Browne ends win drought on PGA Tour

Despite failing to keep his PGA Tour card the last two years, Olin Browne never doubted he could still compete with the best players. Now he has a victory to show for it, closing with a 4-under 67 on Monday to win the Deutsche Bank Classic in Norton, Mass.

Browne emerged from a five-way tie for the lead to build a three-shot advantage on the back nine. And with Jason Bohn closing fast, he holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole to restore his cushion.

Bohn needed an eagle on the par-5 18th to force a playoff, but his fairway metal from the right rough sailed to the right of the green, and his chip never had a chance. Bohn settled for a birdie and a 68 to finish one shot behind.

"It's been so long," said Browne, who won for the first time since the 1999 Colonial. "I'm speechless."

Browne finished at 14-under 280 and earned $990,000, more than he had made in any of his 11 previous years on the PGA Tour. More importantly, it gave the 46-year-old Browne a two-year exemption on tour.

LPGA Tour

A week after making a double bogey on the final hole to finish two strokes behind Cristie Kerr in the Wendy's Championship for Children, Pat Hurst closed with a routine par to beat Kerr by three strokes in the LPGA State Farm Classic on Sunday in Springfield, Ill.

The 36-year-old Hurst finished with a 2-under 70 for her fourth LPGA Tour victory and first since 2000. She had a 17-under 271 total.

Kerr, the State Farm winner last year, shot a 69.

Natalie Gulbis shot a 68 to tie for third with Heather Bowie (68) at 13 under.

Champions Tour

Hale Irwin won for the first time since turning 60 in June, shooting a 4-under 68 on Sunday at Pebble Beach for a one-stroke victory over three players in the Champions Tour's First Tee Open in Pebble Beach, Calif.

Irwin, a three-time winner this year and the tour's career leader with 43 victories, had a 13-under 203 total. The three-time U.S. Open champion is the first player 60 or older to win since J.C. Snead in 2002.

Irwin made a 10-foot birdie putt on No. 17 and closed with a par to hold off 2004 winner Craig Stadler (67), Morris Hatalsky (67) and Gil Morgan (69). Stadler and Hatalsky missed birdie putts on the 18th hole.

European PGA Tour

Sergio Garcia won the European Masters on Sunday, closing with a 3-under 68 for a one-stroke victory over Sweden's Peter Gustafsson in Crans-Su-Sierre, Switzerland..

Garcia had a 14-under 270 total. Gustafsson finished with a 64.

England's Paul Casey (66) finished third, two strokes back.

Asian Tour

Retief Goosen shot an 8-under 64 for a six-stroke victory over U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell in the Asian Tour's China Masters in Beijing.

Goosen, who led wire to wire, had a 22-under 266 total.

-- From wire reports