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Vaughan Wins Senior British

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The Associated Press

Published: July 28, 2008

TROON, Scotland - Bruce Vaughan won the Senior British Open on Sunday for his first career victory, sinking a 20-foot putt to beat John Cook on the first playoff hole.

Cook squandered a three-stroke lead after 10 holes at Royal Troon but still went to the 72nd leading Vaughan by one. Cook sent his tee shot right into the rough and then played his third shot well short of the green. He decided to putt, but left it 15 feet short for a bogey to finish with an even-par 71 and a 6-under 278.

Vaughan made a par for a 70 that forced the Americans back to No. 18 to begin the playoff, the championship's third in four years.

Vaughan pitched to the center of the green and sank his 20-footer. When Cook missed his putt from 12 feet, the former firefighter from Hutchinson, Kan., won his first tournament on the senior or regular PGA Tour. Vaughan also earned his biggest paycheck, $312,258.

PGA: Chez Reavie won the Canadian Open in Oakville, Ontario, for his first PGA Tour title, closing with a 1-under 70 in near-perfect conditions for a three-stroke victory against Billy Mayfair.

Reavie hit 44 of 56 fairways in regulation and 54 of 72 greens. The accurate play was a big factor, with the players allowed to use preferred lies in the fairways all four days.

Playing his sixth straight week on the tour, Reavie finished at 17-under 267. He earned $900,000 and spots the next two weeks in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational and PGA Championship.

Mayfair shot a 68. Sean O'Hair (68) and Steve Marino (70) tied for third at 13 under.

LPGA: Helen Alfredsson won her first LPGA title in five years, defeating rookie Na Yeon Choi in a playoff at the Evian Masters in Evian-les-Bains, France.

The 43-year-old Swede made a three-foot birdie in the third round of the playoff at the par-5 18th, while the 20-year-old Choi, of South Korea, parred the hole.

Alfredsson had a 67 in the final round, Choi shot a 66 and overnight leader Angela Park closed with a 71 as all finished at 15-under 273.

The 19-year-old Park was eliminated in the first round of the playoff at No. 18 when her birdie attempt rolled around the lip of the cup and stayed out.

PGA EUROPEAN: Mikael Lundberg won his second Russian Open title with birdies on two of the last three holes for a 68 and a two-stroke victory over Jose Manuel Lara. Lundberg finished at 21-under 267.

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