Rollins survives, wins Reno-Tahoe Open

RENO -- John Rollins overcame an early double bogey with a chip-in eagle, then survived a string of bogeys to shoot an even-par 72 and win the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open on Sunday for his third career PGA Tour victory.

Rollins, who tied the course record with a second-round 62 and led by six strokes at the turn Sunday, won by three strokes, finishing at 17-under 271 on the Montreux Golf & Country Club course.

Martin Laird made a 5-foot birdie putt on the 18th to shoot a 66 and tie for second with Jeff Quinney, who also shot a 66 on the strength of six birdies.

It was the first time in six attempts Rollins has won after leading through 54 holes.

"It was a hang-on kind of day. I'm proud I managed to come out on top," said Rollins, who tied for second at Reno last year. "I had to battle a lot of emotions."

Ryan Palmer, who started the day four off the pace in the final group with Rollins, had four bogeys and two birdies on the front nine. He shot a 73 to join Alex Cejka (67) and Kevin Na (68) at 12 under.

Rod Pampling finished another stroke back after a 67 on Sunday that included an eagle on the par-5 11th, where he holed out from a bunker in the third round for a quadruple-bogey 9.

Rollins, who won the 2002 Canadian Open and the 2006 B.C. Open, was the runner-up earlier this year at the Buick Invitational and the Honda Classic. The $540,000 winner's check pushed his season earnings beyond the $2 million mark for only the second time in nine years on tour.

• WOMEN'S AMATEUR -- At St. Louis, Jennifer Song became the second woman to win two U.S. Golf Association championships in the same year, beating Jennifer Johnson 3 and 1 in the U.S. Women's Amateur final at Old Warson.

The 19-year-old Song, coming off her freshman year at Southern California, won the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links winner in June and was the low amateur last month in the U.S. Women's Open.

Pearl Sinn is the only other woman to win two USGA titles in a year, taking the 1988 Amateur and Public Links.

• LOCAL -- At Paiute Resort Golf Club, Terry Ream of Reno shot an 8-under par 64 to capture the Nevada State Net Amateur by three strokes over Andy Vesco and second-round leader Leo May.

Ream, who opened the three-day event with an 81, finished at 1-over 217. Vesco and May ended at 4-over 220.