David Toms off to good start, wins Sony

He finished at 19-under 261, one shot off the 72-hole record at Waialae.
HONOLULU (AP) -- David Toms' heart is just fine, and it sure wasn't under much stress at the Sony Open.
With two quick birdies to seize control, Toms surged past Chad Campbell and never gave anyone else much hope Sunday at warm and breezy Waialae Country Club, closing with a 5-under 65 for a five-shot victory over Campbell and Rory Sabbatini.
It was the 12th victory of his career, and the first since Toms was taken off the course on a stretcher at the 84 Lumber Classic four months ago with his heart racing at 170 beats per minute. He had surgery to fix the problem in November, and answered any questions about his health with a dominant victory.
In control
He was in total control of all aspects of his game, leading by four shots at the turn and never letting anyone get closer the rest of the way on a spectacular day along the shores of the Pacific Ocean.
It started with a course-record 61 on Saturday that allowed him to keep pace with Campbell, and with a tap-in birdie on the opening hole, he never let up. Toms finished at 19-under 261, one shot off the 72-hole record at Waialae, and earned $918,000 to get his year off to a great start.
Campbell was coming off a 62, but didn't make a birdie until the 17th hole and shot 72. Sabbatini was the only player to make a move, such as it was, on the back nine. A par on the easy 18th still gave him a 62.
David Duval took a step forward on his road to recovery with a bogey-free 63, his best score in nearly three years.
Toms wasn't sure what to make of his future in September when his heart raced out of control between nines in the first round of the 84 Lumber Classic, and he was rushed to a Pittsburgh hospital, briefly listed in critical condition.
He was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia, an electrical problem with the heart. Calmed by medicine that made him sluggish, he played the Presidents Cup and finished out the year at the Tour Championship, then had surgery in November at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and proclaimed himself healthy.
This answered any lingering questions.
No race, just runaway
What was supposed to be a two-man race at Waialae turned into a runaway.
The roles were reversed from Saturday, when Campbell was firing off birdies and Toms was doing his best simply to keep up with him. From the opening shot, Toms had the advantage. And while Campbell did remarkably well to stay within range, including three straight par saves from the bunker, the Texan didn't have enough game.
Weather conditions again were ideal.
So was Toms' game.
It started with an approach to inside a foot on the opening hole for a birdie and a one-shot lead, and he stretched that to two shots with a 25-foot birdie putt on the third.
Campbell, tugging at his shirt sleeve before every shot, was hanging on by a thread. From a deep bunker right of the third green, he blasted out to 6 feet and saved par. In another bunker with not much green between sand and the hole, he ran it 8 feet by and made that one. And on the sixth hole, he nearly holed a long bunker shot.
But his grit ran out at No. 8 -- from yet another bunker -- when a good shot from a tough lie left him 8 feet, but the bending putt stayed out to the right. And when Campbell failed to birdie the par-5 ninth, it was a race for second.
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