GOLF TOUR NEWS:US TOUR: Some 40 hours after hitting his last shot, Dustin Johnson won the ATT Pebble Beach National Pro-Am yesterday when rain created a small river through one fairway and flooded greens, forcing officials to cancel the final round.
Johnson built a four-shot lead on Saturday with a 67 at Poppy Hills, holing a seven-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole.
Rain and wind strong enough to topple a 40-foot tree suspended the final round on Sunday, and nearly 1.4 inches of rain and a forecast for more gloom along the Monterey Peninsula left the PGA Tour no choice but to declare Johnson the winner.
Mike Weir of Canada, desperate to play knowing the conditions would be tough and sloppy, had to settle for runner-up on 205.
Johnson finished at 15-under 201, the first 54-hole winner on the PGA Tour since Phil Mickelson won the BellSouth Classic outside Atlanta in 2005.
Two-time US Open champion Retief Goosen finished alone in third place on 206.
ATT PEBBLE BEACH NATIONAL PRO-AM(Pebble Beach Golf Links, California) - Leading final totals: 201- Dustin Johnson 65 69 67; 205- Mike Weir (Can) 67 69 69; 206- Retief Goosen (Rsa) 68 64 74; 207- Bob Estes 68 72 67, Mark Calcavecchia 67 69 71; 208- DJ Trahan 67 73 68, K Chappell 68 72 68, Bill Lunde 67 70 71, Chris Stroud 69 69 70; 209- Sean O'Hair 71 68 70, Shigeki Maruyama (Kor) 69 73 67, Mark Brooks 68 69 72, Kenny Perry 71 70 68.
CHAMPIONS TOUR: Mike Goodes, who turned professional two years ago, shot a 66 on Sunday to win his first career Champions Tour title at the Allianz Championship.
The 52-year-old Goodes finished on 15 under (201) at the Old Course at Broken Sound, beating practice partner Fulton Allem by one stroke to pocket $255,000 in his 32nd career event.
Bernhard Langer, the 2008 Champions Tour money leader and rookie of the year, struggled with his putting throughout to finish third with a 12-under 204.
USPGA CHAMPIONS TOUR- Allianz Championship (The Old Course, Broken sound club, Boca Raton, Florida) Leading final totals(USA unless stated, par 72): 201- M Goodes 67 68 66; 202- F Allem (Rsa) 66 70 66; 204- B Langer (Ger) 64 73 67; 205- G Morgan 69 65 71; T Jenkins 67 67 71; M James (Eng) 67 69 69; 206- A Bean 69 69 68; D Edwards 69 71 66; R Cochran 67 71 68; D Forsman 71 65 70; L Mize 67 69 70; 207John Cook 71 70 66; J Harris 67 75 65; E Romero (Arg) 72 69 66; M Hatalsky 70 72 65; J Pate 64 71 72; 208- D Pooley 71 68 69; 209- B Vaughan 69 70 70; Mark McNulty (Irl) 72 69 68; J Haas 72 65 72. 211- Des Smyth (Irl) 73 72 66.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/YVIRIOZQ35EWRPZXR27KGMO6YU.png)