USPGA TOUR: Pádraig Harrington shared fourth place on 277 as Australia's Robert Allenby set the clubhouse target on four-under-par 276 after a final round of 65 in the Stanford St Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee.
Harrington finished on three-under-par 277 after a final round of 68 and was sure of a top-five place in the lead-up to next week's US Open Championship.
Birdies at the second and third and a dropped shot at the fourth took the Dubliner to the turn in 34 and he came home also in 34 with just one birdie at the 17th.
SENIORS:Zimbabwe's Tony Johnstone clinched an emotional first victory since being told he would never play golf again after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis by winning the Jersey Seniors Classic yesterday.
Johnstone hailed the inspirational win, his maiden European Seniors Tour title, as a "personal triumph" after finishing two shots clear on three-under-par 213 at La Moye Golf Club.
The 52 year old Sky Sports analyst fought back the tears as he holed a par putt on the 18th for a two-over-par round of 74 to seal a fairytale wire-to-wire victory.
It completes a remarkable recovery for Johnstone, who only four years ago was told by experts he would never play again after he was diagnosed with the condition that affects the central nervous system.
Johnstone said his first win since the Qatar Masters in 2001 - the last of his six titles on the European Tour - was the sweetest of all his victories.
After taking a two stroke lead into the final day, Johnstone understandably endured a nervous round as the chasing pack put the pressure on in breezy conditions.
But his birdie on the 16th hole proved decisive, with Paraguay's Franco Angel, England's Gordon J Brand, Scotland's Ross Drummond and South African Bertus Smit all finishing on one under par for a share of second place.
Denis O'Sullivan finished alone in sixth place on level par after rounds of 70, 73 and 73.
The evergreen 73-year-old Bob Charles of New Zealand shot lower than his age for the second successive week with a superb three under-par-round of 69.
CHALLENGE TOUR: Andrew McArthur secured the first professional victory of his career on a superb final day for the European Challenge Tour's Scottish contingent at the Reale Challenge de España in Madrid yesterday.
The 29-year-old Glaswegian came through some tough final round conditions to secure a one-shot victory over his fellow countryman Lloyd Saltman and Spain's Alfredo Garcia Heredia at the Casino Club de Golf Retamares, after a final round of two-over-par 74 was good enough to take the €22,400 top prize.
Richie Ramsay made it three Scots in the top six after a final round of 70 saw the man from Aberdeen finished on four under.
McArthur, the 2004 Scottish Amateur champion, thought he was two shots off the lead as he played the closing holes, having been told by his fellow Challenge Tour pro - England's Gary Lockerbie - that he was behind with just a couple of holes remaining.
It wasn't until he birdied the par three 17th that he saw the leaderboard and realised he was two clear with just the 18th to play.
LET TOUR:Gwladys Nocera successfully defended the ABN AMRO Ladies Open at Eindhovensche Golf in the Netherlands yesterday, winning by one shot with a spectacular birdie on the last hole.
The 33-year-old Frenchwoman held a four-shot lead overnight and closed with a one-under-par 71 to secure her second title of the year after the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open five weeks ago.
It was her seventh Ladies European Tour trophy in little more than a two year period.
Nocera posted a 13-under-par total of 203, winning back-to-back titles in the same tournament for the first time in her six-year career.
Ireland's Rebecca Coakley closed with a level par 72 for a three under total of 213, while Claire Coughlan-Ryan from Cork finished on level par 216 after rounds of 73, 69 and 74.
