Transitions to Woodland; LIer Turnesa 5th

As Gary Woodland was winning his first PGA Tour event Sunday, Marc Turnesa was gaining a much needed dose of confidence.

Woodland won the Transitions Championship at Palm Harbor, Fla., shooting a 67 in the final round to hold off Webb Simpson by a stroke. Woodland finished at 15-under-par 269, earned $990,000 and a Masters invitation.

Turnesa, a Rockville Centre native, shot a 5-under 66, the best round of the day, and finished tied for fifth. It's his best finish since he won the PGA Tour event in Las Vegas in 2008.

Turnesa hurt his lower back while warming up before the Honda Classic in March 2010. The injury forced him to miss five months on tour, and he made only one cut in seven appearances. Because the two-year exemption for his Las Vegas victory expired at the end of last season and he failed to earn a card at the Tour Qualifying School, he's playing this season on a major medical exemption.

To regain his Tour card he has 21 tournaments to earn $786,977, the amount Troy Merritt earned last year to finish 125th on the money list. Turnesa won $180,125 Sunday and has a total of $213,218 toward regaining his card.

"I came back from the injury just fine, but I struggled, struggled with confidence," Turnesa said. "I wasn't getting any results and I was battling myself, really. For a long time I wasn't enjoying it, and if you don't enjoy it, you have zero chance. I let myself enjoy this week and it paid off."

The win gives Woodland an invitation to Augusta National, where his awesome power and soft putting touch could make for an interesting marriage at the Masters. A late bloomer, Woodland missed the second half of his rookie season two years ago with shoulder surgery, but began to show his potential when he lost in a playoff at the Bob Hope Classic in January.

Webb takes LPGA event

Karrie Webb rallied to win the LPGA Founders Cup for her second straight victory, shooting a 6-under 66 to beat Brittany Lincicome and Paula Creamer by a stroke at Phoenix.

Webb won when Lincicome bogeyed the final hole, missing a 10-foot par putt. The 36-year-old Hall of Famer, the winner three weeks ago in Singapore, earned $200,000 for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation and Japan relief efforts in the charity event at Wildfire Golf Club. -- AP