Gay makes prediction come true for first win

Brian Gay's 8-year-old daughter had it on good authority that her father would earn his first PGA Tour victory Sunday.

The defending champ's 12-year-old son told her so Saturday night.

Although Gay didn't know about the prediction, he did a nice job making it hold up, shooting a 1-under 69 in the final round to win the Mayakoba Golf Classic by two shots over Steve Marino in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.

The PGA Tour's second annual visit south of the border became Gay's to lose when he closed the third round with birdies on five of the last six holes. He took a five-stroke lead into the final round and led by at least four throughout the first 16 holes Sunday.

In his 293rd career start, Gay finally was a winner; only 12 active players have entered more events without breaking through.

Then again, Taylor Funk -- whose dad, Fred, won the inaugural event -- knew it was going to happen after Gay's birdie flurry Saturday. At the hotel pool a few hours later, he told Makinley Gay, "Your dad's going to win."

Crowd favorite Esteban Toledo of Mexico tied for 11th.

ALSO SUNDAY

CHAMPIONS SKINS GAME: Fuzzy Zoeller and Peter Jacobsen rallied to win the Champions Skins Game, winning six skins and $320,000 in alternate-shot play to beat defending champions Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson in Kaanapali, Hawaii.

Nicklaus and Watson won eight skins and a record $270,000 in the first nine holes Saturday, but were shut out Sunday. Gary Player and Loren Roberts finished third with $180,000 and Arnold Palmer and Jay Haas were shut out.

After Zoeller-Jacobsen and Nicklaus-Watson halved the final in regulation, Zoeller tapped in for par on the first extra hole to take the final $100,000.

MOONAH CLASSIC: Australia's Ewan Porter won for the first time in Nationwide and Australasian tour play, closing with a 6-under 66 for a seven-stroke victory in Fingal, Australia.

The 25-year-old Porter, a stroke ahead of Australian countryman Terry Price and Wayne Perske at the start of play Sunday, had a 13-under 275 total on the Peter Thomson-designed Moonah Links Resort course. He opened with rounds of 67, 71 and 71.