SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Second-year LPGA golfer Ji Young Oh won her first tournament, sinking a 6-inch putt for par to win the State Farm Classic in a playoff over rookie Yani Tseng.

A day after the tournament lost its marquee player, Michelle Wie, to disqualification, the sudden-death playoff injected life into what had been an ordinary final round.

Wie, the 18-year-old golfer, on the verge of playing her way onto the LPGA Tour and playing her best golf of the year, was disqualified for failure to sign her scorecard.

Wie was disqualified after she finished her round Saturday — a 5-under-par 67 that had her a stroke off the lead — for failing to sign her scorecard a day earlier.

Wie was chased down by a tournament volunteer after she left the course at the 9th hole without signing her card, something required by golf’s rules. LPGA officials say they didn’t learn about Wie’s miscue until after play started Saturday morning.

A win or high finish would have all but guaranteed her enough money to finish in the top 80 LPGA players this year, the cutoff for automatic inclusion in next year’s tour.

Wie, a part-time golfer and full-time student at Stanford, played at the State Farm on a sponsor exemption. The LPGA allows non-touring players six of those a year, and Wie has one left.

She has said she would play at the Canadian Women’s Open next month.

PGA

Johnson takes first PGAwin

MILWAUKEE — Richard S. Johnson birdied three of his last four holes to shoot a 6-under 64 and win the U. S. Bank Championship for his first PGA Tour victory.

Johnson finished at 16-under 264 on the 6,759-yard Brown Deer Park Golf Course. He is the sixth golfer from Sweden to win on tour, and seventh first-time winner this year.

Johnson, the first-round leader after shooting a 63, sank a birdie putt of about 12 feet on the par-4 17th hole to break a tie with Ken Duke at 14 under. He then birdied the par-5 18th from less than 2 feet.

He needed that final birdie to win because Duke, playing in his threesome, also birdied the last hole.

Duke shot 65 to finish second at 15 under.

BASEBALL

Durham traded to Brewers

SAN FRANCISCO — Ray Durham wore a Giants uniform for the last time, then packed up his locker and went to join the Milwaukee Brewers on the other side of the ballpark before leaving town with his new team.

San Francisco traded the veteran second baseman to the Brewers for two minor leaguers, with both clubs waiting until after the teams played to announce the swap. That, in fact, was per Durham’s request as he didn’t want to suit up for his first game for Milwaukee against the Giants.

“Personally it was out of respect for the guys in this locker room,” Durham said, saying his goodbyes in the Giants’ clubhouse. “It really was a stipulation I asked for.”

An emotional Durham could only stand to be in the Giants’ dugout for a few innings during the series finale against Milwaukee, but was prepared to make the switch right afterward and head to St. Louis with the Brewers. The 36-year-old second baseman, in his sixth season with San Francisco and the final year of a two-year contract, had to approve the deal.

“He’s a veteran guy that can come in here and help our club,” Milwaukee general manager Doug Melvin said. “We’re trying to add as many good players as we can. We’re trying to win this thing.”

Putz back with Mariners

SEATTLE — Closer J.J. Putz has been activated by the Seattle Mariners after more than a month on the disabled list.

Putz had been on the DL since June 12 with a hyperextended pitching elbow. The 31-year-old right-hander, a first-time All-Star last year, has struggled with injuries and ineffectiveness this season.

To make room for Putz on the roster, Seattle optioned left-hander Ryan Rowland-Smith to Triple-A Tacoma.

FOOTBALL

Taylor traded toRedskins

ASHBURN, Va. — Jason Taylor wanted out of Miami, and Bill Parcells seemed only too happy to trade the “Dancing with the Stars” defensive end.

So when the Washington Redskins lost a starting lineman to a season-ending injury, a significant swap quickly got done.

The Redskins gave the Dolphins a second-round pick in 2009 and a sixth-round choice in 2010 for Taylor, who is leaving the only NFL team he’s known.

The six-time Pro Bowl defensive end — who was the 2006 NFL Defensive Player of the Year — fell out of favor in Miami after spending his offseason on a TV show rather than working out with teammates.

The deal came about nine hours after starting defensive end Phillip Daniels was carted away from the practice field at Redskins Park with a season-ending left knee injury on Day 1 of training camp.

AUTO RACING

Hamilton wins in Germany

HOCKENHEIM, Germany — Lewis Hamilton showed his Formula One championship credentials at the German Grand Prix, overcoming a poor team decision with brazen overtaking to set up his fourth win of the season — a victory that gave McLaren momentum to start the second half of the season.

Hamilton’s victory Sunday pushed him four points ahead of main rival Felipe Massa, who settled for third place in a problematic Ferrari that couldn’t even challenge Renault’s Nelson Piquet Jr. down the home stretch.

Hamilton overtook Massa and Piquet at the same hairpin corner after Timo Glock’s earlier crash had brought out a safety car that nearly cost the McLaren driver his sixth career wire-to-wire victory.

“I would have much preferred an easy, comfortable afternoon out in front. But it didn’t work that way,” the 23-year-old Briton said.

McLaren left its star driver out while his main rivals pitted, forcing F1’s leader to try to stretch out a lead with a rapidly evaporating fuel tank. Hamilton didn’t, and re-emerged from the pits in seventh with 17 laps to go.

Edwards wins Nationwide race

MADISON, Ill. — Carl Edwards was in no rush to get to the post-race interview room at Gateway International Raceway.

Edwards passed Jason Leffler with 49 laps remaining Saturday night and cruised to victory at the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250, marking his second win at Gateway in three years in front of a nearly hometown crowd.

“It was so hard to leave victory lane, I didn’t want to come down here,” said Edwards, who grew up in Columbia, Mo., about a 2-hour drive from the track. “I have so many friends down there, they’re taking pictures. It’s just really, really special to win here for me.”

Joey Logan, the 18-year-old racer in just his fifth race, finished second after starting fourth. Jason Keller took third, followed by Leffler and Brad Keselowski.

SOCCER

Fans brawl at exhibition match

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A halftime brawl between more than 100 fans marred an exhibition match Sunday between West Ham United of the English Premier League club and the MLS’ Columbus Crew.

The fights, which overshadowed West Ham United’s 3-1 win, began when a handful of West Ham supporters, some wearing the team’s claret and blue colors, entered the northeast corner of the stadium where the Crew’s most boisterous supporters typically gather.

Crew supporters began directing chants toward the rival fans, and fights quickly broke out between more than 100 Crew fans and at least 30 West Ham fans. Columbus police officers and Crew Stadium security staff eventually separated the groups.

Highway Patrol officers arrested one fan outside the stadium for disorderly conduct, Patrol spokeswoman Anne Ralston said. A dispatcher didn’t know whether Columbus police had made any arrests inside the stadium.

TENNIS

Wozniak captures first title

STANFORD, Calif. — Aleksandra Wozniak had to survive through eight matches in nine days to win her first WTA Tour singles title. Somehow by the end of the week the qualifier was still playing at her best and it was her opponents who had worn down.

Wozniak became the first Canadian to win a WTA Tour singles title in 20 years, taking an advantage of an injury to Marion Bartoli to win the Bank of the West Classic 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday.

Wozniak won the semifinal when top-seeded Serena Williams pulled out with a knee injury in the second set. Then Bartoli was slowed in the final by a sore left hip that left her limping badly late in the match.

“I don’t know what’s happening,” Wozniak said. “I guess I make them run too much or something. Yesterday (Serena) pulled out and today she got hurt, Marion. I don’t know. I just keep playing aggressive and doing what I needed to do to win.”

Wozniak, 20, needed to win three matches in qualifying — including a three-setter against Angela Haynes in the first round just to make the main draw. She followed with five more wins to become the first Canadian since Jill Hetherington at Wellington in February 1988 to win a women’s singles title. Wozniak was only 5 months old at the time.