PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) – Chad Campbell shot a scrambling 71 Sunday to outlast Scott Verplank and Jesper Parnevik and win the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

Campbell’s 1-under closing round put him at 25-under 335, three shots in front of Verplank and 2000 Hope champion Parnevik.

Verplank, one stroke off Campbell’s lead to start the day, had a 73 and Parnevik made a charge with a 67 during a round when gusty wind made the new Classic Course at Northstar tricky at times.

John Huston finished fourth with a 68 and 339 total. Former Hope winners Phil Mickelson and Mike Weir tied for fifth with John Senden.

Mickelson, the tournament champion in 2002 and 2004, shot a 71 to finish at 19 under along with Weir (70) and Senden (73).

It was the sixth time Campbell had entered the closing day of a tour event either tied for the lead or alone at the top – and only the second time he came out with a victory.

He had stumbled a week earlier in Hawaii after being tied for the lead with David Toms to begin the final round. Toms won it with a 65, while Campbell had a 70 to drop into a second-place tie with Rory Sabbatini.

Campbell’s closing round in the Hope bore little resemblance to his steady play the first four days, when he shot 63-66-68-67 and had only two bogeys.

His final round included a double-bogey, two bogeys, three birdies, an eagle and several scrambling pars.

After coaxing in a 32-foot eagle putt on No. 9 to go to 26 under and open a four-shot lead, Campbell hit into rocks and high grass alongside the fairway on the par-4, 474-yard 10th.

After a drop, he hit to the fringe, then chipped 15 feet beyond the cup. He missed the putt for a 6, losing the two shots he picked up with his eagle a hole earlier.

After pars over the next two holes, Campbell “salvaged” a bogey on No. 13 after hitting his tee shot into the water and his next shot into a bunker. He recovered by hitting his sand wedge within 6 feet of the pin, then making the putt for a 5 on the par-4, 399-yard hole.

Verplank, meanwhile, was having troubles of his own and, after being tied with Campbell on No. 7, never caught him again.

The only other time Campbell held onto a lead over the final 18 holes was in the 2003 Tour Championship. His only other tour victory was the 2004 Bay Hill Invitational.

DiMarco wins Abu Dhabi Championship

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Chris DiMarco shot a 5-under 67 for a one-stroke victory over third-round leader Henrik Stenson at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship on Sunday.

The 37-year-old American finished the tournament at 20-under 268.

“This is four years to the month that I have not been in the winner’s circle,” said DiMarco.

, who won the Phoenix Open in 2002. “This is an unbelievable field this week.”

Stenson, who shot a 69, birdied the final hole to claim second place ahead of Sergio Garcia. The Spaniard shot a 66 and finished two strokes behind DiMarco. Ricardo Gonzales (68) finished fourth, followed by Miguel Angel Jimenez (68). Vijay Singh shot a 70 and finished tied for eighth, nine strokes behind the leader.

DiMarco picked up three strokes on the first two holes of the day, making birdie on the opening hole and then getting an eagle on the par-5.

Stenson drew even at No. 7 when DiMarco bogeyed, but the American regained the lead on the 11th.

“I got off to a great start today, which really helped calm everything down and put me up in front where I didn’t have to feel like I had to make birdies,” DiMarco said.

Stenson said missing a par putt on No. 9 and three-putting the 10th was the turning point.

“I kept on trying all the way and couldn’t get close enough,” Stenson said. “And the greens are very tricky to read. Chris got off to a flying start, just kept it together and pretty much finished it off with a birdie on 16.”

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