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Weir Tops Tiger; U.S. Takes Cup

Published: Oct 1, 2007

MONTREAL - The United States won the Presidents Cup but Mike Weir gave Canada quite a consolation prize.

The Americans won enough of the singles matches Sunday to capture the Presidents Cup for the second straight time, giving the U.S. an international victory in cup competition for the first time since 1993.

That didn't stop the relentless cheers that rocked Royal Montreal on a spectacular autumn day, especially when Weir won the final two holes to beat Tiger Woods and send his country home feeling like a winner.

Weir won the Masters four years ago, and he wasn't sure which felt sweeter.

"It's right there with it," Weir said. "Obviously, winning the Masters was such a thrill, but to play Tiger ... he's the best player there is, and I had to play my absolute best today to beat him."

With the match all square and Weir safely in the 18th fairway, Woods pulled his tee shot and watched it land in a pond, just a few yards short of a Canadian flag fans were holding behind the ropes.

Weir hit his approach to 15 feet, and after Woods' chip for par stopped rolling 2 inches from the cup, he conceded the putt.

"I lost," Woods said after changing into sneakers. "But the team won the cup, and that's the important thing."

LPGA: Maria Hjorth made a long birdie putt on the 17th hole and held on for her first LPGA Tour win since 1999 at the Navistar LPGA Classic in Prattville, Ala., denying Lorena Ochoa's bid for a fourth consecutive victory.

Hjorth shot a final-day 5-under-par 67 for a 14-under 274 at Capitol Hill's Senator Course, passing both Ochoa and Stacy Prammanasudh.

Ochoa was trying to become the first to mount a streak of four straight victories since Annika Sorenstam did it in 2004-05. Sorenstam and Nancy Lopez hold the record with five wins in a row in tournaments they competed in.

The Mexican finished with a three-putt for bogey to finish two strokes back with a last-day 73.

PGA: At Madison, Miss., Chad Campbell posted a one-stroke victory over Johnson Wagner in the Viking Classic, making two birdies on his last three holes to win.

Campbell was among six players who held or were tied for the lead Sunday at Annandale Golf Club. He finished with a 3-under-par 69 - the only member of that group under 70 - to win after trailing two-day leader David Branshaw of Tampa by three strokes entering the final round. Branshaw was done in by a double bogey.

Wagner, a PGA Tour rookie seeking his first win, briefly held the lead but dropped out of contention when he made bogey on the 17th hole. He birdied 18 to take second alone at 12 under.

SEVE TROPHY: Britain and Ireland earned 5 1/2 points in the first six singles matches to win the Seve Trophy over Continental Europe at Killenard, Ireland.

Trailing by a point heading into the singles, Bradley Dredge got the decisive win by making a birdie to go 2 up with two to play against Gonzalo Fernandez Castano.