GOLF ROUNDUP \ Sunday’s other events
Canadian Women’s Open
EDMONTON, Alberta — Lorena Ochoa won her second straight victory and fifth of the season, closing with a 2-under 69 for a three-stroke victory over Paula Creamer. Ochoa, coming off her first major victory two weeks ago in the Women’s British Open at St. Andrews, had a 16-under 268 total on the Royal Mayfair course. She earned $337,500 to raise her tour-leading total to $2,636,590. Creamer finished with a 68. Shi Hyun Ahn (66) was third at 10 under, and Brittany Lang (67) and Laura Diaz (72) followed at 9 under. Alena Sharp was the top Canadian, closing with a 69 to tie for 10th — the Hamilton, Ontario, player’s highest tour finish — at 6 under.
The Tradition
SUNRIVER, Ore. — Mark McNulty won The Tradition for his first Champions Tour major, shooting a 4-under 68 for a five-stroke victory over David Edwards. McNulty double-bogeyed the 18th hole at Crosswater Golf Club to finish at 16-under 272. He earned $390,000 for his sixth career victory on the 50-and-over tour. Edwards, tied for the lead with McNulty after the third round, had a 73 to finish at 11 under. D.A. Weibring was 10 under after a 72.
Xerox Classic
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Australia’s Nick Flanagan won his third Nationwide Tour title of the year to earn an immediate promotion to the PGA Tour, closing with a 7-under 63 to beat James Driscoll by a stroke in the Xerox Classic. The 23-year-old Flanagan, the 2002 U.S. Amateur champion, made a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th to finish at 10-under 270 on the Irondequoit Country Club course. He began the round seven strokes behind Driscoll (71). Flanagan also won the Henrico County Open and BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs in consecutive starts in April and May.
Scandinavian Masters
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Finland’s Mikko Ilonen won by two shots when Germany’s Martin Kaymer double-bogeyed the final hole. Ilonen birdied the last hole at the Arlandastad course, closing with a 2-under 68 to finish at 6-under 274. He also won the European tour’s Indonesia Open in February. Kaymer (73) tied for second with Frenchmen Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (68) and Christian Cevaer (69), England’s Nick Dougherty (70) and Sweden’s Peter Hedblom (69).
Associated Press