GOLF ROUNDUP

GOLF ROUNDUP
Sunday's events
EDS Byron Nelson Championship
IRVING, Texas -- Scott Verplank dropped into a squatting position and looked skyward, almost in disbelief -- and to say thanks. Finally, after so many tries, Verplank won the tournament he's always wanted to win. This victory at home was for the late Byron Nelson. "There's no question in my mind that the stars lined up and I got a little help from upstairs. I just haven't been playing that good," Verplank said. "I think Byron had a hand in this week." Verplank, who as a teenager growing up in Dallas got to know and play several rounds with Nelson, used three straight birdies and an incredible par save from a bunker at No. 17 to win the first tournament played without its namesake. When his final 2-foot par putt at No. 18 dropped Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Luke Donald, Verplank no longer had to hold his emotions. After initially dropping his head into his hands, he looked up with a smile on his face. Verplank closed with a 4-under-66 for a 13-under 267 total, a stroke ahead of Donald (68) for his fifth PGA Tour victory, his first since the 2001 Canadian Open. Phil Mickelson (65), Jerry Kelly (64), Rory Sabbatini (64) and Ian Poulter (66) tied for third at 10 under.
Corona Morelia Championship
MORELIA, Mexico -- Silvia Cavalleri became the first Italian winner in LPGA Tour history, closing with a 7-under 66 for a two-stroke victory over Lorena Ochoa and Julieta Granada. Cavalleri finished with a 20-under 272 total on the Tres Marias course and earned 195,000. She had seven birdies in her bogey-free final round in light rain. Ochoa, the 2006 winner playing her first tournament as the No. 1 player in the world, shot a 68. Granada, also second last year, also finished with a 68.
Henrico County Open
GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Nick Flanagan won his first Nationwide Tour title, beating Chris Baryla with a 2-foot birdie putt on the third hole of a playoff. Flanagan, the 2003 U.S. Amateur champion, shot a 2-under 70 to match Baryla (70), Bryn Parry (71) and Roland Thatcher (71) at 13-under 275 on The Dominion Club course. Parry was eliminated on the first extra hole, and Thatcher dropped out on the second. The 22-year-old Flanagan earned 81,000 to jump to eighth on the money list with 112,077. The top 25 at the end of the season will earn 2008 PGA Tour cards.
Associated Press
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