Paula Creamer squandered another late lead and fell into a playoff she didn’t want. She got the result she desperately needed, beating Juli Inkster on the second extra hole Sunday in the SemGroup Championship in Broken Arrow, Okla.
A week after losing to Annika Sorenstam in a playoff, Creamer bogeyed the 18th hole at Cedar Ridge for the third straight day and wound up in overtime when the 47-year-old Inkster, trying to become the oldest LPGA Tour winner, made an 18-foot birdie putt.
Instead of getting nervous, Creamer got mad. She twice gave herself birdie putts in the playoff, making an 8-footer on No. 10 for the victory.
Lost in a terrific duel was the end of Lorena Ochoa’s winning streak. Going for a record-tying fifth straight victory, Ochoa never got on track, even in a final round absent of much wind. She closed with a 2-under 69 to tie for fifth, five shots behind.
Creamer was headed for the worst kind of streak.
She said she gave away the Stanford International Pro-Am last week in south Florida, losing the lead with a careless bogey on the 16th hole and losing to Sorenstam with a bogey on the first playoff hole when she left a 6-foot par putt short.

Kim takes Wachovia

Anthony Kim became the youngest PGA Tour winner in six years, cruising to a five-shot win over Ben Curtis in the Wachovia Championship in Charlotte, N.C.
With Tiger Woods home recovering from knee surgery and unable to defend his title at Quail Hollow Club, the 22-year-old Kim turned in a masterful performance that brought comparisons to Woods.
Entering the day with a four-shot lead, Kim birdied the first hole and was never threatened on his way to a 3-under 69. He set the tournament record with a 16-under 272, well ahead of a field that included 18 of the world’s top 25 players.
Kim earned $1,134,000 and became the youngest winner since Sergio Garcia won his third PGA Tour title in the 2002 Mercedes Championship.

Watson nabs Kinko’s

Denis Watson birdied the final hole to win the FedEx Kinko’s Classic in Lakeway, Texas, taking advantage of Nick Price’s back-nine errors.
Watson closed with a 3-under 69 to finish at 10 under. He earned $240,000 for his second victory of the year and fourth overall on the Champions Tour.

DeCorso cruises

Bryan DeCorso won the South Georgia Classic for his first Nationwide Tour title, closing with a 3-under 69 for a three-stroke win over Greg Owen and Bryce Molder.
The 36-year-old DeCorso had a 14-under 274 total on the 7,781-yard Kinderlou Forest Country Club course in Valdosta, Ga., the longest in Nationwide Tour history.

Lawrie ends drought

Peter Lawrie won the Spanish Open in Seville, Spain, for his first European tour win in 175 attempts, beating Ignacio Garrido with a par on the second hole of a playoff.
 

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