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GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) Tiger Woods shot a 2-under 70 Sunday to win the Buick Open by four shots at 17 under. It was his 33rd PGA Tour victory and fourth in his last eight starts. Esteban Toledo, who began the final round one stroke behind Woods, stayed with the world's best golfer through 12 holes, but then collapsed with three straight bogeys. Toledo shot a 1-over 73 to finish at 13 under, tied for second with Mark O'Meara (68), Brian Gay (68) and Fred Funk (71). It matched Toledo's best finish. Woods, who won $594,000, insisted he was at Warwick Hills to win and not just practice for the fourth major. He opened with a 67, shot a season-best 63 on Friday and a 71 Saturday. Women's British Open TURNBERRY, Scotland (AP) Karrie Webb's latest comeback established a new standard of excellence on the LPGA Tour: the Super Slam. Webb shot a 6-under 66, rallying from three strokes behind to win her third Women's British Open title. She earned $236,383. The 27-year-old Webb finished at 15-under 273, beating fellow Australian Michelle Ellis and Spain's Paula Marti by two strokes. It was the sixth major championship in four years for Webb, who won the British Open in her rookie season of 1995 and again in 1997. The British became a major last year, replacing the defunct du Maurier Classic. 3M Championship BLAINE, Minn. (AP) Hale Irwin, who lost in playoffs two of the last three weeks, shot a 4-under 68 and beat Hubert Green by three strokes in the 3M Championship, his tour-leading third senior victory of the year. The bogey-free final round at the TPC of the Twin Cities gave Irwin a 12-under 204 total and the first-place check of $262,500. It also ended his five-month victory drought on the Senior PGA Tour. His last win was the Toshiba Senior Classic on March 10. Last week, Irwin lost to Green in a seven-hole playoff - the tour's longest this year - at the Long Island Classic, and he lost to Bob Gilder after one extra hole at the SBC Senior Open. Wales Open NEWPORT, Wales (AP) Former British Open champion Paul Lawrie scored a comfortable five-stroke victory in the Wales Open at Celtic Manor, a year after he lost out in a three-man playoff. Lawrie shot two rounds of 70 on the final day of the weather-affected event to finish with a 16-under 272. England's John Bickerton, who also shot a 70 in the final round, finished second. Mikko Ilonen of Finland was third, and Martin Maritz of South Africa and Lucas Parson of Australia finished fourth. Great Lakes Classic GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Patty Sheehan shot a 4-under 68 to win the Women's Senior Golf Tour's Great Lakes Classic by two strokes. Sheehan, who won six LPGA majors, shot a 54-hole total of 208 to finish ahead of Marilyn Lovander. Martha Nause and defending champion Hollis Stacy both shot 69s to tie for third, three strokes behind Sheehan.
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