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MIAMI - Craig Parry eagled the first playoff hole Sunday to beat Scott Verplank on the first playoff hole in the Ford Championship at Doral.

Parry's eagle came on the Blue Monster's signature 18th hole - the toughest on tour this year. The hole surrendered just nine birdies in the final round and 31 in the tournament.

Parry (68) and Verplank (67) finished at 17-under 271. Retief Goosen (66) was one shot back in third, and Joe Durant was fourth.

David Toms, making his third start since hand surgery in December, missed a 5-foot putt on No. 18 that dropped him into a four-way tie for fifth with 46-year-old Bernhard Langer, 41-year-old Gene Sauers and K.J. Choi.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Mark O'Meara won his first official tournament in almost six years, shooting a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory in the Dubai Desert Classic.The previous victory for the 47-year-old O'Meara was the 1998 British Open, just months after he won the Masters.Ireland's Paul McGinley shot a 70. Tiger Woods, six strokes back when the round began, made a slight charge but finished five behind after a 68 on a hot, breezy day at the Emirates Golf Club.O'Meara finished at 17-under 271 and earned $333,330, a fraction of Woods' $3 million appearance fee.

BOSTON - John Henry Williams, the son of Hall of Famer Ted Williams who pushed to have his father's body frozen, died late Saturday of leukemia in a hospital in Los Angeles, an attorney for Ted Williams' family said. He was 35.Peter Sutton said Williams died at UCLA Medical Center with family members at his bedside. Sutton said John Henry Williams' sister, Claudia Williams, and attorney, Eric Abel, informed him of the death by phone.Williams had been battling leukemia for months. In December, he had a bone marrow transplant, using a donation from Claudia, his youngest sister.

MELBOURNE, Australia - Michael Schumacher won his fourth Australian Grand Prix title, leading teammate Rubens Barrichello in a 1-2 finish Sunday for Ferraris in the season-opening Formula One race.Schumacher led from start to finish and completed 58 laps on the Albert Park circuit in 1 hour, 24 minutes and 15.757 seconds, 13.6 seconds clear of Barrichello.

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