CHAMPIONS TOUR:While Des Smyth finished in 11th place, rookie Mark Wiebe started his Champions Tour career in the best possible fashion yesterday.
Wiebe, with a final round of 67 for an 18-under-par total, easily won the SAS Championship at Prestonwood Country Club, North Carolina in his first Tour start from Bruce Lietzke, Dana Quigley and Keith Fergus.
Quigley was three back on 201 after a 69, with Lietzke and Fergus on 203. Mark McNulty was fifth on 205 after a second successive 67.
Smyth dropped three shots on the back nine for a one-under-par 71 and a three-round total of 207.
SENIORS TOUR:Scotland's John Chillas ended a three-year wait for his third European Seniors Tour title when he beat England's Glenn Ralph at the fourth hole of a sudden-death play-off to win the Scandinavian Senior Open.
The 56-year-old Scot holed a 30-foot putt for a birdie two to stay in the play-off at the third extra hole, before a par three at the next - the 197-yard first at Royal Copenhagen Golf Club - was enough to take the title as Ralph could not get up and down from the bunker.
Both players ended the regulation 54 holes on eight-under-par 205 after Chillas - one shot off the lead overnight - carded a final round 68 while Ralph - searching for his first European Seniors Tour title - stormed through the field with a final round 65.
Eamonn Darcy finished on one-under-par 212 after a final round of 70, with Jimmy Hegarty on 217 after a 75.
CHALLENGE TOUR: Leif Westerberg completed the "greatest day of my career" to win the richest European Challenge Tour event in history at the Kazakhstan Open and, as a result, secure his place on the 2008 European Tour.
By picking up a cheque for €52,800, Westerberg made a huge leap at the business end of the Challenge Tour rankings, moving to third place with season's earnings of €96,138 to guarantee his place among the top 20 players who will be handed a European Tour card at the season-ending Grand Final in four weeks.
LET TOUR: Sweden's Sophie Gustafson sealed her 22nd career title with a five-stroke victory at the De Vere Ladies Scottish Open on Saturday.
The 33-year-old, and the only player to finish under par, carded rounds of 71, 68 and 71 for a total of three-under-par 210 at The Carrick at Cameron House, Loch Lomond.
Three players tied for second place on two-over-par: England's Danielle Masters and Kirsty Taylor, who scored 68 and 71 respectively, and Sweden's Sofia Renell, who had a 75 for her career best finish in five years on the Ladies European Tour.
Rebecca Coakley again led the Irish challenge with a 54-hole total of 225 after rounds of 77, 71 and 77. Martina Gillen was on 226 after rounds of 76, 74 and 76.
PGA CUP:Britain and Ireland came within a point of glory as they agonisingly relinquished their grasp on the PGA Cup at the Oconee Course in Greensboro, Georgia.
The 10-man team, made up of the cream of B&I's club professionals, went into the final day two points behind the Americans after two thrilling days of fourballs and foursomes, but despite edging the singles 5½-4½, they ultimately succumbed to a 13½-12½ defeat.
It meant B&I lost possession of the Llandudno Trophy they won at The K Club two years ago and were denied the chance of being the first visiting side to win the PGA Cup on American soil.
