Sorenstam wins Women's British Open

LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England -- Annika Sorenstam completed a career Grand Slam at the Women's British Open, beating Se Ri Pak by a stroke in a thrilling head-to-head showdown.

It's the second major title of 2003 for the Swede, who in May became the first woman in 58 years to play on the PGA Tour.

By closing her 2-under 70 with a par at the 18th, Sorenstam finished the tournament at 10-under 278 to end a bit of a jinx: She was the British Open runner-up in 1994, 1995 and 1999.

It was an impressive comeback, too. Sorenstam was four shots off the lead and tied for ninth place after two rounds.

Pak, the 2001 champion, helped Sorenstam with a bogey on the final hole after hitting her tee shot into a bunker. That left the South Korean with a final-round 72 and put her at 9 under overall.

PGA Tour

GRAND BLANC, Mich. -- Jim Furyk shot a 4-under-par 68 Sunday to win the Buick Open at 21 under, beating Tiger Woods by two strokes and preventing the world's No. 1 ranked player from repeating at Warwick Hills.

Furyk's last four PGA Tour victories have come at tournaments in which Woods was the defending champion. Furyk also wrested titles away from Woods at this year's U.S. Open, last year's Memorial and in the Mercedes Championship in 2001.

He's won twice in a year for the first time in his career, and will be looking for his first winning streak in two weeks at the PGA Championship. Furyk has been in the top 10 in 13 of 19 tournaments this year, already tying a career-best mark, with two victories plus a second- and a third-place finish.

Woods carded a 66 in the final round to finish at 19 under, tying for second place with Chris DiMarco, Geoff Ogilvy and Briny Baird. Woods had a chance to become the first repeat champion at the Buick Open since 1965.

Champions Tour

CONCORD, Mass. -- Allen Doyle shot 67 to coast to victory in the FleetBoston Classic, finishing at 15-under-par to win by three strokes for his first title this year on the Champions Tour.

Doyle opened the day with a two-stroke lead and gained ground with an eagle on the fifth hole. He picked up another stroke with a birdie on No. 8 and then parred the last 10 holes to win easily on the 6,591-yard, par-71 Nashawtuc Country Club course.

A native of Rhode Island who played high school hockey in Boston, Doyle waited out a 1-hour, 38-minute rain delay on the 16th hole to finish in front of hundreds of cheering friends and relatives and earn $225,000. Bruce Fleisher shot 66 Sunday, and Bob Gilder had a 68 to tie for second at 12-under. D.A. Weibring and Tom Purtzer were another shot back at 11 under.

European Tour

LODDEKOPINGE, Sweden -- Adam Scott of Australia closed with a 3-under 69 to win the Scandinavian Masters by two shots for his first title of 2003.

Scott finished at 11-under 277 on the Barseback course that will host next month's Solheim Cup.-- From wire reports