Jim Furyk
ended more than 2 years without a victory yesterday when he holed key putts on the final two holes for a 5-under 67 and a one-shot victory in the Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
It was his first victory since the 2007 Canadian Open, and along with $1.35 million, it moved Furyk to No. 6 in the world.
In another golf tournament:
* Australia's Robert Allenby won the Nedbank Challenge, beating Sweden's Henrik Stenson on the third hole of a playoff in Sun City, South Africa. The winner earned $1.2 million.
* Lindsey Vonn's bid for three World Cup wins in 3 days fell short when she was edged by Austria's Elisabeth Goergl in the super-G in Lake Louise, Alberta.
* Switzerland's Carlo Janka won the giant slalom in Beaver Creek, Colo., to become the first man in more than 2 1/2 years with three straight World Cup victories.
* American speedskater Shani Davis set the track record in winning the men's 1,000 meters at the World Cup in Calgary, Alberta.
* Steven Holcomb drove United States I to its second consecutive four-man bobsled World Cup victory in Cesana Pariol, Italy.
* Stunned horse owners, trainers and stable hands visited the site where a barn fire killed two workers and 43 horses at a harness-racing track early Saturday in Lebanon, Ohio.
* Favored Espoir City led wire-to-wire to win the $4.7 million Japan Cup Dirt by 3 1/2 lengths over Silk Mobius.
* Spain lifted the Davis Cup for the second straight year after completing a 5-0 victory over the Czech Republic in the final in Barcelona.