Golf: Choi wins Greensboro Classic by two shots

NEW YORK - South Korea's KJ Choi won his first PGA Tour golf title in three years with a two-shot victory at the Greensboro Classic in North Carolina today.

The Korean, 35, co-leader overnight with American DJ Trahan, fired a six-under-par 66 to finish on 22-under 266 at the Forest Oaks Country Club.

Choi, who birdied the first four holes before forging three strokes clear with a holed bunker shot at the par-three 12th, clinched his third PGA Tour career title and first since the 2002 Tampa Bay Classic.

Japan's Shigeki Maruyama, the 2003 champion, shot a 67 to secure second place, with Americans Charles Warren (65), Brandt Jobe (67) and Jason Bohn (70) three strokes back in a share of third.

Britain's Justin Rose was among a group of five players tied for sixth on 273 after returning a 71.

- REUTERS