Love Ends Victory Drought

Davis Love III is finally getting over the disappointment of failing to qualify for the U.S. Ryder Cup team and being passed over as one of Tom Lehman’s two captain’s picks.

Love snapped out of a three-year slump and shook off those lingering Ryder Cup blues Sunday by winning on the course he redesigned, shooting a six-under 66 for his second victory in the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro at Greensboro, N.C.

“I told Tom Lehman about a month before the PGA that I was going to play good before the end of the year. I just couldn’t promise him when it was going to be,” Love said. “He took that to heart, I guess, and I knew I was close.”

A native of Charlotte who played at North Carolina, 42-year-old Love had three straight birdies late in the round to seal his 19th PGA Tour victory and first since 2003. He finished at 16-under 272 and earned $900,000.

Jason Bohn (66) finished two strokes behind at 14 under, and Eric Axley (67) and Steve Flesch (68) were another shot behind.

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Lorena Ochoa won her first LPGA Tour title in her home country, closing with a four-under 69 to hold off Julieta Granada and Paula Creamer in the Corona Morelia Championship at Morelia, Mexico.

Ochoa, who never trailed after shooting a course-record 64 in the second round Friday, won for the fourth time this season to tie Karrie Webb for the tour lead. Ochoa, 24, finished at 20-under 272 on the hilly, Jack Nicklaus-designed Tres Marias course, five strokes better than Granada.

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Tom Jenkins earned his seventh career Champions Tour title after soggy conditions forced the cancellation of the final round of the SAS Championship at Cary, N.C.

The 58-year-old finished at 10-under 134 for 36 holes, beating out Champions Tour money leader Loren Roberts and tour newcomer Chip Beck by one stroke.

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Padraig Harrington shot a four-under 68 at the Old Course to win the Dunhill Links Championship by five strokes at St. Andrews, Scotland.