Sabbatini goes from 'bad boy' to role model

PALM BEACH GARDENS - Once considered one of golf's bad boys, life has thrown a few tests in the direction of Rory Sabbatini, who on Sunday claimed his first PGA Tour win in nearly two years with victory in the Honda Classic and acknowledged he was a changed man.

The Texas-based South African has had to deal with two major health scares - a skin cancer operation and serious problem for his American wife Amy, who spent four days in cardiac intensive care after childbirth.