Roberts claims Champions win

He birdied the final hole to beat Don Pooley in the season opener.
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KAUPULEHU, Hawaii -- Loren Roberts made a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a course-record 11-under 61 and a one-stroke victory over Don Pooley on Sunday in the Champions Tour's season-opening MasterCard Championship.
The 50-year-old Roberts had a 25-under 191 total on the Hualalai course to shatter the Champions Tour record for relation to par in a 54-hole event and also finished with 26 birdies to break another tour record for a three-round tournament.
Roberts topped the tour mark of 22 under set by Ed Dougherty in the 2001 TD Waterhouse Championship. Roberts and Pooley (25) both broke the previous record for birdies in a 54-hole hole event of 24, set by Raymond Floyd (1994) and matched by Hale Irwin (1995), Dougherty (2001) and Gil Morgan earlier Sunday.
Roberts' 11-under 61 broke the course record of 62 that Morgan set about a half-hour before Roberts finished.
Pooley, who began the round with a three-stroke lead over Roberts, made a 15-foot birdie putt on No. 18 for a 65. Jay Haas and D.A. Weibring shot 63s to tie for third at 22 under, and Morgan and Tom Watson (64) tied for fifth at 20 under.
Roberts, an eight-time winner on the PGA Tour, won for the second time in seven career starts on the 50-and-over tour. He won The Tradition last August in Oregon for his first senior victory and first major victory.
Roberts, who earned $287,000, had nine birdies and an eagle Sunday for the lowest round of his professional career. He played the back nine in 7-under 29, eagling the par-5 10th and birdieing Nos. 12-14, 16 and 18.
Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
PALM DESERT, Calif. -- Chad Campbell shot a scrambling 71 to outlast Scott Verplank and Jesper Parnevik and win the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.
Campbell's 1-under closing round put him at 25-under 335, three shots in front of Verplank and 2000 Hope champion Parnevik.
Verplank, one stroke off Campbell's lead to start the day, had a 73 and Parnevik made a charge with a 67 during a round when gusty wind made the new Classic Course at Northstar tricky at times.
John Huston finished fourth with a 68 and 339 total. Former Hope winners Phil Mickelson (71) and Mike Weir (70) tied for fifth with John Senden (73) at 19 under.
Women's World Cup
SUN CITY, South Africa -- Annika Sorenstam eagled the par-5 14th hole and offset a poor round by teammate Liselotte Neumann to lead Sweden to a three-stroke victory over Scotland in the Women's World Cup.
The Swedes finished at 7-under 281 on the Gary Player Country Club, with Sorenstam closing with a 70 and Neumann shooting a 77. They opened with a best-ball 65 on Friday and shot a 69 in alternate-shot play Saturday.
Catriona Matthew shot a 69, and Janice Moodie had a 72 for Scotland.
Wales, with Becky Brewerton and Becky Morgan shooting 74s, finished third at even par. Americans Paula Creamer and Natalie Gulbis shot 73s to finish fourth at 1 over.
Abu Dhabi Golf Championship
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- Chris DiMarco won the European tour's Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, closing with a 5-under 67 for a one-stroke victory over third-round leader Henrik Stenson.
DiMarco finished at 20-under 268 for his first victory since the PGA Tour's 2002 Phoenix Open. Stenson shot a 69.
Sergio Garcia (66) finished third, two strokes back. Vijay Singh (70) tied for eighth, nine strokes behind the leader.