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Lee Westwood of England became Europe's No. 1 golfer yesterday after winning the Dubai World Championship in the United Arab Emirates, by six strokes.
Westwood shot a course-record 8-under 64 in the final round at the Earth Course to finish at 23-under 265.
He earned $1.25 million with the 31st victory of his career to overtake Rory McIlroy on the season-long money list and win the European Tour's first Race to Dubai since it changed from the European Order of Merit.
Ross McGowan of England was second after a 68, and McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, shot a 67 to finish third on 273.
The 36-year-old Westwood's $1.5 million bonus for finishing atop the money list took his total European Tour earnings to $6,376,984. McIlroy was next with $5,432,358.
"This is definitely the biggest moment of my career today," he said. "Rory is only 20 - I can't even remember what it was like to be 20 - and he will have many more chances ahead of him to win the money list. But this is my moment."
In other tournaments:
* At Pebble Beach, Calif., Mark Brooks won the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational for a record third time, birdieing three of the last four holes for a 5-under 67 and a two-stroke victory over Rickie Fowler and D.A. Points.
The 48-year-old Brooks finished at 12-under 276 total and became the first three-time winner in the tournament's 38-year history.
* At Richmond, Texas, Kristy McPherson finished off a 5-under 67 in fading sunlight to take a one-stroke lead in the LPGA Tour Championship before the second round was suspended because of darkness. McPherson was 8 under, one shot ahead of Jiyai Shin, of South Korea, who had two holes to play. Lorena Ochoa, dueling with Shin for the player of the year title, was two strokes back in a tie for third with one hole to play.
Second-round play was scheduled to resume this morning. The top 70 and ties will immediately begin the final rounds.
* At Miyazaki, Japan, Italy's Edoardo Molinari defeated Sweden's Robert Karlsson won the second playoff hole to win the the Dunlop Phoenix.
Molinari made a 4-foot birdie putt to win the $2.2 million tournament after both players finished regulation at 13-under 271.
