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OAKVILLE, Ontario (AP) – Nathan Green won the Canadian Open on Monday for his first PGA Tour victory, beating Retief Goosen with a par on the second hole of a playoff in the rain-delayed tournament.

After Green missed a 12-foot birdie attempt on the par-4 17th, Goosen’s 8-foot par try slid right, ending the first Monday finish in the national championship since 1988.

“It’s a huge surprise to finally win,” said Green, the 34-year-old former Canadian Tour player from Toronto — Toronto, Australia, that is. “This is where I started my pro career. I love coming up here. The people are great.”

In sunny conditions, Green completed a third-round 69 with an eagle on 18 and shot a 68 in the fourth round at saturated Glen Abbey. Goosen three-putted the 18th for par in his morning 67, then eagled the closing hole in the afternoon for a 69.

“It’s been bizarre. A long week,” Green said a few minutes before another round of hard rain pelted the roof in the media tent.

Goosen had a putt to win on 18 on the first extra hole, but missed

http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/9856676/Green-gets-first-PGA-Tour-win-in-Canadian-playoff

Excerpt from Personal MD

THE ABCD’s OF SKIN CANCER

Learn your ABCD’s. Examine spots on your skin for these characteristics. See a dermatologist if any are true for you.

A) Asymmetry: One half of a mole does not match the other half.

B) Border irregularity: The edges of a mole are ragged or notched.

C) Color: The color over a mole is not the same. There may be differing shades of tan, brown or black, and sometimes patches of red, blue or white.

D) Diameter: A mole is wider than 6 millimeters (about one-fourth inch).

Use a mirror and a hand mirror to examine all of your skin. Or find a partner and examine each other.

Have a skin check annually by your health-care provider. The American Cancer Society recommends people between 20 and 40 have their skin examined every three years, and anyone 40 and older should have an exam every year. Florida is a direct-access state. That means you can visit a dermatologist without getting a referral from your primary physician.

RATES

Rates of melanoma are increasing faster than any other cancer.

About 7,800 people in the U.S. are expected to die of melanoma this year. Another 2,000 will die of basal cell or squamous cell cancers.

An American’s lifetime risk of developing melanoma is about one in 75.

WHO’S AT RISK?

Exposure to the sun increases the risk of skin cancer for everyone, but people with the following characteristics have the

highest risk for melanoma: Fair complexions that burn or blister easily.

Blond or red hair.

Blue, green or gray eyes.

Excessive sun exposure during childhood and teen years. Blistering and sunburns before age 20.

Family history of melanoma.

More than 100 moles, or more than 50 moles if you are under age 20.

PREVENTION TIPS

Frequently apply sunblock with a minimum SPF of 15 to all exposed skin and reapply every few hours – more often if you are sweating or swimming.

Wear a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses.

Stay out of the sun during the peak hours of 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and seek out shaded areas when possible.

If you must be out during peak hours, cover your skin with sun-protective clothing.

TURNBERRY, Scotland – One by one, the dreams of Turnberry withered and died, ensnared in the trapdoors of heartache secreted amid the reeds and gorse bushes and cruel undulations of this Scottish links course.

It was a British Open packed with drama and storylines that defied reason and belief in equal measure, but one which largely will be looked back on through moistened eyes.

Stewart Cink’s victory was as deserved as it was impressive, yet a pervading sense of sadness and gloom hung over the windswept coastline long after the patrons had departed.

For so long it seemed a fairy-tale ending was inevitable. Wherever you looked around this proud old beacon of history, with its clutching rough and vertical bunkers, there were tales of intrigue.

All would perish, extinguished amid the confluence of circumstance that gave the ice-cool Cink his finest hour.

The last one to go was the most painful to watch, as Tom Watson’s extraordinary attempt at age-reversal fell apart at the final hurdle. It was heart-wrenching to see Watson by the end, looking finally like a tired 59-year-old instead of the vibrant figure that was the figurehead of the tournament for all but its final hour.

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ro-dreams071909&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

FINAL ROUND LEADERBOARD (GB & Ire unless stated):
-2 S Cink*, T Watson * Cink won in a play-off
-1 L Westwood, C Wood level R Goosen (SA), M Goggin (Aus), L Donald

TURNBERRY, Scotland (AP) — Tom Watson shot a 1-over 71 that kept the him out front heading to the final round at a blustery British Open, where the scores kept going up, but the 59-year-old never faltered on Saturday.

Three years shy of qualifying for retirement pay and playing on a surgically replaced left hip that’s less than a year old, Watson showed the kids how it’s done. He pulled off several brilliant par saves, played it safe when he needed to and shook off a string of bogeys that briefly cost him the lead.

“That’s been the game plan,” Watson said. “I’m pretty close to it.”

At the end, pure magic for the second day in a row.

Watson followed Friday’s 75-foot birdie putt at No. 16 by curling one in from 30 feet away at the same hole, pulling even with Australia’s Mathew Goggin and England’s Ross Fisher.

“The putt I made at 16, I was about ready to make all day,” Watson said. “When I hit it I said, ‘I’ve got it right on the line I want. Let’s see if it breaks.’”

It did. The crowd went crazy.

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