Sabbatini’s late birdie blitz too much for Davis in Byron Nelson

SOUTH AFRICA’S Rory Sabbatini withstood a late charge from Briton Brian Davis to clinch a two-stroke victory at the $6.5m (€4.6m) Byron Nelson Championship on Sunday.

Joint leader overnight, Sabbatini carded a six-under 64 at the Four Seasons TPC to finish with a tournament record 19-under-par 261 and $1,152,000 (€821,901) in prize money for his fifth PGA Tour victory.

“I wish I had been able to win it and look up and see Byron (Nelson) there at the 18th green,” the 33-year-old South African said afterwards, referring to the American golfing great who passed away in 2006.