Creamer wins by 1

Paula Creamer calmly won her biggest LPGA Tour title yet, holding off a large pack in the 20-player Samsung World Championship at Half Moon Bay, Calif.

Playing near her hometown of Pleasanton, the 22-year-old Creamer beat Song-Hee Kim by a stroke Sunday, closing with a bogey-free 3-under 69 for a 9-under 279 total. Creamer earned $250,000 for her fourth title of the year and eighth overall.

On No. 18, Creamer holed a 5-foot par putt that rolled around the right lip of the cup and in. She dropped her putter and raised both arms with a huge smile across her face as Kim waited nearby for a possible playoff. Kim finished with a 68 for her fifth top-five finish of the year.

Two-time defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot a 69 to tie for third at 7 under with Juli Inkster (68), Suzann Pettersen (68) and Angela Stanford (70).

Turning Stone Championship: Long-hitting rookie Dustin Johnson won the Turning Stone Resort Championship for his first PGA Tour title, holing an 8-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 3-under 69 and a 1-stroke victory over Robert Allenby at Verona, N.Y.

Johnson finished at 9-under 279 to take the $1.08 million first-place prize in the $6 million event, the richest of the Fall Series, catapulted him from 128th to 41st on the money list. The top 125 at the end of the year retain full exemption for 2009.

Alfred Dunhill Links: Sweden's Robert Karlsson won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, birdieing the first hole of a playoff with England's Ross Fisher and Germany's Martin Kaymer at St. Andrews, Scotland. Karlsson closed with a 7-under 65 to match Fisher (65) and Kaymer (68) at 10-under 278.