Franco wins second time at Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE -- Carlos Franco won for the second time in Milwaukee, shooting a 3-under-par 67 to win the U.S. Bank Championship.

Franco's 13-under 267 bested Fred Funk (66) and Brett Quigley (69) by two strokes each on a cool, breezy day at Brown Deer Park.

Patrick Sheehan (70), Billy Andrade (67) and Olin Browne (67) finished three shots back, tied for fourth place.

Franco is the seventh two-time winner in Milwaukee. He began the final round tied with Quigley and Sheehan.

Franco has four career wins, the other two coming in New Orleans. His first-place share of the $3.5 million purse was $630,000, his largest career paycheck.

When Franco first won here in 1999, the tournament was called the Greater Milwaukee Open.

Senior British Open

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland -- Club pro Peter Oakley shot a 2-under 70 on Sunday to fend off Tom Kite and Eduardo Romero and win the Senior British Open at Portrush, Northern Ireland, his first Champions Tour title.

Oakley, the pro at The Rookery in Rehoboth Beach, Del., who had to qualify for the tournament, chipped out of a greenside bunker and rolled in an 10-foot par putt on the 18th at Royal Portrush to win the major championship by one stroke.

His only other tournament victory came at the PGA Club Professional Championship in 1999.

Oakley shot a 4-under 284 over the four days and won $295,000 -- almost 12 times his previous best.

In eight previous Champions Tour tournaments, Oakley's best finishes came at the 1999 U.S. Senior Open and the 2002 Senior PGA Championship. He finished tied for 32nd at both.

Tom Kite shot a 69 and Eduardo Romero a 67 to tie for second at 3 under.

European PGA Tour

Brett Rumford of Australia fired a 5-under 67 for a four-shot victory in at the Irish Open in Grogheda, Ireland.

Irishman Padraig Harrington and Raphael Jacquelin of France also shot 67s and shared second place, four shots behind. Overnight leader Peter Lonard was another shot behind after closing with a 73.

Rumford finished with a 14-under 274 for his second win on the European Tour, earning him $382,000.

"I can tell you I'm really burning inside," he said. "There's no feeling like this."

The Perth native, who will be 27 on Tuesday, birdied the second, third and fourth holes to pass Lonard on the leaderboard.

-- From wire reports