Retief Goosen took an important step toward rejoining the elite in golf yesterday by closing with a 1-under 70 for a one-shot victory in the Transitions Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla., his first PGA Tour win in nearly four years.

Goosen had a two-shot lead with three holes to play on the demanding Copperhead Course at Innisbrook, when just like everyone else, he struggled to hang on. The two-time U.S. Open champion barely made it.

Needing only two putts from 25 feet for the win, he watched his first putt roll 5 feet past the hole. His par putt curled in the side of the cup, giving him a one-shot victory over Charles Howell III and Brett Quigley.

Former Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman, trying to become the seventh player in his 50s to win on the PGA Tour, did not make a birdie until a long putt on the 17th hole, and he shot a 75 to tie for eighth.

Goosen, a 40-year-old South African who was part of the "Big Three" in the world ranking three years ago, nearly fell out of the top 50 until he overcame some problems with corrective eye surgery.

Pat Hurst shot a 4-under 68 to beat top-ranked Lorena Ochoa and Yani Tseng by one stroke at the Mastercard Classic in Huixquilucan, Mexico.

• Estanislao Goya, a 20-year-old Argentine ranked No. 1,009, won his first European tour title by holding off Scotland's Callum Macaulay to capture the Madeira Islands Open by a stroke.

Rafael Nadal powered his way to a 6-1, 6-2 victory against Andy Murray on a windy afternoon at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., winning his second title there in three years. No. 1 Nadal's low, hard groundstrokes gave him an edge in the gusty conditions over No. 4 Murray, whose game relies more on pace.

Vera Zvonareva defeated defending champion Ana Ivanovic, 7-6(5), 6-2, to win the women's title. Zvonareva a day earlier teamed with Victoria Azarenka to take the women's doubles.

Jessie Vetter stopped 37 shots for an NCAA record 14th shutout of the season -- and her second in a national championship game -- and Wisconsin won its third women's hockey title in four years with a 5-0 victory against Mercyhurst in Boston. Hillary Pattenden stopped 27 shots for Mercyhurst, which reached the Frozen Four for the first time.

Lance Armstrong will race against the past two Tour de France winners when the five-day Vuelta of Castilla and Leon begins today in Palencia, Spain. The seven-time Tour champion will line up against Spanish cyclists Carlos Sastre (2008) and Alberto Contador (2007) for the first time since his return this season.

Oakland Raiders tackle Cornell Green has been arrested on a domestic violence charge in Florida. Tampa police say Green became violent Saturday during an argument at his home there with the mother of his two children.