Gulbis wins first LPGA Tour title

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France - Natalie Gulbis finally earned her first LPGA Tour title, getting a birdie on the first hole of a playoff against South Korea's Jang Jeong to win the Evian Masters on Sunday.

Jang and the 24-year-old American finished the fourth round tied at 4-under 284. Gulbis had a final round 70, and Jang birdied the last hole to finish with a 72. Jang, the 2005 Women's British Open champion, birdied three of the last four holes to tie Gulbis.

At the first extra hole, the 18th, Jang missed the green with her second shot, but Gulbis did not.

Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa (68) was one shot behind and tied for third place with Juli Inkster (75) of the United States and Shin Ji-yai (72) of South Korea. Michelle Wie finished tied for 69th place with a 16-over 304, after a final round 76.

Inkster, the leader by two shots after the first three rounds, had three bogeys in the last five holes and three-putted the par-5 18th after reaching the green in two.

Sophie Gustafson was in contention at 4 under until she dropped shots at the 17th and 18th. At the last hole, the Swede hit her second shot into the water hazard guarding the green and finished with 2-under 286.

PGA Tour

MARKHAM, Ontario - Jim Furyk defended his Canadian Open title, taking the lead with a hole-in-one on the 209-yard fourth hole and finishing with a 7-under 64 for a one-stroke victory over Vijay Singh.

Furyk had a 16-under 268 total on Angus Glen's links-style North Course. He earned $900,000 for his 13th PGA Tour victory and first since last September in Ancaster. Three strokes behind Singh after the third round, Furyk birdied two of the first three holes - holing a 35-foot putt on the par-5 first and a 9-footer on the par-4 third - before moving ahead at 13 under with his third career ace.

Singh, the 2004 winner at Glen Abbey in a playoff with Canadian star Mike Weir, shot a 68. Ryan Palmer and George McNeill closed with 66s to tie for third at 13 under, and Bob Heintz (67) and Hunter Mahan (67) followed at 12 under.

Champions Tour

GULLANE, Scotland - Tom Watson survived a double bogey at the last hole to win his third Senior British Open in five years. He finished with a final-round 73 for a one-stroke victory over Mark O'Meara (72) and Stewart Ginn (75).

Watson, who also won two Masters titles and one U.S. Open, captured his fifth senior major with an even par total of 284 to earn $324,531 for the victory.

Ginn, who won the Senior Players Championship on the Champions Tour five years ago for his only major, went into the final round leading by one at 3 under, but Watson wiped that out with a short birdie putt at the third. Both players birdied the fifth to move at least four ahead of the rest of the field and the final round appeared to be a race between the two as O'Meara failed to make up ground at 1 over.

Defending champion Roberts finished in a tie for fourth after an even par 71 gave him a 4-over 288. Playing his debut tournament as a senior, Nick Faldo finished with a share of 14th at Muirfield having tied for the lead after the opening round. A final-round 75 gave him an 8-over total of 292 although he almost finished birdie-birdie.

Nationwide Tour

OMAHA, Neb. - Roland Thatcher shot a final-round 6-under 65 for a one-stroke victory over Jason Day at the Cox Classic.

Thatcher had four rounds in the 60s to pick up his second Nationwide Tour victory of the season. Day, a 19-year-old Australian, had a final-round 63.

After entering the final round three strokes behind, Day had birdies on three of his first six holes to join Thatcher in the lead at 16 under.

Day made his first mistake when he had a bogey on the par-4 11th hole.

Thatcher had a bogey at the par-3 12th hole, as his two-shot lead fell to one.

Day made a 25-foot putt for birdie on the last hole to pull within one again.

Thatcher two-putted for birdie on No. 17 and then parred the last hole for the win.