GOLF ROUNDUP Goosen holds off charge by Singh to win Chrysler Championship
LPGA rookie Shi-hyun Ahn posted her first tour win in the CJ Nine Bridges Classic.
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PALM HARBOR, Fla. -- Retief Goosen made back-to-back birdies to hold off a final charge from Vijay Singh and win the Chrysler Championship on Sunday, making Singh wait one more week for a chance to win the PGA Tour money title.
Goosen closed with a 1-under 70 for a three-shot victory and became one of only five players to win a PGA Tour event in each of the last three years.
The week wasn't a total loss for Singh, who has won or finished second in his last four PGA Tour events.
The big Fijian closed with a 70 and was alone in second. He earned $518,400 to extend his lead on the money list to $768,494 over Tiger Woods with only the Tour Championship remaining next week in Houston.
Singh only has to finish in a three-way tie for third to end Woods' four-year reign atop the money list. Woods will have to win to have any chance of a record fifth straight title.
Goosen finished at 12-under 272 on the Copperhead course at Innisbrook and earned $864,000.
Chad Campbell (69) was tied for second until a triple bogey on the 18th dropped him into a tie for fourth with Tim Petrovic.
Briny Baird closed with a 72 and finished alone in third to make $326,400, moving into the top 30 on the money list and qualifying for his first Tour Championship.
LPGA
JEJU ISLAND, South Korea -- Rookie Shi-hyun Ahn won her first LPGA Tour title, shooting a 4-under 68 to capture the CJ Nine Bridges Classic.
Ahn, a 19-year-old South Korean competing in her first LPGA tournament, eagled the 18th hole and finished at 12-under 204. She was three strokes ahead of defending champion Se Ri Pak (68), Laura Davies (68), Grace Park (68) and Gloria Park.
Gloria Park, tied for 26th entering the final round, shot a 62 to break the course record. Pak shot a 65 last year and Ahn tied that mark Friday.
The victory allows Ahn to compete in most LPGA tournaments the next two years and bypass qualifying events. She is the second-youngest LPGA winner -- Marlene Hagge was 18 when she won the 1952 Sarasota Open.
Volvo Masters
SOTOGRANDE, Spain -- Fredrik Jacobson of Sweden won the Volvo Masters, beating Carlos Rodiles of Spain on the fourth playoff hole in near darkness to become the first wire-to-wire champion in the European tour's season-ending event.
Both players closed with 2-under-par 70s and finished regulation at 12-under 276 in a tournament that had been disrupted by rain.
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