Twenty-seven-year-old left-hander Brian Harman claimed his maiden victory on the PGA Tour at the John Deere Classic, saving some of his best golf for the final nine as he battled – and untimately defeated – local favorite Zach Johnson by one.  After sharing the first round lead with an eight-under-par 63, Harman added a Friday 68 and a Saturday 65 (which included two eagles) to claim the 54-hole lead, one shot ahead of three-time John Deere champion Steve Stricker.  But while the 47-year-old Sticker uncharacteristically stumbled to a Sunday 72, Johnson – the event’s 2012 champion and also twice a runner-up – mounted a charge, ultimately carding seven birdies and posting a bogey-free 64 to finish on 21-under-par 263.  Also in the Sunday mix were Tim Clark and Scott Brown, both of whom turned in 32 to jump into contention before coming home in 35 and 36 respectively and falling into ties for 5th.  Harman, meanwhile, solidified his position early with an eagle at the par-5 2nd before eventually turning in 33.  A birdie at 10 kept him in narrowly in front before a run of three straight birdies at holes 14-16 opened up a two shot cushion, allowing him to safely bogey the pond-guarded 18th to clinch the title.  In addition to a two-year exemption and a trip to the 2015 Masters, Harman also earned a spot into next week’s British Open at Hoylake, the final berth in the world’s oldest event………………Apparently fully recovered from the shoulder tendinitis which delayed the start of his 2014 season, England’s Justin Rose won his second consecutive event at the Aberdeen Asset Mangement Scottish Open, edging Sweden’s Kristoffer Broberg by two at Royal Aberdeen.  Hot on the heels of his PGA Tour victory at the Quicken Loans National two weeks earlier, Rose opened with rounds of 69-68 to trail a trio of halfway leaders by one, then carded a Saturday 66 to join Marc Warren atop the 54-hole leaderboard at 10-under-par 203.  Looking every bit the class of the strong pre-British Open field, Rose then birdied four of his first six holes on Sunday to take command, eventually turning in 31, then motoring smoothly home in 34 for a closing 65 – a performance which left the remainder of the contenders bobbing in his wake. Indeed, more hotly contested was the battle for the final three places in the British open field which took place behind Rose.  With Warren’s place at Hoylake already secured, the first beneficiary was the 27-year-old Broberg, who’d opened with a Thursday 65, then hung around the lead admirably enough to nail down second.  The remaining two spots went to England’s Tyrrell Hatton (T4) and Scotland’s Scott Jamieson (T8) – though with nine of the 10 finishers immediately behind them already headed to Hoylake, their biggest challenge was actually to finish within the top 10, a stipulation for receiving their Open berths.