It's been seven years, so rusty Herron happy

Lorena Ochoa extended her impressive run with a two-stroke victory.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Tim Herron wanted to treat the final round of the Colonial as if he were a member playing a Sunday afternoon round.
While it looked exactly like that at times, the player affectionately known as "Lumpy" won on the PGA Tour for the first time in seven years. He beat Richard Johnson with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff, the first time since 1994 extra holes were needed at Hogan's Alley.
"This winning thing isn't that easy," Herron said after his winning 9 1/2-foot birdie putt on the 382-yard 17th hole.
It was Herron's first win since Bay Hill in 1999. He gets the winner's plaid jacket and $1.08 million -- more than what he got for his three previous wins combined.
Playoff holes
Herron (2-under 68) and Johnson (67), who ended regulation tied at 12-under 268, both had long drives on the first playoff hole and had to settle for two-putt pars. They then went to No. 17, where after similar drives Johnson's approach was 25 feet short of the hole.
Johnson had birdies on the same two par 4s to finish regulation. He trailed Herron by three strokes after three-putting the 188-yard 16th hole for a bogey. But Herron couldn't close it out, and had to scramble to stay in the lead.
"I thought I was out of it," Johnson said. "I had no idea what was going on behind me."
Rod Pampling, who won at Bay Hill in March and was in the final group with Herron, had his second straight even-par round since his career-best 63 Friday. He finished alone in third, two strokes back.
Stephen Ames (63), with an incredible comeback after faltering in the third round, and Ben Crane (64) tied for fourth at 271 with Brett Quigley (66), Arron Oberholser (67), Stewart Cink (68), Peter Lonard (70) and Nathan Green (70).
Hole story
Johnson was 10 under when he three-putted on No. 16, his third bogey in a round with six birdies.
A group behind, Herron was 13 under after a par at No. 15, where Pampling dropped out of a share of the lead with a double bogey.
Johnson hit his approach at No. 17 to 28 feet and made the birdie.
Herron then put his tee shot at No. 16 in the front greenside bunker, and blasted to 16 feet. But he was unable to save par and dropped to 12 under.
At No. 17, Herron hit his tee shot right and his approach left. While Johnson was making a 6-foot birdie on the closing hole, Herron saved par with a clutch 12-foot putt.
Herron missed the green again at No. 18, but chipped to 9 feet and saved par.
Sybase Classic
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Lorena Ochoa extended her impressive run with a two-stroke victory, the sixth straight tournament in which she has either won or been the runner-up.
The 24-year-old closed with 5-under 66 for a 5-under 208 total in the rain-shortened event. She earned $195,000 to retake the money lead with $1,114,888.
Ochoa, who won the Takefuji Classic in April and has four seconds and a fourth this season, started the final round four strokes off the lead.
The lead was hers for good when she made about a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-5 15th. She made par-saving putts on the next two holes and closed her fifth career win with a birdie on the par-5 18th just as rain began to fall.
Irish Open
MAYNOOTH, Ireland -- Darren Clarke was 2 under for eight holes Sunday to take a two-stroke lead in the suspended final round. Play was scheduled to resume today at Carton House.
Clarke was 6 under overall when play was suspended because of rain. Paul Casey, Ross Fisher and Peter Hedblom were 4 under.
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