Frenchman Jean-Francois Lucquin claimed his maiden European Tour title on Sunday after beating British teenager Rory McIlroy in a sudden-death playoff. Lucquin came from four strokes behind McIlroy at the start of the round to card a four-under 67 for a 271 four-round total. Northern Irishman McIlroy, 19, bogeyed the 18th for a 71 to put him also a stroke ahead of the field and send the event into extra holes. A birdie at the second playoff hole earned Lucquin the $489,000 first prize as he became the Tour's 13th first-time winner of the season. Villegas takes lead Camilo Villegas gave himself his best chance of winning on the PGA Tour with a 12-foot birdie Sunday morning to complete a 4-under 66 and take a one-shot lead going into the final round of the BMW Championship. Villegas was tied with Jim Furyk when the third round was suspended Saturday evening by darkness, with Furyk already done with a 66. Villegas saved par from a bunker with a 15-foot putt on No. 5, missing a 10-foot birdie putt at No. 7, then took the outright lead with his birdie on the par-5 eighth. He was at 13-under 197 and will play in the final group Sunday afternoon with Furyk and Anthony Kim, who also completed a 66 in the morning. Kim was at 201 with Tim Clark (66) and Brian Gay, who was challenging for the lead as he finished his third round until a three-putt from 12 feet for a double bogey on No. 8. He wound up with a 67. Sorenstam third In Denmark, Martina Eberl rallied from a six-shot deficit to win the Nykredit Masters on Sunday, while Annika Sorenstam settled for third in her final tournament on European soil. Eberl was tied for second with Sorenstam going into the final round at Simon's Golf Club, but closed with a 7-under 66 to overtake to overtake Melissa Reid of England, who finished a stroke back. Eberl carded eight birdies and one bogey for a 54-hole total of 14-under 205. Reid, the tour's leading rookie, shot 73 for her highest score in the event and slipped to second at 13 under. Sorenstam, the 37-year-old Hall of Famer from Sweden, closed with a 2-under 71, finishing five shots behind Eberl. Sorenstam had three birdies and one bogey and finished with a 9
