Playing against a somewhat light field in the week before a West Coast U.S. Open, 36-year-old Argentine veteran Fabian Gomez broke through for his maiden vicory on the PGA Tour, cruising home to a three-shot triumph at the FedEx St Jude Classic, in Memphis.  Gomez, who began the week ranked 288th in the world, opened with rounds of 66-68 to trail halfway leader Brooks Koepka by three before carding six birdies en route to a Saturday 67 which left him tied atop the board with England’s Greg Owen.  A similarly long shot, Owen had begun the week ranked 342nd, but opened with a bogey-free 64, then backed it up with rounds of 70-67 to find himself in Sunday’s final pairing.  But the 43-year-old Owen could do no better than a 70 on Sunday, and with few of the pair’s nearest pursuers mounting charges of their own, Gomez was left to move methodically away from the field as he turned in 34, then added birdies at the 11th, 16th and 18th to card a closing 66 and a relatively easy victory.  Owen held on for second while notable among those tying for third was Phil Mickelson, who recorded eight birdies during a Sunday 65 in his final tune-up prio to Chambers Bay............Twenty-seven-year-old Englishman Chris Wood began the final round of the Lyoness Open five shots behind a hot Gregory Bourdy but by day’s end, he found himself standing in the European Tour’s winner’s circle for the second time.  Of course, one generally needs a bit of help to overcome that sort of Sunday margin and in this regard, the 32-year-old Bourdy was most obliging.  Of course, he’d begun the week in the strongest of form, opening with rounds of 65-67-69 to stand two ahead of Rafael Cabrera-Bello and five up on Wood, and he even began the final round by birdieing the 506-yard opener.  But a double-bogey immediately followed at the 202-yard 2nd and it was all downhill from there, with five more bogeys piled onto to the card for a closing 78, and a tie for sixth.  This might well have cleared the stage for Cabrera-Bello, who initially played steady golf before stumbling with three straight bogeys through the turn; he eventually posted a 72 and took solo second.  All of which provided the 6’5” Wood with an opportunity, and he duly pounced on it, birdieing three of his first six holes to turn in 33, then carding clutch birdies at the 15th and 16th to pull away to a two-shot victory............In the first of two Japan Tour events played on mainland Asia, South Korean Kyung-Tae Kim recorded his first victory since 2012 by capturing the Thailand Open in Chonburi, 35 miles outside of Bangkok.  Kim began the week with a less-than-inspiring 71 (which left him six shots behind countryman Hyung-Sung Kim’s lead) but rebounded strongly on Friday with a 64, good enough to tie homestanding Hazz Jannewattanond for the halfway lead.  Australian Josh Younger then carded a 64 of his own on Saturday to move one ahead of Kim (who shot 67) through 54 holes, but when Younger slipped to a 73 on Sunday, the event boiled down to a two-horse race between Kim and another South Korean, Jeung-Hun Wang.  Wang launched himself into contention by turning in 30 before eventually birdieing the par 3 16th to catch Kim on 19 under par.  Kim then responded with clutch birdie at the par-4 17th, then added another at the 433-yard closer – which, combined with Wang’s closing bogey, made the margin of victory two.