Ireland's Peter Lawrie beat Spaniard Ignacio Garrido in a sudden-death playoff at the Spanish Open on Sunday to claim his maiden European Tour title after coming back from five strokes behind overnight. Lawrie birdied four of the last six holes for a closing five-under 67 and a 15-under 273 total at the Real Club, while Garrido, the leader for the second and third rounds, holed a 35-foot birdie putt on the last for a 72 to match the Irishman. The pair had finished a stroke better than Denmark's Soren Hansen, who closed with a 69. Jimenez shared fourth place on 13-under with compatriot Alfredo Garcia-Heredia and Britain's David Lynn. Kim eyes title Anthony Kim carded a flawless six-under 66 in the third round of the Wachovia Championship on Saturday to jump into a commanding four-shot lead and close in on his first PGA Tour victory. The 22-year-old American was a combined 13-under par at Quail Hollow after three rounds, ahead of fellow Americans Jason Bohn and Heath Slocum tied for second on nine under. Kim, born in Los Angeles to Korean parents, is one of the most promising young players on the Tour and seems to have found a way to contain the fiery temper that hampered his rookie season last year. Starting the day two strokes behind overnight leader Bohn, he moved into the lead at the par-four ninth with his fourth birdie of the round. He added two more coming home, punctuating his performance by banging in a seven-foot birdie putt at the difficult par-four 18th. Bohn also finished in style with a 35-foot chip-in at the last for par to salvage a 72. Slocum jumped into contention with a 68, highlighted by an eagle at the par-five 15th where he pitched in from 40 yards. Creamer clings to lead In Oklahoma, Paula Creamer took bogeys on two of the last three holes Saturday but still clung to a two-stroke lead over fellow American Juli Inkster after the third round of the LPGA SemGroup Championship. Creamer fired a two-under par 69 to stand on three-under 210 after 54 holes at the $1.8 million event while Inkster fired a 67 to stand on 212 as the only other player under par and joining Creamer in Sunday's final pairing. Lorena Ochoa was eight strokes off the pace in a share of sixth on 218. Hwang wins Open In Seoul, South Korea's Hwang Inn-choon denied Noh Seung-yul a place in golf history with a playoff win at the Maekyung Open Golf Championship on Sunday. Hwang parred the playoff hole at the par four 18th while Noh missed his par putt . Hwang walked away with the top prize of $107,142 and nailed his first win on the Asian Tour.
