Safeway Open golf: Stewart Cink clinches first title since 2009 British Open to end 11-year winless run
San Francisco: Stewart Cink ended an 11-year drought with a victory in the US PGA Tour Safeway Open on Sunday, his first win since his 2009 British Open triumph. Cink fired eight birdies in a seven-under par 65 at Silverado Resort in Napa, California, his 21-under total of 267 giving him a two-shot win over Harry Higgs. Cink, 47, acknowledged that he sometimes wondered in the years since he out-dueled Tom Watson in a playoff at Turnberry if he would reach the winner’s circle again. But he kept his nerve Sunday, following a three-putt bogey at 17 that reduced his lead to one stroke with a birdie at the par-five 18th — where he reached the green in two and two-putted from 44 feet. “When you get (to be) 47 like I am, you just don’t really know if you’re ever going to be able to close the door on another one,” said a beaming Cink. “I’ve been at times in the position to get it done and haven’t. This was just a really special week where I’ve had a lot of good things going with my golf.” Cink started the day two shots off…