Nick Watney wins AT&T; National

Nick Watney capped an amazing weekend at Aronimink in Newtown Square, Pa., to win the AT&T National on Sunday, moving him to No. 10 in the world and atop the PGA Tour money list for the first time in his career.

Watney followed his eight-under-par 62 on Saturday with a 66 on a steamy afternoon in the Philadelphia suburbs, making three big par saves and three birdies on the front nine to seize control. He then held off a late charge by K.J. Choi (67) for a two-shot victory.

Watney finished at 13-under 267, tying the tournament record by Tiger Woods in 2009 when it was played at Congressional. The tournament is scheduled to return to Congressional next year.

Charles Howell III earned quite a consolation prize. He played bogey-free in the final round for a six-under 66 to tie for third with Adam Scott (68) and Jeff Overton (67). That made Scott eligible for the British Open in two weeks as the top finisher from the top five who wasn’t already exempt.

John Cook won the Montreal Championship at Blainville, Canada, for his third Champions Tour title of the year, closing with a six-under 66 for a tournament-record 21-under 195.

Cook, the runner-up last year at Fontainebleau Golf Club, beat Taiwan’s Lu Chien-Soon (70) by three strokes. Joey Sindelar (68) was third at 17 underBill Glasson Corey Pavin Dan Forsman Rod Spittle .

France’s Thomas Levet won the French Open, closing with a one-under 70 in windy conditions for a one-stroke victory over Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen and England’s Mark Foster at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

Levet finished at seven-under 277 for his sixth European Tour title.

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British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton told Red Bull boss Christian Horner he wants to leave McLaren, the team that gave him his big break, the Sunday Times of London reported.

McLaren made the car Hamilton drove to the world championship in 2008. But during a meeting in June, Hamilton told Horner he wanted to leave McLaren.

Hamilton’s $123-million, five-year deal with McLaren ends next year, and he is unhappy with the team because it has not given him a car that is consistently fast enough to challenge leader Sebastian Vettel.

World Cup quarterfinalist Paraguay was held to a 0-0 tie by Ecuador at Santa Fe, Argentina, in the opening game for each team at the Copa America.

Paraguay had most of the scoring chances but failed to break through in an end-to-end Group B game that was exciting but lacked finishing.

Earlier Sunday, Brazil and Venezuela tied, 0-0, in the other Group B game. The group resumes Saturday, with Paraguay playing Brazil and Ecuador facing Venezuela.

The San Jose Sharks traded forward Dany Heatley to the Minnesota Wild for forward Martin Havlat.

The trade Sunday is the second major deal this off-season between the teams. San Jose acquired All-Star defenseman Brent Burns from Minnesota late last month for a package headlined by Devin Setoguchi.

Tests on Jose Reyes’ tight left hamstring revealed a Grade 1 strain, the mildest kind, and the star shortstop might be able to return to the New York Mets’ lineup in a few days.

Reyes was set to travel with the Mets to the West Coast, where they wrap up the first half of the season with four games against the Dodgers and three in San Francisco this week.

Manager Terry Collins said he hopes Reyes can be ready to play Tuesday, though it’s possible he could end up sitting out all week.

The Detroit Tigers fired pitching coach Rick Knapp.

Bullpen coach Jeff Jones was promoted to replace Knapp, who was in his third season with the Tigers. Mike Rojas becomes the team’s bullpen coach after working as its director of player development.

The Toronto Blue Jays designated outfielder Juan Rivera for assignment and recalled outfielder Travis Snider from triple-A Las Vegas.

Sunday was Rivera’s 33rd birthday.