CANONSBURG— John Aubrey of Butler finished third among the professioals at the Tri-State Section PGA Pro-3 Amateur golf event held at Southpointe Golf Club over the weekend.

Aubrey carded a 35-36-71, five strokes behind champion Ryan Sikora of Totteridge Golf Club.

REUNION, Fla. — Lorena Ochoa became the first LPGA Tour player in 45 years to win four tournaments in consecutive weeks.Ochoa shot a 3-under 69 in the final round of the Ginn Open and beat rookie Yani Tseng by three strokes for her fifth victory in six starts this year.Ochoa trailed early in the final round, but went ahead for good with three straight birdies beginning at No. 8. She finished at 19 under and became the second player to win four times in four consecutive weeks.Mickey Wright did it in 1962 and 1963. Kathy Whitworth (1969) and Annika Sorenstam (2001) also won four consecutive events, but there were off weeks during their runs.Sorenstam (2004-05) and Nancy Lopez (1978) hold the tour record with five straight victories in events entered, but neither of those came in consecutive weeks.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Boo Weekley won the Verizon Heritage for the second straight year, closing with an even-par 71 for a three-stroke victory over Anthony Kim and Aaron Baddeley.Last year, Weekley needed chips-ins on the 71st and 72nd holes to beat Ernie Els by a stroke on a Monday for his first PGA Tour victory. On Sunday, Weekley strode up the 18th fairway with the win very much in hand and the gallery chanting, "Boooo! Boooo!"Weekley finished at 15 under. He earned $990,000, and a second straight invitation to the Masters. He tied for 20th at Augusta National to miss qualifying for 2009.Kim and Baddeley also finished with 71s, Jim Furyk (69) finished fourth at 11 under.

OEIRAS, Portugal — Roger Federer captured his 54th career title, winning the Estoril Open when second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko retired with a left leg injury while trailing 7-6 (5), 1-2.Federer returned to his winning ways in his fifth tournament of the season. It had been eight years since Federer had needed so many events to reach a final. He won despite windy conditions and the fact that he was playing on his most challenging surface.

TORONTO — Slumping designated hitter Frank Thomas was released Sunday by the Blue Jays, who cut the 19-year veteran one day after he became angry for being taken out of the lineup.General manager J.P. Ricciardi said he and Thomas came to "a mutual agreement" after meeting in the clubhouse early Sunday.The move leaves the Blue Jays on the hook for $7,081,967, the remainder of his $8 million salary this year in the $18.12 million, two-year contract the 39-year-old Thomas signed in November 2006.