No Doubt About It, Price Gets a Win

Nick Price no longer has to doubt himself. He can still win on the PGA Tour, and he can do it in a big way.

Making big shots late after looking vulnerable, Price shot a three-under-par 67 on Sunday in the Colonial at Fort Worth for his first victory in four years.

“It feels like it’s been 10 years. I didn’t think this day was going to come,” Price said. “That self-doubt has been cast away now. There’s not pressure any more on me to win because I’ve proven it to myself.”

The 45-year-old player from Zimbabwe finished at 13-under 267, five strokes ahead of David Toms and Kenny Perry.

Price also took a five-stroke lead into the round, but started the back nine only two ahead of Perry and Toms. Price regained control with birdies on Nos. 11, 12 and 14, while his closest competitors gave up strokes.

It was the 17th PGA Tour victory for Price, but his first since the 1998 FedEx St. Jude Classic and the biggest career payday on the tour at $774,000.

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Tiger Woods shot an eight-under 64 to move within one stroke of Colin Montgomerie after three rounds of the Deutsche Bank-SAP Open at Heidelberg, Germany.

Montgomerie shot a seven-under 65 for a 17-under 199. Woods is at 16-under 200, and Justin Rose is in third place at 202 after a 66.

Woods opened with an eagle and birdied three of the next four holes to move into the lead before Montgomerie, playing four groups behind, reclaimed the top spot.

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Isao Aoki won his first Senior PGA Tour title in four years, shooting a seven-under 65 for a four-stroke victory in the Instinet Classic at Princeton, N.J.

The 59-year-old Aoki, winless since the 1998 BellSouth Senior Classic, is the 17th player 59 and older to win a senior tour event, and the third-oldest winner in tournament history.

Aoki finished with a 15-under 201 and earned $225,000 for his ninth senior victory. John Jacobs closed with a 70 to finish second, and Allen Doyle (71) and Mike Hill (70) tied for third at nine under.

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Janice Moodie of Scotland shot a steady two-under 70 to make sure no one, including Annika Sorenstam, would get in her way in the Asahi Ryokuken International at North Augusta, S.C.

Moodie, who earned $187,500, finished at 15-under 273, seven strokes ahead of Laura Davies (73), and eight in front of Sorenstam (72) and Rosie Jones (67).

Auto Racing

Jason Keller won the Stacker2 200 for his fourth NASCAR Busch Series victory of the year, easily pulling away in a race marred by serious injuries to Jeff Purvis.

Purvis suffered head, neck and back injuries in a wreck involving Greg Biffle on Lap 168 between the first and second turns at Nazareth (Pa.) Speedway.

Purvis’ engine blew exiting pit road, spilling oil on the track. His car hit the outside retaining wall and came to a rest with the nose facing the infield.

Biffle’s car slid through the oil and crashed into the driver’s side door of Purvis’ car. The race was red-flagged on Lap 176 for 20 minutes while safety personnel cut the roof off the car to remove Purvis.

Track medical personnel said Purvis was unconscious at the scene and was taken to the infield care center where he was alert. He was flown to the Lehigh Valley Medical Center at Salisbury Township, just west of Allentown.

Dr. K. Shah, trauma surgeon at the medical center, said Purvis was in serious but stable condition after suffering a contusion of the left base of the brain and a fracture of the first and second vertebrae.

Shah said Purvis was moving all of his extremities and was undergoing further tests.

Biffle was briefly unconscious, but was able to climb out of his car. He was taken to the infield care center where he was alert, and transferred to St. Luke’s Hospital at Bethlehem, where he was evaluated and released.

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Mike Bliss raced to his eighth NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory, beating Jason Leffler by 0.330 seconds in the Rocky Mountain 200 at Fountain, Colo.

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Kenny Bernstein powered his Budweiser King dragster to a 4.600-second run at 321.96 mph to defeat Larry Dixon’s Miller Lite dragster and win the top fuel final at the NHRA Matco Tools SuperNationals at Englichtown, N.J.

Gary Densham posted a 5.046 at 316.38 to beat Bruce Sarver in the funny car final and Greg Anderson won the pro stock event, driving his Pontiac Grand Am to a 6.808 and 201.91 to beat Jed Coughlin’s Chevy Cavalier.

Pro Soccer

Ante Razov scored three goals in a game for the second time in his career to lead the Chicago Fire over the New England Revolution, 3-1, in front of 34,831 at Foxboro, Mass.

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Julie Foudy scored for the first time in her 25-game WUSA career, and the San Diego Spirit defeated the first-place Philadelphia Charge, 1-0, at San Diego.