Parnevik Gets First Pga Tour Victory

Golf

Jesper Parnevik, a runnerup five times on the PGA Tour, won for the first time Sunday, breaking away in the final six holes to win the Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Parnevik, from Sweden, had birdies on the 14th, 15th and 17th holes to win by three strokes at 15-under-par 269. He shot a final-round 67 and collected $450,000.

Steve Pate, Tommy Armour III, Brent Geiberger and Tom Watson tied for second at 272. Each earned $165,000.

Office Depot

Helen Alfredsson held off Swedish compatriot Liselotte Neumann with a 1-under-par 71 to win the LPGA’s Office Depot tournament in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Alfredsson finished at 11-under 277, two strokes better than Neumann.

Tracy Hanson of Rathdrum, Idaho finished in a five-way tie for third at 282.

Senior Skins Game

Raymond Floyd captured an unprecedented fifth consecutive Senior Skins Game, this one in Kohala Coast, Hawaii.

Floyd won 11 skins and $300,000. Hale Irwin was next with six skins and $210,000. Arnold Palmer got one skin worth $30,000 and Jack Nicklaus was shut out.

Baker-Finch retires

Former British Open winner Ian Baker-Finch announced his retirement from tour golf, ending more than five years of despair and an endless series of missed cuts.

“I have hung up my clubs and given up serious practice,” Baker-Finch said. “I will now just play golf with my friends and concentrate on my business interests.”

Baker-Finch made just one cut in the past three years.