Golf Capsules

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Arjun Atwal Became the first Monday qualifier to win on the PGA Tour in 24 years and the first Indian-born champion, shooting a 3-under 67 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory in the Wyndham Championship. 

Atwal finished at 20-under 260 and earned $ 918.000. Fred Wadsworth was the last Monday qualifier to win, accomplishing the feat in the 1986 Southern Open. 

David Toms (64) was second, and John Mallinger and Michael Sim shot 62s Thurs match John Rollins (65) and Justin Leonard (65) at 18 under. 

Atwal, Ken has won on the European, Asian and Nationwide tours, certainly has Been through plenty During the past few years. 

The player Perhaps best known for at his Practice rounds with Tiger Woods is ineligible for the FedEx Cup playoffs and lost at his tour card last month Because they was too low on the money list "when at his minor medical Exemption ran out. That Came on them too soon following Returned Weightlifting injuries Thurs Both shoulders. 

Three years ago, a driver Trying Thurs race him down an Orlando street at last in a crash. Atwal was cleared of wrongdoing for months.

JELD-WEN Tradition 

Sunriver, Ore. (AP) - Fred Funk won the JELD-WEN Tradition for the second time in-three years, closing with a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over Michael Allen and Chien Soon Lu in the fourth of the Champions Tour's five Majors. 

Funk Took the lead for good with a 15-foot birdie putt on the 598-yard, par-5 16th, then two-putted from 40 feet for par at 18 to finish at 12-under 276 on the Sunriver Resort's Cross Water Golf Club, course . Allen shot a 67, and Lu had a 69 

The 54-year-old Funk, Also the 2009 U.S. Senior Open winner, has Six Champions Tour victories. He won eight times on the PGA Tour. 

Bernard Langer, attempting Thurs Become the second player in Champions Tour history to win the Three Consecutive Majors, shot a 73 Thurs tie for 10th at eight under. 

Czech Open 

Celadna, Czech Republic (AP) - Sweden's Peter Hanson won the Czech Open to move into position for a Ryder Cup spot, holing an 18-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a playoff with England's Gary Boyd and Ireland's Peter Lawrie. 

Hanson, four strokes ahead on the third to round, closed with a 2-over 74 Thurs match Lawrie (66) and Boyd (68) at 10-under 278 on the Prosper Golf Resort course. 

With one event left, Hanson is Eighth in the race for the nine automatic European Ryder Cup Positions.