Mike Weir holed a 5-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for a 4-under 67 to take a one-stroke lead Sunday in the Deutsche Bank Championship in Norwood, Mass., leaving him in a familiar position with hopes of a better outcome.

It was the 10th time the Canadian has had at least a share of the 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour, but he has only one victory when leading going into the final round.

Protecting this one might be the toughest yet.

Camilo Villegas ignored the swirling wind and increasingly firm conditions at TPC Boston to shoot 63, putting him in the final group with Weir for perhaps his best chance at his first PGA Tour win.

Three shots behind were Sergio Garcia (68) and Vijay Singh (69), part of the playoff last week at The Barclays that Singh won to move atop the standings in the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedEx Cup.

And right behind them were Jim Furyk, looking for his first victory in an otherwise solid year, Ernie Els and Ben Crane, whose 63 came during the morning before the wind hit full strength.

"I've got my hands full," said Weir, who was at 17-under 196.

Ten players were separated by five shots going into the Labor Day finish, the kind of shootout the Deutsche Bank Championship always seems to produce.

ALSO SUNDAY

JOHNNIE WALKER CHAMPIONSHIP: Gregory Havret shot a 3-under 70 for a one-stroke victory, and Oliver Wilson finished 10th to clinch Europe's 10th and final automatic Ryder Cup spot.

Havret, who led after every round of the European PGA event in Glenagles, Scotland, sank a 10-foot par putt to win the title at 14-under 278. Graeme Storm, who birdied the last, was second, and Peter Hanson (69) and David Howell (71) shared third.

Dougherty (70) finished seventh. Justin Rose and Soren Hansen also made the qualifying list by staying ahead of Wilson in the top 10. The other seven automatic qualifiers were Padraig Harrington, Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Henrik Stenson, Robert Karlsson, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Graeme McDowell.

Europe captain Nick Faldo selected Ian Poulter and Paul Casey as his two wild-card picks later Sunday, a surprising decision that left Darren Clarke off the European team for the first time since 1995.

Clarke was seen as a likely pick because he played on the past five teams and won twice on the European Tour in the last four months.

WAL-MART FIRST TEE OPEN: Jeff Sluman earned his second Champions Tour victory, closing with a 5-under 67 at Pebble Beach, Calif., for a five-stroke victory over Fuzzy Zoeller and Craig Stadler.

Sluman, a six-time PGA Tour winner who won the Bank of America Championship in June for his first Champions Tour title, had a 14-under 202 total.

Zoeller shot a 69 for his best Champions Tour finish since 2004.

Stadler, the inaugural tournament winner in 2004, had a 71.

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