Tiger Woods, Lorena Ochoa and Jay Haas were voted players of the year on their respective tours by the Golf Writers Association of America on Wednesday, the second straight year they won the awards. Woods, who has won the award a record nine times in the last 11 years, had seven victories on the PGA Tour, captured his 13th career major at the PGA Championship and easily won the inaugural FedEx Cup by winning the final two playoff events.

Tiger Woods talks about his win at the 2007 Target World Challenge. Woods shot a 68 to match the tournament record and set a record for the largest margin of victory by seven shots.

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Showing no ill effects from the longest layoff of his career, Tiger Woods lapped the field at the Target World Challenge.

James Kingston shot a 1-under 71 Sunday to beat Oliver Wilson by one stroke at the South African Open. Kingston finished the final round as darkness set in after an earlier rain delay at the Pearl Valley Golf Estates course. The South African finished at 4-under 284 overall. "You dream about this, but I never thought it would ever happen," Kingston said. "When I saw it was raining I was nervous. The delays just put everything on hold, and it just made the day tougher.

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Rory Sabbatini didn't let the year end without getting under Tiger Woods' skin one last time. In a move that left players shaking their head, Sabbatini withdrew from the final round of the Target World Challenge on Sunday citing "personal reasons," the first player in the nine-year history of the event to leave early. Sabbatini still received $170,000. He was in last place heading into the final round, 28 shots behind.

Annika Sorenstam won the Dubai Ladies Masters by two strokes on Sunday in her first victory since she won here in 2006. The Swede closed with 2-under 70 to finish at 10-under 278 at the season-ending tournament of the Ladies European Tour. "I am so happy to have finally won again," Sorenstam said. Overnight leader Iben Tinning of Denmark had a double bogey at the last hole and finished with a 73 to tie for second with England's Laura Davies, who shot a 72.

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Craig Parry made a 15-foot par putt on the 17th hole to shoot a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory in the Australian Open on Sunday. Parry, who won his first national championship in 24 attempts, laid up on the par-5 18th rather than risk going for the green in two shots. He missed a birdie putt, but only had inches left for a tap-in to give him an 11-under total of 277 on The Australian course made soft by steady rain over much of the final day.

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Tiger Woods struggled with his swing, but still shot a 5-under 67 to widen his gap in the Target World Challenge.

Oliver Wilson of England shot a 5-under-par 67 Saturday and led by one stroke after three rounds of the South African Open. Wilson was at 4-under 212 heading into the final round, with halfway leader James Kingston in second place. Garth Mulroy was two shots back after a 64, the day's best round. Greg Norman, recently engaged to tennis great Chris Evert, shot a 72 and was at 217. Defending champion Ernie Els, playing in his home country, had a 77 that left him way back at 224.

Iben Tinning shot a 5-under 67 Saturday to take a one-shot lead after the third round of the Dubai Ladies Masters, the season-ending tournament of the Ladies European Tour. Tinning is at 9-under 207 going into Sunday's final round and is being chased Annika Sorenstam and Laura Davies in second place.

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