Tway defeats Faxon in Canadian Open playoff
HAMILTON, Ontario, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Bob Tway defeated Brad Faxon on the third playoff hole Sunday to win the Canadian Open and end a 213-tournament victory drought dating back to 1995.
After both players parred the first playoff hole, Faxon had a chance to win at the second but missed a five-foot birdie putt. The advantage seemed to be with Tway as he hit his approach 18 feet from the pin, but Faxon blasted out of a fairway bunker.
The duo returned to the par-4 18th for the third playoff hole. Tway put his third shot on the green and two-putted for a bogey and his eighth career win.
Tway and Faxon finished 72 holes at 8-under-par 272. Tway fired his second straight 4-under 66 while Faxon had a 67.
The 44-year old earned $$@$!756,000, his largest paycheck in nearly 23 years on the PGA Tour. HEADER:Roddick wins U.S. Open tennis title
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Andy Roddick dominated new world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3, Sunday at the U.S. Open.
Just a week after his 21st birthday, Roddick has won 19 consecutive matches -- dropping just six sets -- and 27 of his last 28. He took the ATP Tour lead with his sixth title and earned $$@$!1 million for his 11th career crown.
Ferrero will be the No. 1 player Monday when the ATP rankings are released. He defeated top seed Andre Agassi in the semifinals. HEADER:Detroit advances to WNBA finals
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Swin Cash had 20 points and 10 rebounds Sunday as the Detroit Shock muscled their way into the WNBA Finals with a 79-73 victory over the Connecticut Sun.
Rookie Cheryl Ford also had a double-double as the Shock captured the Eastern Conference crown and completed a two-game sweep of the Sun. Detroit is in the WNBA Finals for the first time in team history. The Shock will open the Finals on the road Friday against the Los Angeles Sparks or Sacramento Monarchs.
Ford finished with 17 points and 14 rebounds and teamed with Cash to dominate Connecticut's frontcourt. The Shock held a 39-26 edge on the glass.
The Sun rallied from a 12-point halftime deficit and took a 69-65 lead on Katie Douglas' basket with 4:23 remaining.
Taj McWilliams-Franklin collected 17 points and 13 rebounds for Connecticut, which lost all six meetings with Detroit this season. HEADER:Morgan has two-shot win at Kroger Classic
MAINEVILLE, Ohio, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Gil Morgan earned his first win of the year Sunday, carding a 4-under-68 for a two-shot victory over fellow Oklahomian Doug Tewell at the Kroger Classic.
Morgan completed 54 holes at the TPC at River Bend at 20-under 200 to recorded his 22nd career victory on the Champions Tour.
The doctor of optometry came in to the week third on the Senior money list with 11 top-10 finishes in 20 starts. He has finished second four times, but had been unable to break into the win column since the BellSouth Senior Classic in June 2002.
Tewell, who won the Farmers Charity Classic in June for his seventh career victory, registered his seventh top-10 finish of the year.
Jim Thorpe had an 8-under 64 to climb from a tie for 14th to a tie for third with Larry Nelson at 203. Australian Graham Marsh was fifth at 204.
