Romero wins seniors' final major of year in playoff

Eduardo Romero knocked in a 2-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole against Lonnie Nielsen to win The Tradition in Aloha, Ore., the final major this season on the Champions Tour.

Romero almost eagled the first playoff hole, leaving his 19-foot putt just short on No. 18. Nielsen bogeyed the hole.

The shot of the day was by Bruce Summerhays, who had a hole-in-one on the par-3 No. 11. He hit a 5-iron from 185 yards into the hole.

PGA Tour

Will MacKenzie made a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole to close out at 1-under 71 and won the Reno-Tahoe Open in Reno, Nev., to pick up his first PGA Tour victory by one stroke over veteran Bob Estes.

MacKenzie led by three strokes with five holes to go and was ahead by one before he bogeyed the par-5 17th. Estes could have taken the lead there, but missed a 20-foot birdie attempt and missed another on the 18th from about 16 feet. He shot an even-par 72 in the final round.

MacKenzie, a 31-year-old former door-to-door hammock salesman in his second year on tour, finished at 20-under 268.

LPGA Tour

Lorena Ochoa won a head-to-head duel with Jee Young Lee, pulling away with two consecutive birdies to shoot a 7-under 65 and win the Wendy's Championship for Children in Dublin, Ohio, by three shots.

Ochoa and Lee, playing in the same group, were tied at 22 under through 12 holes. But Ochoa birdied the next two holes for a two-stroke lead and was never threatened again as she parred out to finish at 24-under 264.

The victory was the 24-year-old's third of the season on the LPGA Tour. She also has five seconds, a third, two fourths and a fifth-place finish in 18 starts.

-- The Associated Press