Scott makes big splash in winning TPC

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Adam Scott was on the verge of going from champion to choke artist, his face awash in disbelief after pulling a 6-iron into the water on the final hole with a two-shot lead.

Scott couldn't help but think of his idol, Greg Norman.

Not because of the shot he had just hit, but the crucial chip he was about to play.

Relying on a short-game lesson he got from the Shark on the eve of The Players Championship, the 23-year-old Aussie made it pay off just in time Sunday, hitting a delicate pitch to 10 feet and making the bogey putt to become the youngest champion in golf's richest tournament.

"I probably would have lost the tournament if I was chipping the same way I did earlier in the week," Scott said. "I probably wouldn't have been standing on the last with a chip and a putt to win. I definitely did make the most out of that chipping lesson.

"I owe Greg a beer."

The 10-footer was true as soon as it left his putter, and Scott thrust his fist into the air twice, then threw his cap down in relief. He closed with a 2-under 70 and won $1.44 million from the $8 million purse.

"It's a roller coaster of emotion," Scott said. "I hit such a good chip. And once I knew the putt was pretty straight, I didn't let myself think about anything else but making the putt."

Padraig Harrington shot a 30 on the back nine of the TPC at Sawgrass, tying the nine-hole tournament record, and closed with a 66 that suddenly looked like it might be enough to get into a playoff.

He was on the practice range, getting details from his wife on the cell phone, listening to the crowd to determine if he would play another hole. The final cheer was among the loudest of the week.

"It sounded like it went in," Harrington said, a runner-up for the second straight year.

Scott finished at 12-under 276, and his perks include a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour and a three-year exemption to the Masters.

Kenny Perry and Phil Mickelson each closed with a 71, and Frank Lickliter had a 72 to tie for third at 280.

The other big winner Sunday was John Daly. Despite closing with an 80 to finish near the bottom of the pack, he got into the Masters by finishing in the top 10 on the PGA Tour money list.

LPGA TourRANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Grace Park calmly stroked in a 6-footer for birdie on the 18th hole to hold off 17-year-old Aree Song in the Kraft Nabisco Championship.

Park's putt came just moments after Song rolled in a 30-foot eagle putt to tie for the lead, pumping her fist in the air and shouting "Yes! Yes! Yes!"

Park backed off her putt twice, then knocked it in the center of the hole to win her first major title. She closed with a 3-under 69 for an 11-under 277 total.

Song shot a 70, and Karrie Webb (69) finished third, two strokes back. Fourteen-year-old Michelle Wie had a 71 to finish fourth, four strokes behind Park. Annika Sorenstam shot a 69 to tie for 13th at 3 under.

Nationwide TourBROUSSARD, La. -- Jimmy Walker moved within a victory of an in-season promotion to the PGA Tour, winning the Louisiana Open for his second Nationwide Tour win of the year.

Walker, also the winner of the season-opening Panama Championship, birdied the last three holes and four of the final five for a 7-under 65 and a one-stroke victory over Rick Price (68).

-- From wire reports