Calcavecchia shoots 70, wins PODS Championship

Mark Calcavecchia might have to unpack his bags again, this time to make room for an unlikely trophy.

Calcavecchia, ready to leave Innisbrook after opening with a 75, survived a wild swing in emotions Sunday and won the PODS Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla., when Heath Slocum missed a 4-foot par putt on the final hole.

Calcavecchia closed with a 1-under 70 and never lost the lead, but his stomach was churning the whole way around. He had a two-shot lead and stood over a 4-foot birdie putt on the 15th hole that he missed, then had to hang on for dear life.

With Calcavecchia ahead by one shot, his 8-iron came up short of the 18th green and he missed a 7-foot par putt. Slocum needed only to make par from 4 feet to force a playoff. The putt dipped in and out of the cup on the left side.

Slocum and John Senden, who closed with a 66, shared second at 275.

LPGA Tour

Stacy Prammanasudh shot a 2-under 70 in the second round to pull within a stroke of leader Meaghan Francella in the MasterCard Classic, the rain-plagued LPGA Tour event in Huixquilucan, Mexico, will finish today.

Prammanasudh, coming off a victory two weeks ago in the Fields Open in Hawaii, played 16 holes Sunday in the rain-delayed second round.

Play was delayed for 2 hours, 15 minutes during the afternoon, then suspended for the day because of lighting. Only 44 of the 74 players who made the 36-hole cut started the third round Sunday.

Champions Tour

Jay Haas won for the Toshiba Classic for his first Champions Tour victory of the year, closing with a 6-under 65 for a tournament-record 19-under 194 total and a two-stroke victory over R.W. Eaks.

Eaks also finished with a 65. Ben Crenshaw and Joe Ozaki shot 68s to tie for third at 13 under.

-- The Associated Press