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SportsMay 29, 2007

Denis Watson took advantage of Eduardo Romero's late mistakes to win the Senior PGA Championship. The 51-year-old Watson, from Zimbabwe, edged Romero by two strokes to win his first U.S. title in 23 years. Watson closed with a 4-under 68 for a 9-under 279 total on The Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, S.C. Romero, who followed a bogey on the 13th hole with a double bogey on the par-3 14th, finished with a 72. Nick Price (71) finished third at 6 under...

Denis Watson took advantage of Eduardo Romero's late mistakes to win the Senior PGA Championship.

The 51-year-old Watson, from Zimbabwe, edged Romero by two strokes to win his first U.S. title in 23 years.

Watson closed with a 4-under 68 for a 9-under 279 total on The Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, S.C. Romero, who followed a bogey on the 13th hole with a double bogey on the par-3 14th, finished with a 72. Nick Price (71) finished third at 6 under.

PGA Tour

Rory Sabbatini won the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, beating Jim Furyk and Bernhard Langer with a 15-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff.

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It was the fourth career PGA Tour victory for Sabbatini, the South African who won the Nissan Open last year and earlier this season had consecutive top-three finishes at the Masters, the EDS Byron Nelson Championship and Wachovia.

After beginning the final round tied at 11 under, Sabbatini, Furyk and Langer closed with matching 3-under 67s.

LPGA Corning Classic

South Korea's Young Kim won the Corning Classic for her first LPGA Tour title, birdieing two of the final five holes for a three-stroke victory over Paula Creamer and Mi Hyun Kim in Corning, N.Y. Young Kim shot a 4-under 68 to finish at 20-under 268.

-- The Associated Press

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