A very special win for Creamer

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - Paula Creamer could finally look to all those supporters who have seen her through every stage of her young golf career and know she'd made them proud while playing right in her backyard.

Creamer calmly won her biggest LPGA Tour title yet, holding off a large pack to win the Samsung World Championship on Sunday about 11/2 hours west of where she grew up in Pleasanton.

"This really does mean a lot. I put so much pressure on myself every time I come here," said Creamer, dressed in one of her custom pink outfits. "It's hard coming to your hometown."

The 22-year-old Creamer, who now lives in Manatee County, beat Song-Hee Kim by a stroke, 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, going the final 37 holes without a bogey.

On No. 18, Creamer holed a 5-foot par putt that rolled around the right lip of the cup and in.

Kim finished with a 68.

Creamer became the first American to win at least four times in a single season since Juli Inkster had five victories in 1999.

PGA: Rookie stuns Allenby

VERONA, N.Y. -- 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 Sunday for a 3-under 69 and a one-stroke victory over Robert Allenby.

Johnson finished at 9-under 279 to take the $1.08 million first-place prize in the $6 million event, catapulting him from 128th to 41st on the money list.

Allenby (70) had a chance to tie at 18, but his 12-foot putt for birdie stopped inches short.

More golf

Kirk Hanefeld won the Senior PGA Professional National Championship in Indian Wells, Calif., on Sunday, birdieing four straight holes late in the final round for a 4-under 69 and a four-stroke victory over Jon Fiedler and John Aubrey. Hanefeld, 52, from Acton, Mass., birdied Nos. 14-17 at Toscana CC and finished at 10-under 278. He earned $20,000 and topped the 35 qualifiers for the Senior PGA Championship next May at Canterbury in Cleveland. ... In St. Andrews, Scotland, Robert Karlsson of Sweden won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship with a birdie on the first hole of a three-man playoff with Ross Fisher and Martin Kaymer. ... South Korean Bae Sang-moon shot a 2-under 69 for a 273 to win the Korean Open in Seoul, South Korea, finishing a stroke ahead of Ian Poulter. American Anthony Kim (71) tied for third.