Sergio Garcia picked up his first European win in more than three years on his home course yesterday in Castellon, Spain, and immediately dedicated the three-shot victory in the Castello Masters to the hospitalized Seve Ballesteros.

Garcia closed with a 4-under 67 for a four-day total of 20-under 264 at the Club de Campo del Mediterraneo golf course where he has played since childhood and his father is the club professional. Sweden's Peter Hedblom (66) pulled even early but settled for second after a late bogey.

Garcia immediately turned the attention to Ballesteros, who remains in a Madrid hospital following brain surgery Friday to remove a malignant tumor.

Cameron Beckman tapped in a par putt on the second playoff hole to complete a big comeback and beat Kevin Sutherland in the Frys.com Open in Scottsdale, Ariz. Beckman was 176th on the money list and 447th in the world ranking entering the tournament.

• Helen Alfredsson shot a 7-under 65 to win the Grand China Air tournament in Haikou, China, beating 19-year-old Yani Tseng of Taiwan by three strokes for her second victory of the season.

South Korea's Kim Yu-Na led an Asian sweep at Skate America in Everett, Wash, winning the title in a runaway against Japan's Yukari Nakano and Miki Ando. With a lead of nearly 12 points entering the free skate, the 18-year-old Kim added to her substantial cushion, ending with a total of 193.45. Nakano, 23, won silver with 172.53, and Ando, the 2007 world champion, took bronze with 168.42. No Americans made the podium, with Rachael Flatt finishing fourth.

In the men's competition, It was supposed to be Evan Lysacek vs. Johnny Weir, but no one told Japan's Takahiko Kozuka. In third place after the short program, Kozuka took advantage of gaffes by Lysacek and Weir, who entered the free skate less than a point apart. Kozuka finished with an overall score of 226.8, while Weir wound up second with 225.2 and Lysacek was third with 223.21.

Americans Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto won the free dance segment, but it wasn't enough to unseat France's Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder for the ice dance title. Delobel and Schoenfelder, the reigning world champions, finished with 187.64 points, edging Belbin and Agosto with 186.53.

Tommy Robredo and Dmitry Tursunov advanced to the second round of the Paris Masters, where three spots in the season-ending Masters Cup are up for grabs. Robredo beat Jeremy Chardy, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), and Tursunov defeated Adrian Mannarino, 6-3, 6-2. Robredo saved the only break point he faced in the first set, while Tursunov broke Mannarino's serve five times.

• Roger Federer won his hometown tournament in Basel, Switzerland, for the third consecutive year, beating second-seeded David Nalbandian of Argentina, 6-3, 6-4, in the Swiss Indoors final.

• Top-seeded Andy Murray won the St. Petersburg Open in Russia for the second consecutive year by beating qualifier Andrey Golubev, 6-1, 6-1 yesterday.

Wheeling Nailers' forward Tommy Goebel completed his hat trick at 9:41 in the second period to lead Wheeling past the visiting Trenton Devils, 5-3. The Nailers were outshot 56-21, but took a 5-2 lead into the third period and made it stand up. Nailers' goalie Curtis Darling made 53 saves in the win.

Chad Hedrick edged rival Shani Davis in a 5,000 meter race in which both Olympic medalists shattered the Pettit National Ice Center record for the distance in West Allis, Wis. They skated in the same pair with Hedrick winning in 6 minutes, 16.23 seconds. Davis was second in 6:19.66. Nancy Swider-Peltz Jr., won the women's 3,000 in 4:08.03.

Ryan Briscoe took the lead in the Indy 300 in Surfers Paradise, Australia, when polesitter Will Power crashed into the wall on the 17th lap, giving Team Penske its first victory Down Under since 1992.