It’s a big day for U.S. and Weir

The United States won the Presidents Cup. Mike Weir gave Canada quite a consolation prize.

The Americans won enough of the singles matches Sunday in Montreal to capture the Presidents Cup for the second straight time, giving them a victory in cup competition away from the United States for the first time since 1993.

That didn’t stop the relentless cheers that rocked Royal Montreal on a spectacular autumn day, especially when Weir won the final two holes to beat Tiger Woods and send his country home feeling like a winner.

Weir won the Masters four years ago, and he wasn’t sure which felt sweeter.

“It’s right there with it,” Weir said. “Obviously, winning the Masters was such a thrill, but to play Tiger . . . he’s the best player there is, and I had to play my absolute best today to beat him.”

He needed some help from the world’s No. 1 player.

With the match all square and Weir safely in the 18th fairway, Woods pulled his tee shot and watched it land in a pond, a few yards short of a Canadian flag fans were holding behind the ropes.

Weir hit his approach to 15 feet, and after Woods’ chip for par stopped rolling two inches from the cup, he conceded the putt. By then, the Americans were celebrating something far more important.

“I lost,” Woods said after changing into sneakers. “But the team won the cup, and that’s the important thing.”

The International team won seven matches, not nearly enough to avoid the inevitable: United States 19 1/2 , International 14 1/2 .

The Americans needed to win only three matches to retain the gold cup, and Stewart Cink delivered the clinching point. He birdied the first five holes and beat Nick O’Hern, 6 and 4, for the largest margin of the week.

Chad Campbell earned a one-stroke victory over Johnson Wagner in the PGA Tour’s Viking Classic in Madison, Miss., making two birdies on his last three holes to win.

Campbell was among six golfers who held or were tied for the lead Sunday at Annandale Golf Club. He finished with a three-under-par 69 -- the only member of that group under 70 -- to win after trailing two-day leader David Branshaw by three strokes entering the final round.

Maria Hjorth made a long birdie putt on the 17th hole and held on for her first LPGA Tour win since 1999 at the Navistar LPGA Classic in Prattville, Ala., denying Lorena Ochoa’s bid for a fourth consecutive victory.

Hjorth shot a final-day five-under 67 for a 14-under total of 274 at Capitol Hill’s Senator Course, passing Ochoa and Stacy Prammanasudh.