Sweden's Carl Pettersson was one imperfect hole from leading the full final two rounds of the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C. It was that brief slip-up that propelled him to victory in his adopted hometown.

Pettersson won his local tournament for his first PGA Tour victory in two years, shooting a 2-under 68 yesterday for a two-stroke victory at Sedgefield Country Club.

Irked by a bogey on the 11th hole that temporarily dropped him into second place, Pettersson responded with three birdies during the four-hole stretch that followed to finish at 21-under 259 and earn $918,000.

Scott McCarron briefly led midway through the final round before fading into second with a 68. Rich Beem's second 63 in a row left him four strokes off the lead, with J.J. Henry (62) and rookie Martin Laird (63) another shot behind him.

But there was never any question that the final day of the PGA Tour's final pre-playoff event was anything but a two-man showdown.

Pettersson made his move immediately after slipping out of the lead for the first time since Friday, when his tournament-record 61 in Round 2 shot him up the leader board. He began the back nine with consecutive bogeys, falling one stroke back to 19 under when he missed an 8-foot par putt on the 11th.

McCarron gave the stroke back on the 12th, missing a 13-foot birdie putt and lipping out a 4-foot par attempt during just his second bogey, then saying afterward that "I thought I kind of let it go" on that hole.

Beem and Henry finished strong and propelled themselves off the FedEx Cup bubble and into the playoffs, which begin later this week at The Barclays.

Beem had birdies on four of his last six holes, jumping 52 spots to 114th, while Henry, who birdied four of his final five holes, moved up 42 spots to 135th. Laird, who shared the first-day lead, wound up jumping 36 spots to 128th.

• Tradition: Fred Funk won his first Champions Tour major, closing with a 3-under 69 for three-stroke victory over Mike Goodes (68) at the Crosswater Club in Sunriver, Ore. Funk, 52, also the winner of the season-opening MasterCard Championship in Hawaii, had a 19-under 269 total.

• Canadian Women's Open: Australia's Katherine Hull won her first LPGA Tour title, taking advantage of Yani Tseng's final-round meltdown for a one-stroke victory at Ottawa Hunt. Hull, 26, six strokes behind Tseng, 19, at the start of the round, shot a 3-under 69 to finish at 11-under 277. Se Ri Pak closed with a 72 to finish second, and Tseng's 77 left her two strokes behind at 9 under.

• SAS Masters: Peter Hanson became the second Swede to win a PGA European Tour event in Sweden, closing with a 1-over 71 in cold, windy and wet conditions for a one-stroke victory in Stockholm. Hanson finished at 9-under 271. Pelle Edberg (70), another Swede who was Hanson's playing partner in the final group, tied for second with England's Nick Dougherty (70).