Associated Press

ATLANTA - In a fitting end to the PGA Tour season, Retief Goosen closed with a 6-under 64 Sunday to win the Tour Championship by four shots and become only the third player to overtake Tiger Woods in the final round.

Goosen made up a four-shot deficit on the front nine at East Lake, took the outright lead with a 35-foot birdie putt on the 13th and ended all the suspense with the only birdie of the day on 16.

Goosen finished the year with multiple victories for the first time. He was at 11-under 269 and earned $1.08 million. "It was a great round," Goosen said. "I'm surprised to win by four strokes."

Woods has gone 20 stroke-play tournaments without winning, the longest drought of his career. "Very disappointing," Woods said. "I felt like I had a golden opportunity to win a tournament."

MIZUNO CLASSIC: Annika Sorenstam matched the LPGA Tour record for consecutive victories in a tournament, winning the Mizuno Classic for the fourth straight season to lock up her seventh Player of the Year title. Sorenstam won her seventh LPGA Tour title of the year and 55th overall - tying Betsy Rawls for fifth place on the career list.

Pro basketball

RAPTORS ROLLING: Vince Carter had 25 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 4.8 seconds left, to help the Raptors get off to their best start in franchise history, 3-0, with a 101-97 victory over Portland on Sunday.

• UC product Danny Fortson had 15 points and 13 rebounds for Seattle in a 113-94 over San Antonio Sunday.

Tennis

ADVANTA: Amelie Mauresmo and beat Vera Zvonareva 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Sunday to defend her Advanta Championships title and win her fifth tournament in 2004. Mauresmo seems poised to make a splash this week in the season-ending tour championships. She has a shot at ending the season as world No. 1.

PARIS OPEN: Marat Safin overwhelmed Czech qualifier Radek Stepanek 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 with the help of 16 aces Sunday to win his record-tying third Paris Masters title. Safin claimed his 14th career championship. Stepanek was appearing in his first ATP Tour final.

Auto racing

CHAMP CAR: Sebastien Bourdais overcame a spin and a sticky gearbox to win his first Champ Car title, beating teammate Bruno Junqueira with a flag-to-flag victory Sunday in the Mexican Grand Prix. Bourdais started on the pole and never trailed, charging to his seventh victory of the season.

Pro hockey

AHL: Ben Stafford had a goal and an assist to lead Philadelphia to a 3-1 victory over the Mighty Ducks Sunday at the Wachovia Spectrum. Joel Perrault scored for Cincinnati, which lost its third in a row. The Ducks went 1-3-0-0 on the road trip.

First period: 1. Cin, Perrault 4 (Brookbank, Lupul), 1:57 (ppg).

Second period: 2. Phi, Stafford 1 (Gratton, Seidenberg), 13:51.

Third period: 3. Phi, Murphy 4 (Meyer, Sharp), 3:53. 4. Phi, Umberger 1 (Stafford), 14:33.

Shots on goal: Cincinnati 8-6-7-21; Philadelphia 6-6-9-21. Power play opportunities: Cincinnati 1-for-7; Philadelphia 0-for-8. Goaltenders: Cincinnati, Bryzgalov (21 shots, 18 saves; record 4-3-0); Philadelphia, Little (21 shots, 20 saves; record 2-0-0). A: 5,275. Referee: McCauley. Linesmen: Lundbohm, Brown. Records: Cincinnati 5-5-0-0; Philadelphia 7-2-0-0.

Colleges

NKU: Boone County High senior point guard David McFarland has verbally committed to Northern Kentucky University. Last season, he averaged more than eight assists a game and was considered one of the top defenders in the area.

MSJ: Mount St. Joseph (33-3) beat Franklin College for its 24th straight win Sunday, claiming its seventh straight HCAC tournament volleyball title. The Mount earns an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament. Tammi Toney (Harrison) was tourney MVP.