AKRON, Ohio - Stewart Cink closed with an even-par 70 to beat Tiger Woods and Rory Sabbatini by four strokes at the NEC Invitational, becoming the first wire-to-wire winner on the PGA Tour this year.

Cink made a 15-foot birdie putt on 18 to finish at 11-under 269 . He earned $1.2 million, the largest payoff of his career.

Sabbatini make a 20-foot birdie on the 14th hole to trail by two shots, but bogeyed two of the next three holes for a 68.

Woods finished with a rare birdie for a 69, and continued his streak of never finishing worse than fifth at Firestone. He also will keep his No. 1 ranking for another week - 263 weeks in a row - after Vijay Singh shot a 70 to tie for 32nd and Ernie Els both closed with a 72 and tied for 65th.

DUBLIN, Ohio - Catriona Matthew's par putt on the first playoff hole was enough to beat defending champion Hee-Won Han and win the Wendy's Championship for Children.Matthew shot a 4-under 68 for a 10-under 278 total for her second career LPGA title, and first since 2001.Han pulled her 5-foot putt left of the hole. She led by as many as three shots and closed with a 72.Lorena Ochoa had the day's low round (67), leaving her alone in third at 279. Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (68) and Nancy Scranton (70) finished three shots back.Amateur Michelle Wie shot 69 to tie for sixth at 6 under. Joining Wie were U.S. Open champion Meg Mallon (70), Marilyn Lovander (72) and 2002 Wendy's winner Mi Hyun Kim (72).

RENO, Nev. - Rookie Vaughn Taylor claimed his first PGA Tour victory, rolling in an 11-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole to win a four-way playoff at the Reno-Tahoe Open.Taylor made a 14-foot birdie putt on the last hole of regulation for a 3-over 75 and tied Scott McCarron (71), rookie Hunter Mahan (74) and Australia's Steve Allan (74) at 10-under 278.In the playoff, McCarron missed a 14-foot birdie putt and Mahan failed to convert from 16 feet. Allan's approach to the 429-yard, par-4 18th came up short.

CONOVER, N.C. - Doug Tewell rolled in a 12-foot birdie putt on the last hole to win the Greater Hickory Classic title with a tournament low 8-under 64.Tewell played three bogey-free rounds and finished at 14-under 202 for the 54-hole event, one shot ahead of second-round leader Bruce Fleisher, who had a 68.Morris Hatalsky was third with a closing 66. Jerry Pate shot 68 for fourth place.

FOUNTAIN, Colo. - Dario Franchitti shook off a potentially dangerous pit mishap and used a caution midway through the race to make up ground. He wound up leading the final 63 laps of the IRL's Honda 225 at Pikes Peak International Raceway for his second win of the year.Franchitti, who held the lead four times for a total of 128 laps, went into the pits on lap 85 for four new tires and fuel. As he started to pull out of the pits, fuel man Mike Miller had trouble getting the hose disconnected from the car and was clipped by the rear tire.

WASHINGTON - Lleyton Hewitt's strong first serve and excellent court coverage ended the best week of Gilles Muller's career.Hewitt beat the Luxembourg player 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic. The second-seeded Australian became the fifth player this year with at least three ATP Tour titles. His other victories came in Sydney and Rotterdam.

Travis Geisler of Cranberry Township finished 22nd in the NASCAR Busch Cabela's 250 Saturday at Michigan International Speedway.Kyle Busch won the race, followed by Mark Martin.

Rick Hart, Aug. 13, 118-yard No. 9 hole at Lake Arthur Country Club, sand wedge.