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SAN MARTIN, Calif. — Rocco Mediate holed out for eagle for the fourth straight day, hitting a pitching wedge approach from 116 yards that spun back into the cup on the par-4 17th Sunday en route to a one-stroke victory over Bo Van Pelt and Alex Prugh in the Frys.com Open.

The 47-year-old Mediate won his sixth PGA Tour title and first since 2002, finishing with a 2-over 73 for a 15-under 269 total on the CordeValle course. He had a hole-in-one on the par-3 third hole Thursday, holed out from 160 yards Friday on the par-4 fourth, and holed out from 111 yards Saturday on the par-5 15th hole.

Prugh shot a 69, and Van Pelt closed with a 71.

CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge

DANVILLE, Calif. — Spain’s Beatriz Recari won the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge for her first LPGA Tour title, overcoming soggy conditions and a late bogey for a one-stroke victory over France’s Gwladys Nocera.

The 23-year-old Recari, a tour rookie who made cuts in only three of her first 13 stroke-play events this season, rebounded from a bogey on the No. 17 with a par on the 18th for a 2-under 70 and a 14-under 274 total on the Blackhawk Country Club course. Nocera birdied the final hole for a 70.

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Michele Redman (76) and Karine Icher (70) tied for third at 12 under.

Cristie Kerr missed a chance to overtake Ai Miyazato for the No. 1 ranking, closing with a 70 to tie for fifth with Wendy Ward (72) at 11 under. Kerr needed to at least tie for third to take the top spot.

Miccosukee Championship

MIAMI — Jason Gore won the Miccosukee Championship for his record seventh Nationwide Tour title, closing with an even-par 71 for a four-stroke victory over Kevin Kisner and Scott Gutschewski.

Gore, also the 2005 84 Lumber Classic winner on the PGA Tour, broke a tie with Sean Murphy, Matt Gogel and Kevin Johnson for the developmental tour’s victory record. Gore finished at 16 under and earned $108,000 to jump from 124th to 39th on the money list with $141,451. The top 60 after the Jacksonville Open next week will qualify for the season-ending Tour Championship and the final top 25 will earn 2011 PGA Tour cards.

Kisner finished with a 67, and Gutschewski had a 69.

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Portugal Masters

VILAMOURA, Portugal — Australia’s Richard Green won the Portugal Masters, closing with a 7-under 65 for a two-stroke victory over four players at Oceanico Victoria.

The left-hander finished at 18-under. Italy’s Francesco Molinari (62), Sweden’s Robert Karlsson (67), Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez Castano (68) and Dutchman Joost Luiten (69) tied for second. Third-round leader Pablo Martin shot a 75 to tie for fifth at 15 under.

Iskandar Johor Open

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia — Ireland’s Padraig Harrington won for the Asian Tour’s Iskandar Johor Open for his first victory since the 2008 PGA Championship, closing with a 3-under 69 for a two-stroke victory over South Korea’s Noh Seung-yul. Harrington finished at 20 under.

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