STRICKER AND O’HAIR TEAM UP FOR WIN

FLA.» Steve Stricker NAPLES, provided the pep talk and Sean O’Hair delivered the shot to secure victory Sunday in the QBE Shootout.

Stricker and O’Hair closed with an 8-under-par 64 for a two-shot victory over Graeme McDowell and Shane Lowry, effectively clinching it when O’Hair made an eagle on the par-5 17th hole at the Tiburon Golf Club.

In the final round of better ball, Stricker and O’Hair rallied from a twoshot deficit on the front nine, built a two-shot lead through 14 holes and were ahead by one shot heading to the reachable 17th with the green guarded by a huge bunker with a vetted, waist-high wall.

“Walking to the 17th tee, Steve said ‘a 3 would go a long way right now,’ ” O’Hair said.

O’Hair hit a 7-iron from 195 yards over the bunker, and it bounced onto the green about 12 feet away. McDowell and Lowry both hit into the bunker, with Lowry’s ball against the face of the wall that forced him to play sideways into the bunker. Both players had to settle for a par, and O’Hair rolled in his eagle putt for a three-shot lead.

“He played great today,” Stricker said of O’Hair. “He hit a great shot on 17. That’s the stuff you need to do to win a tournament, and Sean pulled it off.”

McDowell holed a 25foot birdie putt on the 18th green as he and Lowry closed with a 66.

Storms hit Joburg Open.

India’s Shubhankar Sharma had a four-stroke lead in the Joburg Open with 11 holes left when lightning and heavy rain forced the suspension of play.

Making his 10th European Tour start, Sharma was 22-under.

Yin wins Ladies Classic.

won the Omega Dubai Ladies Classic in a playoff, beating South Korea’s InKyung Kim with a birdie on the second extra hole.

The 19-year-old Yin won with a tap-in birdie on the drivable 17th hole.

The victory in the Ladies European Tour season finale is her first on a major tour.

Yin closed with a 5-under 67. — The Associated Press