Singh, the PGA Champion, Is Now King at Castle Rock

Winning a major wasn’t enough for Vijay Singh.

A week after winning the PGA Championship, Singh scored 14 points Sunday en route to a 47 total to win the Sprint International at Castle Rock, Colo.

Singh, 35, began the day with 33 points and a one-point lead under the modified Stableford scoring system used in this event and never relinquished it.

After getting five birdies on the front nine to increase his lead to seven points over Willie Wood at the turn, Singh clinched the title with a five-point eagle at 17.

There were 48 eagles in the thin air at 6,200 feet during the four days, but the 5-foot-7, 150-pound Wood was one player who didn’t get an eagle.

Wood tied defending champion Phil Mickelson for second at 41, and Tiger Woods, who had four eagles in the first three rounds but none on Sunday, finished at 38. Rocco Mediate was next at 37.

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Nearly two months shy of his 63rd birthday, Gary Player became the second-oldest winner in the history of the Senior PGA Tour with his one-stroke victory at 12-under 204 in the $1 million Northville Long Island Classic at Jerico, N.Y.

Only Mike Fetchick, who won the 1985 Hilton Head Seniors Invitational on his 63rd birthday, has won at an older age than Player.

Walter Hall, 51, a co-leader of this event entering the final round for the second consecutive year, shot a 71 and finished tied for second with J.C. Snead.

Player shot his third 68 in as many rounds on the 6,842-yard Meadow Brook Club to earn $150,000, his 19th Senior PGA Tour win and his 130th worldwide.

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Hiromi Kobayashi made a three-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to defeat Tracy Hanson in the LPGA Rainbow Foods Classic at Maple Grove, Minn.

After the two finished the final round tied at 10-under 206, Kobayashi and Hanson replayed No. 18 at Rush Creek Golf Course. Hanson lost a chance for her first career win when her third shot flew over the green and went into the water.

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Two-time U.S. Women’s Open champion Annika Sorenstam shot a 5-under 67 to tie the course record and win the Compaq Open by 10 strokes at Malmo, Sweden.

Sorenstam, who finished at 9-under 279, earned $75,000 in defending the title she won last year on another Swedish course outside her hometown of Stockholm.

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Final Results

Top finishers on the major tours after Sunday’s final rounds. (Complete scores, C11):

SPRINT INTERNATIONAL

At Castle Rock, Colo., 72-hole scores

Vijay Singh ($360,000)+47

Willie Wood ($176,000): +41

Phil Mickelson ($176,000): +41

Tiger Woods ($96,000): +38

Scoring: 8 points for double eagle, 5 points for eagle, 2 for birdie, zero for par, minus-1 for bogey and minus-3 for double bogey or worse.

Next: Thursday-Sunday, Greater Vancouver Open.

LONG ISLAND CLASSIC--Par 72

At Jericho, N.Y., 54-hole scores

Gary Player, $150,000,: 68-68-68--204 -12

J.C. Snead, $80,000,: 68-70-67--205 -11

Walter Hall, $80,000,: 65-69-71--205 -11

John Schroeder, $54,000,: 72-65-69--206 -10

Lee Trevino, $54,000,: 68-69-69--206 -10

Next: Friday through Sunday, at BankBoston Classic.

LPGA RAINBOW FOODS CLASSIC--Par 72

At Maple Grove, Minn., 54-hole scores

x--Hiromi Kobayashi, $90,000: 69-68-69--206 -10

Tracy Hanson,$55,855: 67-70-69--206 -10

Meg Mallon, $36,230: 71-69-67--207 -9

Michelle Estill, $36,230: 65-71-71--207 -9

x--Won playoff on first extra hole.

Next: Friday through Sunday, State Farm Rail Classic