Sergio Garcia wns rain-delayed Wyndham Championship by two strokes

Rainy weather left Sergio Garcia stuck in central North Carolina for an extra day. Turns out, it was worth the hassle — because he’s leaving with his first PGA Tour victory in four years.

Garcia claimed a two-stroke win Monday in the water-logged Wyndham Championship in Greensboro for his first victory on tour since the 2008 Players Championship.

He finished with a 66 to wind up at 18-under-par 262, claim $936,000 in prize money and maybe seal a spot on the European Ryder Cup team.

“I think there were a lot of things going on. It shows a lot to me,” Garcia said. “Hopefully, this will secure my spot on the Ryder Cup team, and winning is always nice.”

Tim Clark was at 16 under following his 67 in the final tour event before the FedEx Cup playoffs, and Bud Cauley finished 15 under after his 68.

Garcia led after the third round and when the fourth round was held up overnight because of a persistent downpour.

He had three straight late-round birdies after a bogey briefly dropped him into a tie for the lead, and cruised to his eighth career tour victory.

Jason Dufner could have taken over the top spot on the points list with a victory, but he finished five strokes back and wound up leapfrogging Rory McIlroy for No. 2 behind Tiger Woods. Dufner came in at No. 3, the highest-ranked player in the field.

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Roger Clemens isn’t done with baseball quite yet.

The 50-year-old Clemens signed with the Sugar Land (Texas) Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League and he is expected to start for the minor league team Saturday at home against Bridgeport.

“His fastball was clocked at 87 mph; all of his pitches were working,” said Randy Hendricks, Clemens’ agent. “He threw a three-inning simulated game after an extensive workout warm-up.”

Clemens and Skeeters Manager Gary Gaetti have been talking about this “for months,” Hendricks said.

Clemens, who was acquitted in June of charges he lied to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs, hasn’t played for a team since pitching for the New York Yankees in 2007 at the age of 45. He went 6-6 in 18 games with a 4.18 earned-run average that season.

Clemens had two great seasons with the Astros after he turned 40, going 18-4 with a 2.98 ERA in 2004 to win his record-tying seventh Cy Young Award. He was 13-8 with a career-low 1.87 ERA in 2005.

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The commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference said it has become apparent the league is “unlikely” to have enough football members to compete next season.

Jeff Hurd told the Denver Post the conference is now emphasizing simply having enough members to remain a Division I non-football league. Hurd told the newspaper that in July “it became apparent that it was unlikely we could continue with football.”

The WAC still needs to add two to three new members for 2013 in order to have the seven required by the NCAA to be a Division I conference.

Hurd says the conference will do everything possible to avoid shutting down, but “There aren’t any obvious answers out there.” The WAC now has seven football members, though five have plans to leave next year.

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Tyler Farrar of Wenatchee, Wash., bolted to the front in the final 100 yards and pedaled to an unchallenged sprint win and the race lead in the opening stage of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Telluride, Colo. Farrar (Garmin-Sharp), who claimed his first Tour de France stage win last year, captured his first victory this season in the 125.7-mile road race from Durango in 4 hours, 42 minutes and 48 seconds.

Italian Alesssandro Bazzana (Team Type 1-Sanofi) was second in Stage 1, trailing by several bike lengths but officially in the same time.

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Freshman guard Milton Doyle left the Kansas basketball program. The 6-foot-4 guard from Chicago was a late addition to the Jayhawks’ recruiting class. He was originally committed to Florida International before Isiah Thomas was fired as coach.

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The Texas Tech Red Raiders dismissed linebacker Daniel Cobb from the team after he was arrested and charged with felony burglary.

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Philip E. Moriarty, who coached U.S. divers at the 1960 Olympics and was Yale’s swimming and diving coach for 17 years, has died. He was 98.

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Simon Gourdine, who became deputy commissioner of the NBA in 1974 and went on to work for and lead the players’ association in the 1990s, died in New York. He was 72.

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A federal judge in Austin, Texas, threw out Lance Armstrong’s lawsuit against theU.S. Anti-Doping Agency, a decision that allows the agency’s drug case against the seven-time Tour de France winner to move ahead.

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The Philadelphia Flyers signed All-Star forward Scott Hartnell to a six-year contract extension worth a reported $28.5 million.