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Paul Casey won the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship for the second time in three years here on Sunday.(AFP/Haider Shah)

England's Paul Casey picked up a cheque of £220,000 after winning the Falcon Trophy in Abu Dhabi. This is Paul's first golf title since he won this same tournament two years ago. Casey who got married at the beginning of December said, "It shows marriage is clearly good for me." The 31-year-old Englishman tapped in a short par putt at the 18th for a two-under 70 and recorded a one-shot win from Louis Oosthuizen and the defending champion Martin Kaymer. "I'm now approaching each event with equal importance," he said. "Maybe, the last two years I've focused too much on the majors."

In other golf news Fuzzy Zoeller successfully defended his Champions Skins Game title with new partner Ben Crenshaw, taking a dozen skins and $500,000 on the back nine Sunday to beat first-day leaders Greg Norman and Jay Haas. On the 144-yard 17th, Crenshaw hit a 7-iron over the water to about 4 1/2 feet, and Zoeller holed the putt for four skins and $200,000.