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Petrovic delivers, wins Zurich Classic

Tim Petrovic hugs the trophy after winning the Zurich Classic and $990,000. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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Tim Petrovic hugs the trophy after winning the Zurich Classic and $990,000. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Tim Petrovic completed the long journey from pizza deliveryman to PGA Tour winner Sunday holing a 4-foot par putt to beat rookie James Driscoll on the first hole of a playoff in the Zurich Classic.

The 38-year-old Petrovic set up the breakthrough victory with a 19-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation, then finished off Driscoll with a routine par on the par-5 closing hole on the year-old TPC of Louisiana at Avondale, La.

Petrovic, the former pizza and newspaper deliverer whose 2002 entry on the PGA Tour came 14 years after he turned pro, shot a 4-under 68 to match Driscoll at 13-under 275. Driscoll, playing in the final group with Masters runner-up Chris DiMarco, had a 70, missing a 4-foot birdie try for the victory on No. 18.

DiMarco, the third-round leader, bogeyed No. 18 to finish a stroke back along with Lucas Glover. DiMarco, playing his first event since losing to Tiger Woods in a playoff at Augusta National, shot a 72. Glover had a 69.

Kirk Triplett, a former Pullman resident, shot a four-over par, 76, to finish at two-under par, 286, tied for 45th place.

Champions Tour

Jim Thorpe won his 10th career Champions Tour title, birdieing four of the final five holes for a four-stroke victory over Dana Quigley in the FedEx Kinko’s Classic in Lakeway, Texas.

The 56-year-old Thorpe, a three-time winner on the PGA Tour, closed with a 4-under 68 for a 10-under 206 total. He earned $247,500. Quigley, part of a late four-way tie for the lead, finished with a 70.

PGA European Tour

Ernie Els ran away with the BMW Asian Open at Shanghai, China, finishing off a 13-stroke victory with a bogey-free 7-under-par 65.

The South African star, a three-time winner this year on the PGA European Tour, had a 26-under 262 total on the Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club course in the event co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.

England’s Simon Wakefield (73) finished second at 13 under.

LPGA Tour

Stacy Prammanasudh won the Franklin American Mortgage Championship for her first LPGA Tour title, birdieing Nos. 16 and 17 to pull away from defending champion Lorena Ochoa en route to a three-stroke victory at Franklin, Tenn.

Prammanasudh, the first first-time winner on the tour this season, closed with a 3-under 69 for a 14-under 274 total. The former Tulsa star earned $150,000.

Ochoa finished with a 70. Cristie Kerr (68), Christina Kim (69) and Catriona Matthew (71) tied for third at 9 under.

Wendy Ward, from Edwall, Wash., shot an even-par 72 to finish at one-under par, 287, tied for 11th place.

Tracy Hanson, from Rathdrum, Idaho, shot an even-par 72 to finish at six-over par, 294, tied for 43rd.