PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. Sergio Garcia, the best player without a major, got the next best thing Sunday. Garcia ended the longest victory drought of his career by making a clutch par putt to force a playoff and hitting the island-green 17th on the first extra hole to defeat Paul Goydos in The Players Championship.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. Annika Sorenstam's comeback is real. And with her third victory in eight events this season, she also showed she can beat the new No. 1, Lorena Ochoa.

After a year filled with injury, Annika Sorenstam proved she is back to her old form on Sunday.

Hennie Otto fended off a stiff charge from Oliver Wilson on Sunday to win the Italian Open, shooting a three-under 69 in the final round to claim his first European Tour victory.

Paul Goydos, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour, carded a two-under 70 Saturday to grab a one-shot lead after three rounds of The Players Championship.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. Paul Goydos doesn't have a Q-rating, an endorsement deal or a top-30 finish in the last 16 months. What he does have for the first time in his career is a 54-hole lead - in The Players Championship, no less.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. Annika Sorenstam knows there was speculation that her best days as a golfer were behind her, and that an injury-plagued 2007 was the beginning of the end.

World No. 2 Annika Sorenstam fired a five- under 66 Friday to take a three-stroke lead after two rounds of the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill.

Darron Stiles and Rich Morris both fired rounds of seven-under 63 Friday to grab a share of the lead after two rounds of the Fort Smith Classic.

Hennie Otto recorded six back-nine birdies, including three in a row to close his round, for a nine-under 63 on Saturday and a four-shot lead after the third round of the Italian Open.

Kenny Perry posted a two-under 70 on Friday and moved to the top of the leaderboard after two rounds of The Players Championship.

Ross McGowan and Marco Ruiz shot matching eight-under 64s on Thursday to share the first-round lead at the Italian Open.

Professional golfer Jeff Maggert's brother was killed Thursday when a single-engine plane he was piloting crashed in a mountainous area in Colorado.

There have been significant winning streaks in golf over the years, and there have also been plenty of players who have stressed family over golf. Occasionally the two intersect.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. The flag was in a tempting location, back and left on the 13th green at the TPC Sawgrass with a pond running alongside the left side. Sergio Garcia took dead aim with a 7-iron and the ball never left its target.

Tommy Gainey posted a six-under 64 Thursday to grab a share of the lead after the opening round of the Fort Smith Classic.

Mhairi McKay fired an eight-under-par 63 Thursday to take the lead after the opening round of the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill.

Spain's Sergio Garcia fired a six- under-par 66 on Thursday to take the first-round lead of The Players Championship.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. The booming drives were there, but more often than not, Michelle Wie didn't know where they were going in her first round on the LPGA Tour since February.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. Masters champion Trevor Immelman withdrew Thursday morning from The Players Championship because of an illness, leaving the PGA Tour's flagship event without the last two major champions.