Boo Weekley's first Verizon Heritage victory was a surprising relief. His latest? A joyful celebration that was a year overdue.

Weekley successfully defended his title yesterday at Harbour Town in Hilton Head Island, S.C., closing with an even-par 71 for a three-stroke victory over Anthony Kim (71) and Aaron Baddeley (71).

Last year, Weekley needed chips-ins on the 71st and 72nd holes to beat Ernie Els by a stroke on a Monday for his first PGA Tour victory.

Yesterday, Weekley strode up the 18th fairway with the win very much in hand and the gallery chanting, "Boooo! Boooo!"

"I thought that you really won is when you stand there and pull the ball out of the hole and turn around to the crowd and say, 'You know, hey, I am the champ,' " Weekley said. "I chipped it in back to back last year, and I didn't get to stand there and turn to the crowd and do the fist pump."

And Weekley was ready to oblige. He gave the gallery a thumb's up, bowed to the fans and threw up his hands in triumph.

"I wanted to do the moonwalk, the belly-roll," Weekley said.

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Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am: Tom Watson successfully defended his Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am title in Lutz, Fla., saving bogey after hitting into the water on No. 18 for a 1-under 70 and a one-stroke victory over Jay Haas and Scott Hoch. Watson finished at 9 under for his 50th title on the Champions and PGA tours. Hoch (71) had a chance to force a playoff, but his short par putt on 18 lipped out. Watson's 7-iron approach on the 456-yard 18th missed the green to the right and trickled into the water. After dropping, he pitched with a sand wedge to 5 feet, made the bogey putt, then waited inside the scorer's trailer well behind the stands surrounding the green as Hoch played the final hole. Haas shot a 64.

China Open: Ireland's Damien McGrane won his first European tour title, shooting a 1-over 73 in heavy rain for a nine-stroke victory in Beijing. No player broke par in the final round. McGrane finished at 10-under 278. England's Simon Griffiths (74) and Oliver Wilson (79) and France's Michael Lorenzo-Sera (79) tied for second on the Beijing CBD International course.