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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Adam Scott made a 10-foot bogey
putt to win The Players Championship, making the 23-year-old
Australian the youngest champion of golf's richest tournament.

Scott turned a command performance into a comedy on the
treacherous 18th hole at Sawgrass. From the middle of the fairway,
with a two-shot lead, he pulled his approach into the water and
looked as if he had thrown it all away.

Needing to make bogey to avoid a playoff with Padraig
Harrington, Scott finished off a 2-under 70 with a putt that was
true from the time it left his blade.

Scott finished at 12-under 276, earned $1.44 million from the $8
million purse, and received a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour
and a three-year pass to the Masters.

Harrington (66) tied the back-nine record with a 30, including a
birdie-birdie-eagle stretch. Kenny Perry (71), Phil Mickelson (71)
and Frank Lickliter (72) tied for third at 8 under

The other big winner Sunday was John Daly. Despite closing with
an 80, he got into the Masters by finishing in the top 10 on the
PGA Tour money list. Tiger Woods was all over the map, closing with
a 73 to tie for 16th at 3 under.<
^Kraft Nabisco Championship=

RANCHO 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.<
^Louisiana Open=

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

The former Baylor player, 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).

Walker finished at 16-under 272, and earned $85,500 to top the
money list with $193,756. The top 20 on the money list at the end
of the season will earn 2005 PGA Tour cards.<
^Madeira Island Open=

SANTO DA SERRA, Madeira Islands -- Sweden's Christopher
Hanell won his first European tour title, shooting a 1-under 71 for
a one-stroke victory in the Madeira Island Open.

Hanell had a 4-under 284 total. American Rob Rashell (73),
Sweden's Steven Jeppesen (76) and Australia's Brad Kennedy (71)
tied for second.

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