Ending a run of disappointing play that extended all the way back to 2010, 44-year-old Angel Cabrera won the first non-Major event of his career on the PGA Tour, claiming a two-shot triumph at the Greenbrier Classic, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.  The 2007 Masters and 2009 U.S. Open champion, Cabrera stood well back in the field after 36 holes (despite opening rounds of 68-68) but pulled to within two shots of 54-hole leader William Hurley III following a seven-birdie, one-bogey round of 64 on Saturday.  A newcomer to Saturday night leads, Hurley birdied his opener on Sunday before stumbling to four bogeys over his next five holes, eventually posting a 74 and tying for fourth.  But Cabera’s path remained anything but clear due to a dazzling final round posted by George McNeill, who carded seven birdies and a hole-in-one at the 234-yard 8th en route to the week’s low score of 61, and the clubhouse lead on 14-under-par 266.  At that point, Cabrera had completed 10 holes and trailed by one, but he quickly sped to the front with back-to-back birdies at the 11th and 12th, then extended his lead to three upon holing a 176-yard 8 iron for an eagle at the 492-yard par-4 13th.  But now seemingly in command, he promptly bogeyed both the 14th and the par-3 15th, leaving matters unresolved until a two-putt birdie at the 616-yard 17th proved to be the clincher.  With places in the upcoming British Open field being awarded to the leading four players among the top 12 not already, exempt, also leaving the Greenbrier happy were McNeill, Hurley, Chris Stroud (who closed with 69) and Cameron Tringale (69)………………Taking full advantage of the cold and miserable weather conditions that characterized the final round, Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell came from an imposing eight shots behind to successfully defend his title at the Alstom Open de France.  Behind rounds of 70-69-73, McDowell began Sunday’s finale in a tie for seventh but amidst the difficult conditions, began methodically moving up the board behind outgoing birdies at the 2nd and the par-5 9th.  Meanwhile, first, second and third round leader Kevin Stadler began the day with a four-shot advantage but struggled badly on his outward half, racking up three bogeys and a double-bogey (at the long par-4 7th) to turn in an inglorious 41.  Two more bogeys at the 10th and 12th might well have ended his hopes but with nearly all of the field faring poorly, Stadler gamely carded birdies at the 11th, the par-5 14th and the 16th to propel himself back into the hunt.  McDowell, meanwhile, called forth all of the bad weather skills developed during a youth spent upon the Irish links to add birdies at the 13th, 14th and 16th and tie Stadler at six under par – good enough, he assumed to at least make a playoff.  When Stadler could do no better than to leave himself a long birdie putt to win at the 470-yard 18th, a playoff seemed liely.  When Stadler missed his three-footer for par, however, it became entirely unnecessary, leaving McDowell to claim his first worldwide win of 2014.  While Stadler would tie for second with Thongchai Jaidee, happier with their finishes were Robert Karlsson (a closing 69 for solo fourth), Michael Hoey (7th) and Victor Riu (8th), each of whom earned places in the upcoming British Open at Hoylake as the leading three players among the top 10 here who were not already exempt..................Ending a victory drought dating back to 2012, Japan's Ryo Ishikawa took a break from the U.S. PGA Tour to return to his homeland and win the Sega Sammy Cup, defeating Koumei Oda on the third hole of a playoff.  The 22-year-old Ishikawa began Sunday two shots behind Oda, who opened the week with rounds of 69-67-69 and produced a sturdy final effort, closing with a bogey-free two-under-par 69.  Ishikawa, meanwhile, began Sunday by three-putt bogeying the par-3 2nd, immediately recovering that stroke at the par-5 3rd, then moving wthin one of Oda by adding birdies at both the 8th and 9th.  Adding two more birdies and a bogey through the 15th, he found himself trailing Oda by one going to the 560-yard 18th before logging the crucial birdie needed o force a playoff, then claiming the title on the third extra hole.  It was Ishikawa's third domestic appearance of 2014 and the first homeland event of the year for world number 14 Hideki Matsuyama, who closed with a 68 to tie for 17th.................. Twenty-five-year-old Dean Burmester claimed his second career Sunshine Tour title at the Sun City Challenge, closing with a final ound 71 to edge a charging Haydn Porteous by one.  Burmester was in the mix early at the Lost City Golf Course, trailing little-known first round leader Gert Myburgh by two before moving out to a three-stroke 36-hole lead following a seven-birdie, two-bogey second round of 67.  With the 54-hole event ending on Friday, Burmester began fast with an opening birdie before turning in even-par 36.  This allowed Porteous to draw even early as he birdied the 4th, 5th and 7th, and he once again took a share of the lead by matching Burmester’s 11th-hole  birdie with a three at the 363-yard 12th, then moved ahead alone with a birdie at the 16th.  But while Burmester carded a seemingly ill-timed bogey at the 470-yard 17th, Porteous crashed to a disastrous double-bogey, then could only par the 530-yard 18th as Burmester got up-and-down from the fringe for a birdie that provided his margin of victory.