Mickelson takes FBR Open by five-stroke edge

Phil Mickelson finished a triumphant week in his second home, Scottsdale, Ariz., winning the FBR Open by five strokes for his largest margin in a PGA Tour event.

Mickelson struggled with his driver in a 3-under 68, but nobody mounted a serious challenge Sunday. He never led by fewer than three strokes over the final 18 holes.

Scott McCarron and Kevin Na, at 21 the youngest player on the PGA Tour, tied for second at 12 under. McCarron shot his second consecutive 65, and Na had a 69.

A three-time NCAA champion at Arizona State who lived in Scottsdale until December 2001, Mickelson won the FBR – formerly the Phoenix Open – for the second time. He was just 25 when he won in a playoff with Justin Leonard in 1996.

After a 2-over 73 in the first round, Mickelson was 19 under in the last 54, including an 11-under 60 in the second round Friday, tying the course record with his lowest score in an official PGA Tour event.

Parry wins Heineken Classic

Australia’s Craig Parry ended Ernie Els’ three-year reign in the Heineken Classic at Melbourne, Australia, holing a 12-foot birdie putt on the fourth hole of a playoff with countryman Nick O’Hern.

Parry closed with a 1-under 70 to match O’Hern (71) at 14-under 270.

Cancer survivor Jarrod Lyle, a 23-year-old Australian, bogeyed the 18th to tie for third with England’s Simon Dyson at 13 under. Lyle, who spent a year in the hospital in 1999 undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia, shot a 71, and Dyson had a 68.