Two months ago, Steve Flesch was down and almost out. Now, there seems to be no stopping him.

Flesch, who missed the cut in half of the first 20 PGA Tour events he entered this year, continued his resurgence yesterday, shooting a 1-over 73 to beat Michael Allen by two shots and win the inaugural Turning Stone Resort Championship in Verona, N.Y.

It was the left-hander's second PGA Tour victory of the year, and the $1.08 million payday boosted his earnings for 2007 to $2.2 million to vault him from 70th on the money list to 25th.

"Eight weeks ago, I was fighting to keep my job out here," said Flesch, who also earned a spot in the U.S. Open next year as a multiple winner since the last Open. "I wasn't playing great, missing a lot of cuts by a shot. And when I did make a cut, I was shooting even par on the weekend.

"It's funny. This game is all confidence. One little spark can turn your year around, turn your game around. All my friends and family told me to hang in there, keep working hard. But at some point you want results. You can only hang in there so hard and have these guys beat your brains in for so long before you start losing a little bit of confidence."

It was Flesch's fourth career victory on the PGA Tour and marked the third straight time he's won after holding the 54-hole lead.

Parker McLachlin, a Punahou School alum, closed with a 71 to finish tied for fifth at 274.

More significantly, McLachlin earned $203,400 and vaulted from 156 on the PGA money list to 133 with $506,432 in earnings.

The top 125 on the money list earn exempt status for 2008. Joe Durant is No. 125 with $603,990.

It was a banner day, too, for the 48-year-old Allen (68), who last year made his 13th trip to the Q-school finals and earned his PGA Tour card for a record ninth time. Although Allen failed to get his first victory, he earned $648,000 to boost his earnings to a career-high $960,297, inside the top 100 on the money list.

"I'm going to faint in just a little bit. I mean, it's great," said Allen. "In a way I won the tournament just finishing second because for me that was enormous. I didn't really have much chance to win unless he really faltered."

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SAS Championship: Mark Wiebe became the 12th Champions Tour player to win in his first start on the 50-and-over circuit, leading wire-to-wire in a record-setting victory at the SAS Championship in Cary, N.C. Wiebe, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour, closed with a 5-under 67 for a tournament record 18-under 198 total on the Prestonwood Country Club course. He beat Dana Quigley by four strokes to take the $300,000 first-place check. Wiebe matched Bobby Wadkins as the tour's youngest winner at 50 years, 10 days.

British Masters: England's Lee Westwood won the British Masters for his second victory of the season and 18th overall on the European tour, closing with a 7-under 65 for a five-stroke victory over countryman Ian Poulter in Sutton Coldfield, England.