South African golfer golden at BellSouth Classic

? Retief Goosen knows how to bounce back from disappointment, which he showed again Sunday in the BellSouth Classic.

The South African won for the second time in an American tournament, overcoming a dismal start to put away Phil Mickelson and claim a four-stroke victory over Jesper Parnevik.

Goosen closed with a 2-under-par 70 at Sugarloaf, finishing at 16-under 272.

Parnevik, who posted 65 early in the day for a 276, wasn’t even around when the winner finished.

Mickelson appeared to be Goosen’s main challenger, starting the final round two strokes back. The left-hander briefly claimed the lead, only to fade to a 73 and wind up five shots behind.

“Phil did not play as well as he would have liked,” Goosen said. “I was just trying to hang in there.”

Steve Elkington, who was tied for the lead midway through the tournament, signed for an 81 that included five bogeys and three double-bogeys.

golf

Tewell grabs 1-shot victory

St. Augustine, Fla. Â Doug Tewell added to his impressive senior tour resume with a victory in the Legends of Golf.

Tewell shot 2-under 70 to finish the tournament at 11-under 205, one stroke better than Bobby Wadkins, who made a late run with a 66 in the final round.

Stewart Ginn shot 72 to tie with Bob Gilder (70) for third at 8 under.

The 52-year-old Tewell won for the second time this season.

He also has two senior major championships to his name and is the most accurate driver on the Senior PGA Tour (86 percent). He only improved the numbers over three days on the King & Bear Course at World Golf Village. He hit all 14 fairways Sunday and finished the tournament hitting 41 of 42.

Pettersson tames Gilford

Faro, Portugal  Carl Pettersson survived four days of wind and rain to win the Portuguese Open in a one-hole shoot-out Sunday over David Gilford. After a six-hour wait to tee off in a third round that never materialized, Pettersson upended David Gilford with a par at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff for his first European Tour victory.

Pak outplays Sorenstam

Los Angeles  Se Ri Pak outplayed Annika Sorenstam to win the Office Depot Championship on Sunday, denying Sorenstam her second comeback victory in a row in the tournament. Pak, who led Sorenstam by three shots going into the last round of the 54-hole event, carded a 1-over-par 73 to finish at 7-under 209, one stroke in front of Sorenstam. She had a closing 71. A year ago, Sorenstam shot a 66 to come from 10 shots behind leader Pat Hurst on the final day.

college basketball

Bradley turns to ex-player

Peoria, Ill. Â Jim Les, a standout player on Bradley’s winningest basketball team, was named the school’s coach on Sunday. Les, 38, had been an assistant coach with Sacramento of the WNBA. In 1985-86, Les teamed with Hersey Hawkins to lead Bradley to a 32-3 mark and conerence championship.

Anderson hired by CMSU

Warrensburg, Mo. Â Kim Anderson became Central Missouri State’s basketball coach, replacing Don Doucette. Anderson, the Big 8 player of the year in 1977 for Missouri, was an assistant commissioner of the Big 12 Conference the past two years.

Wrenn to stay at UW

Seattle  Washington forward Doug Wrenn will remain with the Huskies for his junior season rather than apply for early entry into the NBA draft. The 6-foot-8 Wrenn, who averaged a team-leading 19.5 points, was named the Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year.

McKay boots two starters

Albuquerque, N.M. Â New Mexico coach Ritchie McKay dismissed starters Patrick Dennehy and Marlon Parmer on Sunday. McKay, who succeeded Fran Fraschilla as the head coach of the Lobos last week, was on a recruiting trip Sunday.

tennis

Dokic wins Sarasota Open

Sarasota, Fla. Â Jelena Dokic beat Tatiana Panova 6-2, 6-2 Sunday to win the $140,000 Sarasota Open. Dokic also teamed with Elena Likhovtseva to defeat Conchita Martinez and Els Callens 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3 for the doubles title.

Montolio stops Serna

Porto, Portugal  Angeles Montolio beat fellow Spaniard Magui Serna 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 Sunday to win the Porto Ladies Open.

swimming

Piersol, Benkso set records

Moscow  Aaron Piersol broke two world records, one in a relay, and fellow American Lindsay Benkso also bettered a mark Sunday at the World Short Course Swimming Championships. Peirsol won the men’s 200 backstroke in 1 minute, 51.17 seconds, besting the mark of 1:51.62, shared by Matt Welsh of Australia and Gordan Kozulj of Croatia.

He then teamed with David Denniston, Peter Marshall and Jason Lezak as the U.S. 400 medley relay team finished in 3:29.00, erasing the record of 3:29.88 set by Australia in 1999. Benkso won the women’s 200 freestyle in 1:54.04, eclipsing the 5-year-old record of Claudia Pol of Costa Rica by 0.13.

horse racing

Rebelline takes Stakes

Dublin, Ireland  Johannesburg’s Kentucky Derby prospects suffered a setback on Sunday when he was beaten at the wire by Rebelline in the Castlemartin/La Louviere Gladness Stakes at the Curragh.

Came Home finishes first

Arcadia, Calif.  Jockey Chris McCarron leaned into Came Home’s stall Sunday, rubbed the colt’s forehead and told him, “You’re the man.” Indeed, Came Home positioned himself as the early favorite for next month’s Kentucky Derby with a 21¼4-length victory in the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby.

boxing

Tyson in confrontation?

Phoenix  Police are reviewing claims by an exotic dancer and her boyfriend that Mike Tyson assaulted them during an early morning confrontation at a strip club Sunday. Tyson’s lawyer said the former boxing champion was at the club early Sunday, but left before there was any confrontation. A brief police statement said there were “no visible injuries to either victim” and that Tyson had left the Hiliter Club by the time officers arrived shortly before 1 a.m.