No one in the Socceroos camp is playing down the threat of Iraq in Thursday nights World Cup qualifier.Not when the prize is so great, and the margin for error so fine.The Socceroos are assembling in Perth before Thursday nights clash, which begins the final group stage on the long road to Russia.Alex Gersbach will complete the 23-man squad when he arrives on Tuesday night, with fellow left-back Brad Smith predicting a very difficult challenge.Once hes in well do team meetings and video sessions on what we need to work on and how we can take them down to get the win, he said.The first game is very important to get under way and get a good result.Itll be one of the tougher games in the group so we need to make sure were ready.Iraq were Asian Cup semi-finalists in 2015, the tournament won by the Socceroos on home soil.In the visiting squad is former A-League player Ali Abbas, as well as another familiar face to two Socceroos.Yaser Karim, a dangerous attacking midfielder, is a former teammate of Smith and Massimo Luongo at English club Swindon Town.Bizarrely, Iraq are the more settled nation in Western Australia.The bulk of the Lions side arrived well before the almost solely overseas-based Socceroos and drew a behind-closed-doors friendly with Perth Glory 2-2 last week.Luongo enjoyed just a few hours sleep after arriving in Perth early on Tuesday morning.He said his club manager - Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink at Queens Park Rangers - quietly suggested staying in London might be easier.I dont think many club managers like the idea of international duty. He does give a few little hints that he wants me to stay, he said.Its a big thing for me.All my focus is on the Australian team and getting over what jet lag I have.Smith, who will win a 10th cap if he plays on Thursday, said finding the motivation for intercontinental travel was easy when the lure was playing in a World Cup.Thatd be the best thing, the best thing in my career, he said.Its what you dream of as a boy ... we have a very good squad and we can do it.Two sides from the six-team qualifying group - containing Australia, Japan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Thailand - are guaranteed a place in Russia. Mike Fiers Athletics Jersey . The Oilers come in having lost five in a row (0-4-1) and 16 of their last 20 games, dropping a 2-1 decision to the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. Eric Byrnes Jersey . 4 Villanova with a 96-68 drubbing on Monday. 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CARY, N.C. -- Doug Garwood ran away with the SAS Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title, closing with an 8-under 64 for a four-stroke victory.The 53-year-old Garwood won in his 44th start on the 50-and-over tour. He finished at 16-under 200 in the regular-season finale at Prestonwood Country Club.It hasnt really settled in yet, Garwood said. Someone asked me last week when my last tournament win was and I blanked, I couldnt think of one -- so now I wont have so much trouble. Feels great. It was a great day, played well. Beat a champion in Bernhard Langer, and Larry Mize, in my group.Langer, two strokes ahead of Garwood and Mize entering the day, had a 70 to finish second.Doug just played phenomenal, Langer said. His putter was hot. He just hit it and went in, hit it and went in. He started walking after it and it dropped. He was, like, 9 under after 16 holes. Thats pretty amazing golf.Garwood birdied the last three holes on the front nine for a 6-under 30, made it four in a row on the par-4 10th, added birdies on the par-5 13th and 16th, and closed with a bogey.The putter was obviously hot today, Garwood said. I made a little adjustment. I was aiming a little bit right yesterday, and I worked on that and rolled in the 12-footer on 1, rolled in the 40-footer on 3 from the fringe, a short putt, about 4-footer on 4 for a two-putt birdie.I guess they were saying I was walking them in. The first one at 7 I was walking because it was short. I just played it off like I thought it was going in. Then, same thing on 8 and same thing on 9. I knew I had made those when I was walking.Garwood earned $315,000 to jump to 19th on the money list with $798,744. He also got a two-year exemption to thhe Mitsubishi Electric Championship in Hawaii.ddddddddddddI didnt figure it would ever happen, really, Garwood said. I never anticipated winning. Ive never been goal-oriented, you know, projecting the future. I like to take it a day at a time, just live in the now. I just enjoy playing golf.Langer had four birdies and two bogeys. The 59-year-old German star leads the tour with four victories and $2,697,459. He won the 2012 event.I just didnt have my A-game today, Langer said. I missed a few shortish putts from 8 to 10 feet, three of four of them that I made the last few days. Then missed a few fairways as well. And this course, out of the rough, its a very tough golf course because you dont know how far that balls going, whether you get a flyer or not. And when it hits the green, it doesnt stop.Mize shot a 69 to tie for third with Tom Byrum (65) and Jeff Sluman (68) at 11 under. Miguel Angel Jimenez (65) was 10 under, and Colin Montgomerie (67) topped that group at 9 under.The top 72 players on the money list earned spots in the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs opener, the PowerShares QQQ Championship at Sherwood in California on Oct. 28-30.Corey Pavin finished 72nd with $183,192, but is sidelined by a right elbow injury and wont play at Sherwood. Michael Bradley was 73rd, $2,388 behind Pavin. Bradley closed with a 69 to tie for 13th at 6 under. John Daly got in at 70th with $191,261 after skipping the event.A spot also was available for the top finisher in the top 10 in the tournament who ended up outside the top 72 for the season, but all the top-10 finishers were in the top 72. ' ' '