Timonium, Md. — Jay Haas took advantage of Tom Watson’s uncharacteristic bogeys and passive play to steal the final Champions Tour major of the year.

Haas charged past Watson to win the Senior Players Championship by a stroke, birdieing the 18th hole Sunday to match the course record with a 6-under 64.

“All day, I was right there,” Haas said. “I missed some very makable putts on the front nine, and I was very disappointed in that. But I felt like I was going to get some more, the way I was hitting it and the way I felt today. I had a nice calm about me, and Tom didn’t go nuts behind me and shoot 3 or 4 or 5 under himself.”

The 60-year-old Watson was trying to become the oldest major winner on the 50-and-over tour. But after making only one bogey in the first three rounds at Baltimore Country Club, he had three in the final round en route to a 70.

“I didn’t play with the type of aggressiveness I needed to play today,” Watson said. “I played tentative golf. I made a couple of putts, but I hit some wayward shots and didn’t have a feel for the distance today.

Haas finished at 13-under 267 for his third senior major title. He has 14 career Champions Tour victories, also winning the Greater Hickory Classic two weeks ago.

“From tee to green, I could not play better,” he said. “Under the conditions and under the circumstances, a major tournament on a championship golf course, that was the best I got.”

Wearing a brace on his left arm to combat a lingering case of tendinitis, Haas marveled at the progress he has made in the past month since a cortisone shot.

“I’m still a little apprehensive about my arm — is it going to come back, what does the future hold? A month ago, when I was in Seattle, I thought my year was done.”

Haas took advantage of a well placed 6-iron from 195 yards on his second shot on the par-4 18th hole. His shot dropped on the right side of the green, then rolled within three feet of the cup for an easy birdie.

Golf

Turner wins Soboba title

San Jacinto, Calif. — Jerod Turner won the inaugural Soboba Classic on Sunday for his first Nationwide Tour title, birdieing the final hole for a 2-under 69 and a two-stroke victory over Derek Lamely.

Ochoa defends title

Prattville, Ala. — Lorena Ochoa fashioned a few more nice memories from the Navistar LPGA Classic.

Getting a celebratory beer shower on the 18th green. Making a nice birdie on No. 17. And, yes, winning.

Ochoa successfully defended her title, overcoming early troubles to shoot a 2-under 70 on Sunday for a four-stroke victory over Michelle Wie and Brittany Lang.

Ochoa finished at 18-under 270 on The Senator course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail’s Capitol Hill complex to snap an 11-start winless streak dating to the Corona Championship in late April.

Kuchar, Taylor still battling

Verona, N.Y. — Matt Kuchar and Vaughn Taylor were still tied after two holes in a sudden-death playoff at the Turning Stone Resort Championship when play was suspended Sunday because of darkness, forcing a finish today.

They birdied the first extra hole and parred the second. They will resume play at 7:30 a.m. on the 13th tee. Taylor, the second-round leader, began the day three shots off the lead and shot a 6-under 66 to match Kuchar (69) at 17-under 271.

Donald holds onto lead

St. Andrews, Scotland — Luke Donald was almost perfect with his putter on the way to an 8-under 64 at Kingsbarns on Sunday that gave him a one-stroke lead over Rory McIlroy and Simon Dyson in the weather-delayed third round of the Dunhill Links Championship.

Donald had nine birdies and just one bogey, at the 15th. He was at 15-under 201 after playing each of the three courses used in the event: Kingsbarns, the Old Course at St. Andrews and Carnoustie.

Michael Hoey (70), Darren Clarke (67), Richie Ramsay (70) and Rafael Cabrera-Bello (65) were at 13-under. The leading players will tee off on the Old Course for the final round today. The third round was postponed from Saturday because of high winds.

Soccer

Dynamo, Wizards tie

Houston — The Houston Dynamo clinched a playoff berth and moved into a tie atop the Western Conference after blowing a second-half lead Sunday in a 1-1 tie against the Kansas City Wizards. Luis Angel Landin’s goal put Houston ahead in the 26th minute, but Kansas City’s Zoltan Hercegfalvi scored in the 73rd minute against a Dynamo team that was down to 10 men.

Tennis

Top seed Davydenko rolls

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — Top-seededed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia defeated Fernando Verdasco of Spain, 6-4, 7-5, to win the Malaysia Open on Sunday.

Davydenko extended his record to 6-1 over Verdasco and gave him a third title this year. He also won the German Open in Hamburg and Croatia Open in Umag.

Simon tops at Thailand

Bangkok — Gilles Simon of France won the Thailand Open on Sunday, defeating Viktor Troicki, 7-5, 6-3, for his first ATP title of the year and sixth overall.

Auto racing

Loeb captures 5th straight

Salou, Spain — Sebastien Loeb won his fifth straight Catalunya Rally, and trails World Rally leader Mikko Hirvonen by one point with one race remaining.

For much of the all-asphalt race, France’s Loeb trailed Citroen teammate Dani Sordo of Spain, who finished 12 seconds behind as runner-up.

NBA

MRI confirms Wright’s injury

Oakland, Calif. — An MRI revealed that Golden State Warriors forward Brandan Wright has damage to the capsule in his left shoulder that will require surgery.

No timetable has been set for surgery on the third-year forward, who impressed coach Don Nelson in training camp and was expected to contribute regularly this season.

Wright, who turns 22 on Monday, suffered the injury during practice Friday.

Wright appeared in 39 games last year, including 23 starts. He averaged 8.3 points and 4.0 rebounds in 17.6 minutes a game.

College football

Tech QB out of hospital

Lubbock, Texas — Texas Tech quarterback Taylor Potts has been released from a Lubbock hospital after being injured Saturday following two sacks by New Mexico before halftime.

Covenant Medical Center spokeswoman Michelle Stephens told the Associated Press that Potts was released Sunday but couldn’t disclose what he was treated for.

The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported Sunday that Potts had a concussion.

Southern Miss. QB out

Jackson, Miss. — Southern Miss quarterback Austin Davis will miss the rest of the season after tearing a ligament in his left foot against UAB.

It was originally thought Davis hurt his foot or ankle when he went down early in the fourth quarter of the 30-17 loss Thursday night. But after he experienced pain in the mid-foot area Friday, an MRI showed the third-year sophomore tore a ligament.

MLB

Cabrera mum on injury

Detroit — Miguel Cabrera just wanted to concentrate on the final scheduled game of the season. A bruise and cut on his left cheek made that difficult.

“I’m focused on one thing — the game,” Cabrera said, when asked about the facial injuries Sunday morning, before his Detroit Tigeres hosted the Chicago White Sox needing a win to at least force an AL Central tiebreaker with the Minnesota Twins.

Between playing Friday and Saturday nights against Chicago, Cabrera’s face took the brunt of something.

“I have had a conversation with Miguel,” Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski wrote in an e-mail. “It is a personal situation, and I am not at liberty to discuss it further.”

Brewers retain Macha

St. Louis — Milwaukee Brewers manager Ken Macha will be back for a second season in 2010.

General manager Doug Melvin announced before Sunday’s season finale that Macha was being retained for the second season of the two-year contract he signed last October. The club holds an option for 2011.