GOLF ROUNDUP Toms ends long drought, despite a meltdown on 18

The 2001 PGA champion had a six-shot lead going into the hole.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- David Toms won for the first time in nearly 20 months, despite shooting a quadruple-bogey 8 on the final hole Sunday in the Wachovia Championship.
Toms, the 2001 PGA champion, finished with a 1-over 73 and raised his arms in mock triumph after turning the 18th hole at Quail Hollow into a mockery.
He drove right into the trees, left into a hazard just short of the creek, laid up short of the green, then took four putts to get down from 45 feet.
Toms didn't look anything like the guy who dominated a tough golf course, taking a five-shot lead into the final round and never letting anyone get closer than three strokes until the very end.
The bottom line was his 10-under 278, good enough for a two-stroke victory over Vijay Singh (68), Robert Gamez (70) and Brent Geiberger (69).
Gamez knew it was over when he three-putted for bogey on the par-5 10th, which dropped him five strokes behind.
LPGA
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- Rosie Jones shot a 2-under-par 70 to win Asahi Ryokuken International, ending a streak of 17 straight LPGA Tour victories by foreign-born players.
Jones, who led after each round at Mount Vintange Plantation Golf Club, finished at 15-under 273, three strokes ahead of Wendy Ward, who closed with a 70. Laura Diaz (73), Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (67) and rookie Lorena Ochoa (70) tied for third another shot back.
Jones is the first American to win on the LPGA Tour since Meg Mallon took the Canadian Women's Open in August. Two years ago, Jones ended a 10-tournament winless run by the Americans with a victory at the Kathy Ireland event in Texas.
The 43-year-old Jones won for the 13th time in her career and the first time since taking the Big Apple Classic in 2001.
Nichirei Cup
TOKYO -- Annika Sorenstam won her last tournament before facing the men in the PGA Tour's Colonial, closing with a 4-under 68 for a nine-stroke victory.
Sorenstam finished with a 13-under 275 total on the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club course. She has two victories in six events this season after winning 13 worldwide titles last year.
The Swede will play in the Colonial May 22-25 in Fort Worth, Texas, where she'll become the first woman to compete on the PGA Tour since Babe Zaharias in the 1945 Los Angeles Open.
Champions Tour
AUSTIN, Texas -- Hale Irwin recovered from a front-nine mental meltdown that included a ball tossed into a creek in anger and a whiff on a tap-in win the inaugural Kinko's Classic, his first title of the season, with a birdie on the second playoff hole with Tom Watson.
Irwin and Watson both shot 1-over 73 in the final round and finished at 8-under 208 after they both birdied the 18th hole of regulation, snapping what had been a four-way tie with Tom Kite and Bob Gilder.
Irwin and Watson both parred No. 18 on the first playoff hole. Then they headed back to the par-3 16th, the course's signature waterfall hole.
Watson's birdie attempt curled short about 2 inches out. Irwin then sank an 8-footer for the win.
Benson and Hedges
SUTTON COLDFIELD, England -- Paul Casey shot a 1-under-par 71 to win by four strokes at The Belfry.
The former Arizona State standout finished with an 11-under-par 277 after entering the day tied atop the leaderboard with Padraig Harrington and Stephen Scahill. Harrington had a tough day and finished second after closing with a 75.
Former British Open champion Paul Lawrie fired a hole in one with a 7-iron at the 174-yard No. 7, and his 69 gave him a share of third place with Scahill and Dutchman Rolf Muntz. Scahill finished with a 76 while Muntz posted a 72.