Canadian Mike Weir won for the first time since early in the 2004 season, shooting a 2-under 68 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Australia's Mark Hensby in the Fry's Electronics Open.
Weir secured the win with a 6-foot par putt after hitting his approach on the par-4 18th into a greenside bunker.
The 2003 Masters champion took the lead with a birdie on the par-4 15th, rolling a chip shot to a foot, then held off Hensby over the final three holes on a warm, blustery day on Grayhawk's Raptor Course in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Weir finished at 14-under 266 for his eighth PGA Tour victory, and first since the 2004 Nissan Open, a span of 87 starts.
Hensby closed with a 69. Billy Mayfair, a Scottsdale resident and Arizona State product, shot a 68 to finish third at 10 under.
LPGA Tour
Norwegian star Suzann Pettersen won the Hana Bank KOLON Championship when high wind and unplayable conditions on the stressed putting surfaces forced tournament officials to call off the final round in Gyongju, South Korea.
Pettersen opened with a 3-under 69 on Friday and shot a 72 on Saturday in cold and windy conditions to take the lead at 3 under. She won her fourth LPGA Tour title of the year and became the first non-South Korean winner in the six-year history of the event.
The course was deemed unplayable after days of high wind on the greens that were already severely stressed by more than 20 inches of rain.
Champions Tour
John Cook won his first Champions Tour title in his second start on the 50-and-over circuit, closing with a 6-under 65 for a two-stroke victory over Mark O'Meara in the AT&T Championship in San Antonio.
Cook, an 11-time PGA Tour winner who turned 50 on Oct. 2, began the round two strokes behind O'Meara and Tom Kite, and he trailed by three shots after a bogey on the par-4 third hole at Oak Hills Country Club. But Cook birdied the next two holes, and added five more birdies on Nos. 9, 10, 11, 15 and 16 to finish at 15-under 198.
O'Meara, another Champions Tour rookie, shot a 69.
-- The Associated Press
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