Rookie leads wire to wire for first PGA Tour title

Marc Turnesa completed a wire-to-wire victory for his first PGA Tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 on Sunday to hold off Matt Kuchar by a stroke in the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas.

The eighth rookie to win on the PGA Tour this season, Turnesa opened with rounds of 62, 64 and 69 at TPC Summerlin en route to a 24-under 263 total. He earned $738,000.

•Pressel takes Kapalua Classic: Morgan Pressel birdied the final hole for a 3-under 69 and a one-stroke victory over Suzann Pettersen in the inaugural Kapalua LPGA Classic at Kapalua, Hawaii.

Kapalua’s tour pro, Pressel finished at 8-under 280 and earned $225,000 for her second career win. She won the Kraft Nabisco Championship last year to become the youngest player in tour history to win a major.

•Langer wins in Texas : Bernhard Langer won his second straight Administaff Small Business Classic title at The Woodlands, Texas, shooting a 3-under 69 for a two-stroke victory over Lonnie Nielsen.

Langer finished at 12-under 204 on The Woodlands Country Club course and earned $255,000 for his third victory of the year to take the money lead with $1,992,573. The German star won the event last year.

• Spaniard wins in Portugal: Spain’s Alvaro Quiros won the Portugal Masters for his second European tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 for a three-stroke victory over Scotland’s Paul Lawrie (67) at Vilamoura, Portugal.

Tennis

Murray wins in Madrid

Fourth-ranked Andy Murray beat Gilles Simon of France 6-4, 7-6 (6) on Sunday to win the Madrid Masters.

The U.S. Open finalist became the first Briton to win four titles in a season. He will be the first Briton in the Open era since Fred Perry in 1936 to finish the year at No. 4.

Greg Rusedski and Tim Henman both reached No. 4 but never finished the year there and never won four titles and played in a Grand Slam final in one season.

•Venus takes Zurich final: Venus Williams won the Zurich Open on Sunday for her second singles title of the season.

Williams beat Italy’s Flavia Pennetta 7-6 (1), 6-2 to take the tournament she last won as a teenager in 1999.

The win should seal the 28-year-old American’s place at the season-ending WTA Tour Championship in Doha next month. She also won at Wimbledon this year.

Pennetta upset top-ranked Jelena Jankovic in the second round.

Auto Racing

Hamilton wins Chinese GP

Lewis Hamilton’s win in the Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai proved to be anticlimactic, leaving the McLaren driver just short of clinching the 2008 Formula One title.

Hamilton led from start to finish in a tepid race, finishing 14.9 seconds ahead of rival Felipe Massa, who took second thanks to Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen letting him through late in the race.

The result extended Hamilton’s lead in the drivers’ championship to seven points with only the Brazilian Grand Prix remaining in two weeks.

Hamilton is in prime position to become F1’s youngest champion.

NHL

Blackhawks beat Canucks

Patrick Sharp had two goals and an assist and the Blackhawks won for the first time under new coach Joel Quenneville, beating the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 at Chicago.

Quenneville took over behind the bench Thursday after Denis Savard was fired following a 1-2-1 start. On Saturday night in St. Louis in Quenneville’s first game, the Blackhawks lost 4-3.

• Hurricanes 3, Ducks 1: Michael Leighton made 32 saves and Ryan Bayda, Rod Brind’Amour and Eric Staal scored goals in Carolina’s victory over the slumping Ducks at Anaheim, Calif. Brind’Amour broke a 1-1 tie late in the second period and the Hurricanes held off Anaheim in the final period.

Miscellany

Kenyans sweep in Denver

Jynocel Basweti won the Denver Marathon as Kenyans took the top three finishes.

Basweti posted a winning time of 2 hours, 22 minutes, 13 seconds. Richard Kimeli was second in 2:23:54, followed by defending champion Jonathan Ndambuki in 2:24:53.

Romania’s Nuta Olaru won the women’s race in 2:42:18. Judy Kiplimo from Kenya came in second at 2:45:11 and Patty Rogers from Lakewood, Colo., took third in 2:54:27.

The race attracted nearly 8,000 runners from 13 countries and 46 states. The marathon raised some $200,000 for charities.

•Ortiz, Jones win Dew Cup: Chaz Ortiz, 14, won the Skateboard Park event in the PlayStation Pro at Orlando, Fla. to take the Dew Cup as the season points leader.

Earlier, Adam Jones won the Freestyle Motocross event.