FARMINGTON, Pa. — Ben Curtis always wondered what it would feel like to defend a championship in a PGA Tour event. If he keeps winning lame-duck tournaments like this, he's never going to find out.

For the second time in three months, Curtis won a tournament that's not scheduled to return next year, stringing a series of big putts down the stretch to claim the 84 Lumber Classic title by two shots Sunday over Charles Howell III.

Curtis, an avowed Cleveland Browns fan forced to wear Steelers colors all week under terms of an endorsement contract, followed up his victory in the Booz Allen Classic in late June. Curiously, neither tournament is on the PGA Tour calendar next year.

LOUDON, N.H. — Kevin Harvick turned New Hampshire International Speedway into his personal playground Sunday, taking the early lead in NASCAR's Chase for the championship.Harvick, who started from the pole and paced almost every practice session, led 196 of the 300 laps to run away with the first round of the 10-race Chase. He moved to the top of the points standings for the first time in his career, and holds a 35-point lead over rookie Denny Hamlin, who finished fourth.Defending series champion Tony Stewart, finished second.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Patty Berg, the golf pioneer and founding member of the LPGA Tour, was remembered at funeral services Saturday as an advocate for the game.Berg, who won an LPGA Tour-record 15 major titles, died Sept. 10 of complications from Alzheimer's disease. She was 88.She was one of the 13 founding members of the tour in 1950 and served as its first president. The diminutive Minnesotan was the money leader in 1954, '55 and '57 and ended her career with 60 victories. She is a member of the LPGA Tour and World Golf Halls of Fame.

CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee could be out for the rest of the season because of his 3-year-old daughter's illness.Lee had missed the last two games before he said he was taking a leave of absence to be with his wife and child.Jada, the only child for Lee and his wife Christina, is suffering from an undisclosed illness that has affected her eyesight. Lee fought back tears Sunday as he addressed the media and then spoke to the team in private in the clubhouse.

VIRGINIA WATER, England — Paul Casey turned in a record-setting performance to win the World Match Play Championship on Sunday.Casey completed a dominating week by winning the last five holes for a 10-and-8 victory over Shaun Micheel, the largest margin of the championship match in the 43-year history of this tournament.