Mediate lands rare win

Posted October 18, 2010 1:00 am

Associated Press

Rocco Mediate holed out for eagle for the fourth straight day, hitting a pitching wedge approach from 116 yards that spun back into the cup on the par-4 17th Sunday en route to a 1-stroke victory over Bo Van Pelt and Alex Prugh in the Frys.com Open at San Martin, Calif.

The 47-year-old Mediate won his sixth PGA Tour title and first since 2002, finishing with a 2-over 73 for a 15-under 269 total on the CordeValle course. He had a hole-in-one on the par-3 third hole Thursday, holed out from 160 yards Friday on the par-4 fourth, and holed out from 111 yards Saturday on the par-5 15th hole.

CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge:

Spain’s Beatriz Recari won the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge at Danville, Calif., for her first LPGA Tour title, overcoming soggy conditions and a late bogey for a 1-stroke victory over France’s Gwladys Nocera.

The 23-year-old Recari, a tour rookie who made cuts in only three of her first 13 stroke-play events this season, rebounded from a bogey on the No. 17 with a par on the 18th for a 2-under 70 and a 14-under 274 total on the Blackhawk Country Club course.

Portugal Masters:

Richard Green shot a 65 to win the Portugal Masters at Vilamoura, Portugal, over a group of four players 2 strokes back.

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