really special. It was amazing walking up the 18th green knowing that we were going to win. It’s just such a unique position. I tried to soak in.”

Two-time Pebble Beach winner Brandt Snedeker, playing in the final group with Spieth, managed three birdies through six holes to get within four shots. But he narrowly missed birdie chances on the fifth and seventh holes, and he fell back with a bogey on the ninth. Snedeker closed with nine straight pars for a 70 to finish fourth.

McCarron wins Allianz Championship

Scott McCarron eagled the par-five 18th hole to win the Allianz Championship in Boca Raton, Fla., for his third PGA Champions Tour victory in his last 17 starts.

The 51-year-old McCarron hit a six-iron shot from 178 yards to within eight feet to set up the eagle, his second of the day. He closed with a five-under 67 for a one-stroke victory over Kenny Perry and Carlos Franco.

McCarron finished at 17-under 199 on The Old Course at Broken Sound. He opened with consecutive 66s to take a share of the lead into the final round.

The former UCLA player won the Principal Charity Classic in June in Iowa for his first senior title, and took the Dominion Charity Classic in November in Virginia. He won three times on the PGA Tour.

Franco shot a 65, and Perry had a 66, with each making birdie on 18.

Zanotti rallies late to win Maybank Championship

Paraguay’s Fabrizio Zanotti closed birdie-eagle for a nine-under 63 and a one-stroke victory in the Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Zanotti made a 15-foot eagle putt on the par-five 18th to finish at 19-under 269 at Saujana Golf and Country Club. American David Lipsky was second after a 67.

The tournament was sanctioned by the European and Asian tours.