WORLD CUP GOLF Japan takes home big prize

The top-seeded American team of Phil Mickelson and David Toms was runnerup.
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) -- Shigeki Maruyama pumped his fist and hugged his partner when it became evident Japan had won the World Cup for the first time in 45 years.
Maruyama expects a much bigger celebration when he and Toshimitsu Izawa get home.
"I'll be going back soon, and if I find out that it's not publicized big, then I'm not going to speak to them," Maruyama said Sunday when asked what kind of reaction he expected in his homeland.
Prize, prestige
Maruyama and Izawa won $1 million and earned some international prestige with their two-shot victory over the top-seeded American team of Phil Mickelson and David Toms, the Nos. 2 and 6 ranked players in the world, the tournament that has two rounds each of best ball and alternate shots.
"The format is different, but I'm sure that it showed that Japan can play a little better golf now," Maruyama said.
The Americans played mistake-free golf for three rounds and 17 holes. But one bad shot on the event's final hole cost them.
Toms' second shot on the par-4 18th landed in the rocky hazard next to the green and the Americans made double bogey, their first bogey of the tournament.
The final hole left the Americans shaking their heads.
"We played good," Toms said. "Didn't make a bogey all week and then finished with double bogey on the last hole. I hit a difficult shot but, at the same time, just a bad shot."
Japan shot a final round 6-under par 66 and finished the event at 36-under par. The United States team finished at 34-under, including a final round 65.
Mickelson and Toms put themselves in position to win by shooting a 15-under-par 57 Saturday in the best-ball format and continued their solid play until Sunday's final hole.
"The last hole certainly was a disappointing way for us to finish, given that we fought so hard yesterday and today to get back in the tournament," Mickelson said.
South Korea, which shot a final round 66, and England, which shot 68, tied for third at 30-under. Defending champion South Africa shot 71 and finished at 29-under. The final round was played in alternate shot format.
Mickelson and Toms, who started the day three shots back of Maruyama and Izawa, came to the par-4 18th with a one-shot lead. Mickelson hit his tee shot into the rough, slightly behind a tree. Toms then pulled a 6-iron left of the green. The ball skipped along the edge of the green before rolling into a rock-filled hazard.
"I was trying to keep the face open so I wouldn't go left, but I hit a bad shot," Toms said.
"Looking back, I should have hit a sand wedge over the tree, but I just didn't think the shot through."
Playing in the group behind the Americans, Maruyama rolled in a birdie putt at the par-3 17th to tie the United States at 36-under.
Mickelson takes drop
After taking several minutes to decide what to do, Mickelson took a drop. His fourth shot ran about 15 feet past the pin and Toms' putt for bogey slid by the right side of the hole.
Maruyama said it wasn't until he and Izawa were walking down the 18th fairway that they found out about the Americans' miscue.
Maruyama then hit a great approach shot on the 18th, leaving Izawa a 2-foot putt for par.