Leonard enjoys playoff payoff in Texas

Justin Leonard won the Texas Open for the third time yesterday, beating Jesper Parnevik with a 10-foot birdie putt on the third hole of a playoff at San Antonio. Leonard, also the 2000 and '01 winner at LaCantera Golf Club Resort Course, closed with a 5-under-par 65 to match Parnevik at 19-under 261. Parnevik, who opened with a 61 and led after each of the first three rounds, finished with a 69. Leonard, 1-4 in playoffs, had plenty of opportunities to win before finally finishing off Parnevik for his 11th PGA Tour title and first since 2005. Parnevik had a 28-footer for birdie to keep the playoff going on the third extra hole, but left it a foot short . . . Loren Roberts made four straight birdies during a sizzling front nine and cruised to victory in the Senior Players Championship at Timonium, Md., shooting a 3-under 67 to beat Tom Watson by six strokes. He finished with a 13-under 267 total . . . Nick Dougherty shot a 1-under 71 to win the Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews, Scotland, by two strokes over Justin Rose (69) for his second European Tour title. After bogeys on the first two holes, the 25-year-old Englishman birdied Nos. 6, 7, and 8 on the Old Course at St. Andrews and finished at 18-under 270 . . . Ryan Riley of Norton shot a 4-over 75 to win the Southeastern Amateur Championship at Cohasset Golf Club by one stroke over John Hadges of Thorny Lea and Herbie Aikens of Pinehills. Riley finished at 1-under 212.

Suzann Pettersen made a birdie putt from about 6 feet on the second playoff hole to defeat No. 1-ranked Lorena Ochoa and win the Longs Drugs Challenge at Danville, Calif. Pettersen, who began the day with a bogey, watched as Ochoa just missed a long putt from more than 20 feet before calmly making the winner. They both birdied the first playoff hole, with Ochoa making an 18-footer. Pettersen finished with a 1-over 73 to match Ochoa (71) at 11-under 277. Pettersen earned $165,000 for her third victory of the season.

Suspended Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones said he's done enough to be reinstated by the NFL early. Jones, suspended for the 2007 season in April for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy, said that he'll meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell later this month about reinstatement after 10 games. His case won't be reviewed until after the Titans' 10th game on Nov. 19. "I think I did enough. I did pretty much everything Mr. Goodell asked me to do. So, all I can do is just wait and go back to speak with him," Jones said in an interview in yesterday's editions of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Jones said he's been using the time to restore his image. He also has two felony coercion charges pending against him in Las Vegas for a strip club fight and triple shooting Feb. 19.

David Ferrer overpowered Richard Gasquet, 6-1, 6-2, to win the Japan Open in Tokyo for his third title of the year. The top-seeded Ferrer was in control from the outset, breaking Gasquet in the first game of a match that lasted only 52 minutes . . . Top-seeded Tommy Robredo rallied to beat Andy Murray, 0-6, 6-2, 6-3, in the final of the Moselle Open in Metz, France . . . Second-seeded Fernando Gonzalez rallied to beat Filippo Volandri, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, in the first round of the BA-CA Tennis Trophy in Vienna . . . Fifth-seeded Juan Monaco topped wild card Ervin Eleskovic, 6-3, 6-3, in the first-round match at the Stockholm Open . . . Top-ranked Justine Henin rallied to defeat Tatiana Golovin, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, and win the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, for her eighth title of the year. Henin dropped her first set since losing the Wimbledon semifinal to Marion Bartoli, but stretched her winning streak to 16 matches, including a run to the US Open title . . . Pauline Parmentier won her first career WTA title, upsetting top-seeded Victoria Azarenka, 7-5, 6-2, in the final of the Tashkent Open in Uzbekistan.

Out of Control beat 10-1 long shot Zann by a nose to win the $250,000 Oak Tree Mile at Santa Anita (Calif.), earning a berth in this year's Breeders' Cup Mile. Out of Control completed the mile in 1 minute 34.16 seconds. In other races at Santa Anita, Idiot Proof claimed a spot in the Breeders' Cup Sprint by winning the Ancient Title Handicap in 1:07.57, and Tough Tiz's Sis earned a place in the Distaff with a win the Lady's Secret (1:41.64) . . . Panty Raid earned an automatic bid to the BC Distaff by winning the $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster Stakes in Lexington, Ky., in 1:51.30 . . . Daaher took the lead in the stretch and easily held off Forefathers for a 2 1/4-length victory in the $160,100 Jerome Handicap at Belmont Park in New York. Daaher, ridden by Mike Luzzi, covered the mile in 1:34.28.

Chris Bosh scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the Toronto Raptors held off a spirited Virtus Lottomatica Roma squad for a 93-87 preseason victory in Rome. Danish forward Christian Drejer led Roma with 23 points . . . Nextel Cup veteran Dale Jarrett is leaning toward running just six races next year before stepping out of his car after 23 seasons, a person familiar with the 2008 plans at Michael Waltrip Racing told the Associated Press . . . Center Richard Park signed a two-year extension with the New York Islanders through the 2010 season. Terms were not disclosed . . . Ukrainian Mykola Antonenko won the men's race and Russian Svetlana Ponomarenko was the women's champion at the Twin Cities Marathon in Minnesota. Antonenko's time of 2 hours 13 minutes 54 seconds was more than six minutes faster than second-place Joseph Mutinda. Ponomarenko won in her first marathon in a time of 2:34:09 . . . In MLS, Gavin Glinton gave Los Angeles the lead in the 77th minute, and the Galaxy held off host Houston, 2-1, in front of 30,588 fans, the Dynamo's first sellout in team history . . . Jovan Kirovski scored on a penalty kick in the 44th minute to help host Colorado snap a five-game winless streak with a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC.