FORT WORTH, Texas - Kenny Perry spent a lot of time alone during the final round of the Colonial.

Not only at the top of the leaderboard, but on the driving range and even in the locker room.

"I felt like the guy who was pitching a no-hitter. Nobody wanted to talk to me," Perry said. "They wanted to stay as far away from me as they could. They would look at me and walk away, which I understood. They didn't want to jinx me or whatever."

No worries, this Colonial belonged to Perry.

Perry wrapped up another record-setting Colonial victory with a 1-under 69 on Sunday, finishing seven strokes ahead of Billy Mayfair. His 19-under 261 matched his own tournament record, set when he won at Hogan's Alley two years ago.

Except for the absence of Annika Sorenstam, it felt a lot like 2003 again for Perry.

"My golf swing was on the money; my swing was good, and my rhythm was good, and my pace was good, and my putter was good," Perry said. "It's scary how close the two weeks were. I had a lot going my way both weeks."

Perry began Sunday with a seven-stroke cushion, a lead that no PGA Tour player has ever squandered in a final round, and he made sure there wouldn't be any challengers. He made a 3-foot birdie even after missing the fairway on the 563-yard opening hole, and got to 20 under with an 11-footer at No. 5, a 472-yard hole that ranks as the toughest on the course.

When Perry won Colonial two years ago, he was overshadowed by Sorenstam being the first woman in 58 years to play on the PGA Tour. After the LPGA standout missed the cut, Perry tied the course record with a third-round 61 and his ending 19-under was six strokes ahead of Justin Leonard, even after he closed with his own 61.

This time, Perry finished with the best 72-hole total and largest victory margin on tour this season. And it would've been more if not for a double bogey Sunday at No. 17, only his second hole over par all week after his approach missed the green and he three-putted.

"I wanted to finish 20 under. But that's OK, I tied my own record. That's pretty special. I just wanted to win again," Perry said. "It was Annika's week the first time. This week it was my week."

It was the ninth career victory for Perry, who won just three titles in his first 16 seasons before the 2003 Colonial. Along with the plaid jacket, the 44-year-old Kentucky native won $1 million, pushing his career earnings to more than $18 million - $2.6 million of that in 16 Colonials.

Mayfair (66) did the best anybody else could do, matching his best finish since losing in a five-hole playoff to Jose Coceres at the Harbour Town in 2001. David Toms (66), Joe Durant (66) and Peter Lonard (69) were tied for third at 11-under 269, and Bernhard Langer (67) was among seven golfers another stroke back.

Without Perry running away to become only the 10th multiple winner at the Colonial, it could have been quite a back-nine shootout.

"Yeah, if he wasn't playing," Durant said.

"It took the sting out of the day a bit," said Lonard, one of four Australians in the top 10. "We were basically playing for second. Sort of a different feeling from being in the hunt trying to win."

Perry, who won at the Bay Hill Invitational in March, had an opening 65 - at that point his best round this year. He followed with a 63 to break the Colonial's 36-hole scoring record at 12 under, and then had a 64 on Saturday for the 54-hole scoring record at 18 under. He played 53 straight bogey-free holes - from his 17th hole in the opening round until No. 17 on Sunday.

The other multiple winners on tour this season are Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. All have won three times.

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - For Paula Creamer, high school graduation will mean cap and gown - and trophy.The 18-year-old will be walking down the aisle Thursday at the ceremonies for The Pendleton School in Bradenton, Fla., and she will be the only member of the senior class with an LPGA Tour victory to her credit.She became the second-youngest first-time winner in tour history - and the youngest winner of a full event - when she made a 17-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday to win the Sybase Classic by one stroke.Her diploma will be dwarfed by the huge winner's check for $187,500 she received after winning the $1.25 million tournament at Wykagyl Country Club, just north of New York City."Graduation is the completion of a part of my life," she said. "I hope this goes on and on."She still plans to enjoy this week with her friends."It's going to be fun going home for graduation, that's for sure," she said.The former amateur star closed with a 1-under 70, including three birdies in her last five holes. She had tap-in birdies on the par-4 14th and par-5 15th, and the clincher came on the par-5 18th after she was just short of the green in two. She finished with a 6-under 278.Par-saving putts on Nos. 12 and 13 were just as big as the birdies in keeping her in position for win No. 1."Those putts, that's when I got momentum," she said. "That was a big swing moment."Then there was the one that won it."I didn't think it was going in at first," she said. "It willed its way in."Marlene Hagge won the Sarasota Open in 1952, just 14 days after her 18th birthday. She won the Bakersfield Open two months later. Both of those tournaments were just 18-hole events.Creamer, who finished second in the ShopRite Classic last year as an amateur, is 18 years and 9 months old. Her best finish this year was a tie for third in the Takefuji Classic.Amy Alcott was one day past her 19th birthday when she won the Orange Blossom Classic in 1975."They told me about that when I was signing my scorecard," Creamer said of being the second-youngest winner. "That's awesome. That's great."The final round started in intermittent rain, but the final 2 hours were played in a steady rain and the temperature never broke 60 degrees."There were times out there where it was just miserable, but it was the same for everybody," said Creamer, a native of Northern California who likes playing in the rain. "The scoreboard showed how tough it was. At one point, the lead was 3-under."The first prize is almost $20,000 more than Creamer won in her eight starts this year and will move her from 19th to fourth place on the money list. Hagge won a total of $575 for her two wins in the LPGA's third year of existence.Jeong Jang (67) and 2002 Sybase champion Gloria Park (71) tied for second at 279, one shot in front of Christina Kim (73), who led or shared the lead after each of the first three rounds.Heather Bowie (72) and Joo Mi Kim (73) finished another shot back at 281.Creamer hit a 7-iron to tap-in distance on 14 and then pitched to within inches with her third shot on the next hole.Jang, also looking for her first win, had three birdies in her final four holes, including a 15-footer on the 18th that brought her into a tie with Creamer.Park made it a three-way tie for the lead with a 5-foot birdie putt on the par-4 17th. She just missed a 40-foot birdie putt on the final hole."I almost thought I made the birdie putt," said Park, who has been battling tendinitis in her left wrist. "The rain made the rough really, really heavy. Still, it was a great week."Not as good as Creamer's. She hugged her parents just off the 18th green."They said `Congratulations, you did it.' I said, `No, we did it,'" she said. "They gave up a lot for me. It was a big hug. It was nice."Christina Kim held a one-stroke lead over Creamer, Park and Joo Mi Kim entering the final round. Five players were tied for the lead at one point in the final round.Divots: Tina Barrett matched the low round of thetournament with a closing 6-under 65. Christina Kim had a 65 on Thursday and Joo Mi Kim did it Friday. Barrett finished at 1-under 283. ... Defending champion Sherri Steinhauer, who also won here in 1999, closed with a 70 for a 5-over 289. ... Cristie Kerr, second on the money list and the only player in the field in the top 10, had a 69 and finished at 4-over 288.

HOOVER, Ala. - D.A. Weibring had a feeling the Bruno's Memorial Classic would come down to some 18th-hole drama.He was right, sort of.Weibring's ball moved slightly before he tapped in his final putt for victory on No. 18, delaying his celebration until Champions Tour officials ruled that his putter didn't touch the ground before the shot. That violation would have cost him a two-stroke penalty and forced a three-way playoff with Kite and Tom Jenkins."I think we all thought it would come down to somebody having to putt on the last hole for birdie to win," said Weibring, who shot a 3-under 69 on Sunday to finish at 15-under 201.And the finish did come with, as he put it, "just a little extra drama."He was two strokes better than Jenkins and Kite, but the triumphant stroll off the 18th green was replaced by confusion and uncertainty before television replays cleared him."As I stepped in there, the ball kind of turned over backwards," said Weibring, who hadn't seen a replay. "I lost track of what was happening, it shocked me so much."I never, for that reason, ground the putter anywhere near the ball for a tap-in."He didn't this time, either. Even if Weibring hadn't completed the putt of about a foot, it would have cost him at most a one-stroke penalty, not enough to foil his third Champions Tour win.Rules official Ken Lindsey reviewed the putt using three camera angles and said, "I feel very confident that he did not address the ball, so he did not get a penalty."Weibring's round was steady, leaving the dazzling shots to Jenkins and the costly missteps to playing partners Kite and Dana Quigley. He was the only one of the contenders without a bogey in the round.Jenkins eagled the par-4 12th hole with a 125-yard sand wedge shot from the fairway and then sank an 18-footer for birdie on No. 14, but couldn't push any closer. He shot a final-round 66 after birdies on four of the first five holes."When you start like that, it's easy to think that this could be a magical day and everything might go your way," Jenkins said. But he couldn't come up with magic on any of the three par-5s among the final six holes."I figured if I could birdie those three par-5s, I would probably win. I didn't do that," Jenkins said.Weibring moved to 15 under with an 8-foot putt for birdie on 15 and would have won without drama if not for the 18th-hole controversy."I would probably have given myself a two-shot penalty" if the replay had shown any violation, Weibring said. "That took a little bit of enjoyment off the 18th green, but I'm glad we got it right."Quigley came in tied for second with Kite, but had a bogey and double bogey on the first four holes and finished five strokes back. Quigley closed with a 73.Kite tied the tournament record with a 63 on Saturday, but the 1992 U.S. Open champion missed a tap-in putt on No. 13 for bogey and finished with a 70.It was likely the end of the Memorial's 14-year run at Greystone. The tournament is expected to move to Ross Bridge, a new golf course and resort being completed this summer in Hoover.