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O'Hair wins after Cink sinks
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PALM HARBOR, Fla. - Sean O'Hair took advantage of a stunning collapse by Stewart Cink to win the PODS Championship, closing with a 2-under 69 on Sunday to energize his young career and earn a trip to the Masters.

O'Hair hadn't won since his rookie season in 2005 and felt as if he had been going nowhere over the last couple of seasons. But he turned it around on the back nine of Innisbrook with a 30-foot birdie and two par putts that were equally important, building such a margin that he could afford bogey on the last hole for a two-shot victory.

Cink suffered a loss perhaps even more devastating than the Accenture Match Play Championship blowout against Tiger Woods. Cink had a four-shot lead after two holes Sunday, still had control on the back nine, then dropped four shots in a four-hole stretch along the back nine of the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook.

O'Hair finished at 4-under 280, the highest score to win at Innisbrook after a week of whipping wind.

Champions Tour

Bernhard Langer outlasted defending champion Jay Haas in the Toshiba Classic in Newport Beach, Calif., birdieing the final hole of regulation to force a playoff and winning with a birdie when Haas missed a 3-footer on the seventh extra hole.

PODS Championship

Sean O'Hair -4

John Senden -2

Ryuji Imada -2

George McNeill -2

Troy Matteson -2

Billy Mayfair -2

Stewart Cink -2

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