Hoffman gets first PGA Tour win at Bob Hope Classic; Irwin wins MasterCard Championship

Charley Hoffman won his first PGA Tour title at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic yesterday, defeating John Rollins in a playoff. The 30-year-old closed with a final round 1-under-par 71. Others were not as successful. Playing in his first tournament of the season, Phil Mickelson shot two double bogeys and five bogeys to finish tied for 45th …

Hale Irwin won the MasterCard Championship, the season-opening event of the Champions Tour, yesterday. The 61-year-old, who was coming off a winless season, shot a final round 65 to defeat Jim Thorpe and Tom Kite by five strokes …

Shooting a final round 7-under-par 65, Paul Casey won the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship yesterday …

“This was a great way to start 2007,” Casey said. “I genuinely wanted to see if I could win one of the three out here in the Middle East. To win the first one was beyond my expectation.”

Paraguay defeated the United States in the Women’s World Cup yesterday, the winning pair of Celeste Troche and Julieta Granada shooting a 7-under-par 65 to trounce the Americans by seven strokes …

At FloridaGolfGuide.com, Tim McDonald writes about what to see and do in Orlando while in town for the PGA Merchandise Show and Convention at the end of this month.