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Trahan's Sunday Surge Nets Victory

The Associated Press

Published: January 21, 2008

PALM DESERT, Calif. - D.J. Trahan charged from four shots behind with a sparkling 7-under 65 Sunday to overtake the faltering Justin Leonard and win the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

Leonard stumbled after the turn and finished with a 72 that left him three shots back in second. One shot behind heading into the final hole, Leonard hit into the water on 18 at the Classic Club and took a bogey 6.

Trahan birdied the last hole to finish the 90-hole tournament at 26-under 334 for his biggest payday, $918,000, and the right to play in this year's Masters.

Kenny Perry, the 1995 Hope champion, and 22-year-old Anthony Kim, who played high school golf in nearby La Quinta, shot 69s to tie for third at 338.

CHAMPIONS: Fred Funk won the tour's season-opening MasterCard Championship in Kaupulehu-Kona, Hawaii, birdieing the final two holes for a 7-under 65 and a two-stroke victory against Allen Doyle.

The 51-year-old Funk, coming off a 10th-place tie last week in the PGA Tour's Sony Open, finished with a 21-under 195 for his third Champions victory in 14 starts and his second title in Hawaii in two years. Doyle had a 68.

WOMEN'S WORLD CUP: The Philippines' Jennifer Rosales and Dorothy Delasin won the Women's World Cup of Golf in Sun City, South Africa, shooting a 7-under 65 in better-ball play for a two-stroke victory against South Korea's Ji-Yai Shin and Eun-Hee Ji.

Rosales and Delasin had an 18-under 198 on the Gary Player Country Club course. Shin and Ji closed with a 67. Americans Juli Inkster and Pat Hurst shot a 67 to tied for 10th, 10 strokes back at 8 under.

PGA EUROPEAN: Germany's Martin Kaymer won the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for his first European tour victory, closing with a 2-over 74 for a four-stroke victory over Lee Westwood and Henrik Stenson.

The 23-year-old Kaymer had a 15-under 273 total. Westwood finished with a 70, and Stenson shot a 71.

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