KLM Open Golf tournament winner Peter Hanson of Sweden holds the trophy in Hilversum, Netherlands, Sunday. — APHILVERSUM, Netherlands — Peter Hanson's decision to stay on rather than return to Florida to be with his sick son paid off Sunday as he won the European Tour's KLM Open at Hilversum. The 34-year-old Swede - whose wife convinced him to stay on on Friday night despite his son being in intensive care - rattled in a 35 foot putt on the 18th green to record a three-under par round and a four-round total of 14 under par. Hanson, who also gained a massive morale boost ahead of his second successive Ryder Cup appearance at the end of the month, won by two shots from Pablo Larrazabal of Spain and Scotland's Richie Ramsay. Overnight co-leader Larrazabal finished second after a level-par 70, with Scotland's Richie Ramsey joining him after a three-under round. Scotland's Scott Jamieson finished a further two strokes back, while England's Graeme Storm and Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, the other players to share top spot overnight, tied for fifth with Henrik Stenson on nine under. Creamer grabs two-shot lead In Virginia, Paula Creamer had six birdies in a six-under 65 Saturday to seize a two-shot lead over former world No. 1 Jiyai Shin after three rounds of the LPGA's Kingsmill Championship. Creamer had a 54-hole total of 16-under par 197 while overnight leader Shin, of South Korea, carded a 69 for 199. Dewi Claire Schreefel of the Netherlands carded a 69 for a share of third on 12-under 201 alongside American Danielle Kang, who shot 70. Sunday will see both Creamer and Shin trying to get back to the LPGA winner's circle for the first time since 2010. Creamer will be seeking a 10th career title on the LPGA Tour and her first since the 2010 US Women's Open. That tournament also marked the last time she took the lead into the final round. Creamer began the round two off Shin's lead. She birdied three straight holes from the par-five third. She drained a 20-foot birdie putt at the 11th to take the lead and Shin got within one with a birdie of her own at 11. After missing the green at the par-three 13th, Creamer chipped in for birdie. Shin stayed in touch with back-to-back birdies at 11 and 12, but Creamer extended her advantage with a birdie at the par-five 15th, where she hit her third shot six feet from the pin. — Agencies
