MICKELSON WINS PLAYERS' CHAMPIONSHIP
FROM GARCIA, OLAZABAL

Phil Mickelson achieved an emphatic two-stroke victory in the US Players Championship, keeping his nerve over the final round at Sawgrass TPC.
In just his third tournament since switching coaches to Butch Harmon, Mickelson hardly hit a bad shot in a three-under-par 69 in perfect conditions.
He took the lead at the 10th hole on Sunday and was never seriously troubled down the stretch. A bogey at the final hole was the only blemish on his card as he finished at 11-under 277.
Mickelson, picture above by courtesy of USGA, collected £816,156 for his first victory at this event, his 31st on the US Tour, and he improved to second on the world rankings behind Tiger Woods.
Third-round leader Sean O'Hair was Mickelson's only challenger, but his hopes drowned at the infamous par-3 17th, where he put two balls into the water surrounding the island green.
O'Hair bogeyed the last to shoot 76 and fall all the way to 11th, as Sergio Garcia claimed second after a six-under 66, with fellow Spaniard Jose Maria Olazabal (67) and American Stewart Cink (66) another shot back in a tie for third.
Luke Donald, the only British player within striking distance at the start of the day, never got up any momentum and he shot 74 to finish equal 16th at three-under 285.
Ian Poulter (69) was two shots further back, with Irishman Padraig Harrington (70) equal 52nd on two-over 290.
Meanwhile, Woods finally produced the sort of form that had eluded him all week, shooting a five-under 67.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
Players from US unless stated.
277 Phil Mickelson 67 72 69 69.
279 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 73 73 67 66.
280 Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 78 66 69 67, Stewart Cink 74 69 71 66.
281 Jose Coceres (Arg) 73 70 68 70.
282 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 77 68 71 66, Adam Scott (Aus) 74 71 70 67, Jeff Quinney 71 74 64 73, J.P. Hayes 71 73 68 70, Peter Lonard (Aus) 69 72 68 73.
283 Sean O'Hair 72 69 66 76.
284 Mathew Goggin (Aus) 72 71 71 70, Chris DiMarco 68 74 69 73, Brandt Snedeker 72 74 68 70, Steve Elkington (Aus) 73 71 70 70.
285 Nathan Green (Aus) 71 69 74 71, J.B. Holmes 76 72 69 68, Zach Johnson 73 73 70 69, Ted Purdy 74 73 67 71, Luke Donald (Eng) 74 72 65 74, Jonathan Byrd 74 71 71 69, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 74 71 71 69.
286 Kirk Triplett 75 68 73 70, KJ Choi (Kor) 71 74 70 71, Tom Lehman 70 73 73 70, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 72 76 66 72, Jason Gore 70 74 72 70
287 Jerry Kelly 73 73 69 72, Retief Goosen (SAf) 71 74 71 71, Steve Lowery 78 66 71 72, Cliff Kresge 72 72 69 74, Tom Pernice jun 74 68 72 73, Joe Durant 76 71 69 71, Jim Furyk 71 72 74 70, Ian Poulter (Eng) 75 71 72 69, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 70 71 70 76.
288 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 72 72 67 77, Tiger Woods 75 73 73 67, Ernie Els (Rsa) 73 73 72 70, Mike Weir (Can) 75 72 72 69, Ken Duke 76 72 70 70, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 74 71 67 76, Frank Lickliter II 77 72 69 70.
289 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 67 79 71 72, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 70 71 80 68, Heath Slocum 78 71 69 71, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 74 71 76 68, Vijay Singh (Fij) 74 71 70 74, Boo Weekley 74 73 71 71, Rocco Mediate 72 71 77 69, Scott Verplank 72 77 68 72
290 Steve Stricker 72 75 70 73, Tim Herron 77 71 73 69, John Senden (Aus) 73 74 71 72, Harrison Frazar 74 71 73 72, Brett Wetterich 74 75 71 70, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 76 70 74 70.
291 Kenny Perry 73 75 73 70, Bernhard Langer (Ger) 72 77 73 69, John Rollins 76 71 68 76, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 74 75 69 73, Rich Beem 71 73 74 73, Kevin Sutherland 73 71 74 73.
292 Arron Oberholser 73 73 79 67, Paul Azinger 78 71 70 73, David Toms 77 72 73 70, John Mallinger 73 74 72 73
293 Joey Sindelar 74 75 72 72, Ryuji Imada (Jap) 77 71 75 70, Tim Clark (Rsa) 73 72 67 81, Ryan Moore 78 69 75 71
294 Bill Haas 76 73 73 72, Corey Pavin 75 72 71 76, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 75 73 74 72
295 Charley Hoffman 75 69 76 75, Ryan Palmer 77 72 71 75, Davis Love III 77 71 73 74, Todd Hamilton 75 73 76 71.
298 Charles Howell III 73 74 75 76.