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NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – Justin Rose had to sweat out the final five holes at steamy Aronimink to win the AT&T National by one shot for his second PGA Tour title in his last three starts.

One week after Rose lost a three-shot lead in the final round, he had a five-shot advantage when he made the turn Sunday. Then came consecutive three-putt bogeys, and the 29-year-old Englishman had to battle for pars to the secure the victory.

He closed with an even-par 70 for a one-shot victory over Ryan Moore, who finished with eight straight one-putt greens for a 65.

Tiger Woods was long gone before the conclusion. When he closed with a 71, it marked the first time in 11 years that he failed to finish a regular PGA Tour event without breaking par in any of the four rounds.

By DOUG FERGUSON

(AP) Tiger Woods reacts to a missed putt in the 12th hole during the final round of the AT&T National… Full Image

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) -For the first time in 11 years, Tiger Woods finished a regular PGA Tour event without breaking par.

Woods closed out a frustrating week at the AT&T National with a 1-over 71, ending his round about the time the final group was teeing off Sunday at Aronimink.

Bubba Watson really wanted to play well at the Travelers Championship to impress U.S. Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin.

He did.

Watson overcame a six-stroke deficit Sunday to force a playoff with Pavin and Scott Verplank, then beat Verplank with a par on the second playoff hole.

http://www.pnj.com/article/20100628/SPORTS/6280310/Bubba-Watson-posts-first-PGA-win

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Perhaps the most appropriate scene that reflects what took place Sunday at the 110th U.S. Open was not the celebration hug that Graeme McDowell received from his father Kenny on the 18th green at Pebble Beach, an embrace that lasted only a few seconds but produced a flood of emotions and a lifetime of memories.

It was not Dustin Johnson searching for his lost tee shot in some nasty rough under a tree somewhere in the general vicinity of the third fairway. In the midst of a meltdown of near-historic proportions, Johnson failed to find his ball within the five-minute rule — someone found it 19 seconds too late — and failed to replicate the kind of spectacular golf that had set him up with a three-shot lead after 54 holes.

http://www.majorschampionships.com/usopen/2010/news/mcallister-062010.cfm

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Lee Westwood has played golf long enough to be philosophical despite all the times he’s come up short when so very close to victory.

The Englishman who finished second at the Masters, lost a playoff in Dubai and finished tied for fourth at The Players Championship this year won the St. Jude Classic for his second career PGA Tour victory and first since 1998, beating Swede Robert Karlsson on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday.

“You try to do the right thing all the time,” Westwood said. “It doesn’t always work for you. I’ve been in contention a lot, especially this year, and I suppose I got a break today with other people’s misfortune but made the most of it and took a chance.”

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