EDMOND, Okla. -- Jay Haas won the Senior PGA Championship
for his first major title Sunday, beating Brad Bryant on the third
hole of a playoff for his third straight Champions Tour victory.
Bryant, who caught Haas with an eagle at No. 16, missed a short
par putt on the pair's third trip to the par-4 18th.
Both drove into the fairway but Haas' second shot ended in a
bunker. He popped onto the green from there, but Bryant was in
better position after chipping onto the back fringe and pushing a
long putt close to the cup.
Haas stepped up first and dropped his putt. Bryant missed to the
left.
Haas closed with a 3-under 68 to match Bryant (71) at 5 under.
The 52-year-old Haas has five Champions Tour victories and also won
nine times on the PGA Tour.
Third-round leader Gil Morgan, who shot a 74 on his home course
at Oak Tree Golf Club, finished two strokes behind in third place.<
^St. Jude Classic=
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Jeff Maggert won the St. Jude Classic for
his third PGA Tour title, closing with a 5-under 65 for a
three-stroke victory over Tom Pernice Jr.
The 42-year-old Maggert, who began the round three strokes back,
finished at 9-under 271 on the TPC at Southwind. He sealed his
first victory since the 1999 WGC-Accenture Match Play by rolling in
a 36-foot eagle putt on the par-5 16th.
Pernice, who started Sunday tied with Tim Herron for the lead,
shot a 71. John Cook, who won here at 26 under in 1996, closed with
a 71 to tie for third with Kris Cox (72) at 4 under. Herron, trying
to join Phil Mickelson as the only players to win consecutive
tournaments on the tour this year, had a pair of double bogeys and
finished with a 77 to fall into a tie for 16th at even-par 280.<
^LPGA Corning Classic=
CORNING, N.Y. -- Hee-Won Han parred the fourth hole of a
sudden-death playoff with Meena Lee to win the LPGA Corning
Classic.
It was Han's first win of the year and fifth overall, and three
have come in six playoffs. Lee, who finished second here for the
second straight year, lost it when her second shot at the par-4
eighth bounced badly away from the green.
With Han safely on the green in two and staring at par, Lee
played an aggressive third shot that bounced twice and nearly hit
the flag before rolling several feet past. When she missed the putt
coming back and settled for bogey, Han simply two-putted to win the
fourth playoff in Corning's 28-year history.
Han closed with a 4-under 68 to match Lee (66) at 15-under 273.<
^BMW Championship=
VIRGINIA WATER, England -- England's David Howell won the
BMW Championship, closing with a 3-under 69 for a five-stroke
victory over countryman Simon Khan.
Howell, who finished at 17-under 271, will jump from 17th to
10th in the new world ranking, his first appearance in the top 10.
The 30-year-old Howell beat Tiger Woods to win the HSBC Champions
tournament in Shanghai, China, last November.
Khan closed with a 68 on the Ernie Els-remodeled Wentworth
course.