AVONDALE, La. -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.
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.
DiMarco has six runner-up finishes since winning the 2002 Phoenix Open for his third PGA Tour victory. He lost playoffs in the last two majors to the top player in the world -the 2004 PGA Championship to Vijay Singh and the Masters to Woods.
Franklin American Mortgage Championship FRANKLIN, Tenn. -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.
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.
The 25-year-old Prammanasudh, who had her father as her caddie, made a 10-foot birdie putt at No. 16 to move to 13 under. At the par-4 17th, she spun a wedge more than 20 feet back within 6 feet and made the putt to extend her lead to four strokes.
FedEx Kinko's Classic LAKEWAY, Texas (AP) ---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.
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