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Jim Thorpe wins Kinko's Classic with 10-under 206

Jim Thorpe won his 10th career Champions Tour title Sunday, birdieing four of the final five holes for a four-stroke victory over Dana Quigley in the FedEx Kinko's Classic.

The 56-year-old Thorpe, a three-time winner on the regular US PGA Tour, closed with a 4-under 68 for a 10-under 206 total. He earned US$247,500.

Quigley, part of a late four-way tie for the lead, could only muster a string of pars during Thorpe's birdie flourish en route to a 70.

It was an up-and-down round for Thorpe, who twice held and lost leads on the first 11 holes before making the late charge to win.

Stacy Prammanasudh made consecutive birdies at Nos. 16-17 to pull away from defending champion Lorena Ochoa and win her first LPGA Tour title at the Franklin American Mortgage Championship.

Prammanasudh made back-to-back birdies twice in the final round and closed with a 3-under 69 for a 14-under 274 total to become the first first-time winner on tour this season.

Prammanasudh, who finished a career-best third in this event last year, hit more than 90 percent of the fairways and nearly 90 percent of the greens in regulation for the tournament.

Masters runner-up Chris DiMarco finished his rain-delayed third round of the Zurich Classic, shooting a 68 to stay atop the leaderboard by one stroke.

Starting the day on the 11th hole with a one-shot lead, he offset birdies on No. 11 and No. 13 with bogeys on No. 12 and No. 14. Then his drive on No. 18 went left and off the fairway. DiMarco salvaged par, however, getting onto the rough in two, chipping his fourth shot 58 feet, then sinking a short putt.

He finished the round at 12 under, one shot ahead of James Driscoll.

DiMarco was 4 under through 10 holes in the third round and 12 under overall when play was suspended. Driscoll stayed at 11 under. Second-round leader Arjun Atwal finished the third round at 10 under.

Ernie Els ran away with the BMW Asian Open yesterday, finishing off a 13-stroke victory with a bogey-free 7-under 65.

The South African star, a three-time winner this year on the PGA European Tour, had a 26-under 262 total on the Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club course in the event co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.

England's Simon Wakefield (73) finished second at 13 under. Denmark's Thomas Bjorn (72) was third at 12 under, New Zealand's Eddie Lee (72) and France's Jean-Francois Lucquin (73) tied for fourth at 10 under, and Englishmen Luke Donald (72) and Stuart Little (72) followed at 9 under.

Shane Bertsch overcame a 12-stroke deficit to win the BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs, shooting a 7-under 65 to beat Bubba Watson and Charley Hoffman by a stroke in the rain-shortened tournament.

Bertsch played the Cliffs Valley course after opening with rounds of 69 at Walnut Cove and 68 at Keowee Vineyards in the Pebble Beach-style event. He holed an 18-foot birdie putt on his final hole to finish at 12-under 202.
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