From ESPN.comHAVRE DE GRACE, Md. -- Yani Tseng of Taiwan became the first rookie in 10 years to win a major, beating Maria Hjorth on the fourth hole of a playoff with a 5-foot birdie on the 18th hole to win the LPGA Championship.Tseng, a 19-year-old with a decorated amateur career, closed with a 4-under 68 and became the second-youngest woman to win a major. Not since Se Ri Pak in the 1998 McDonald''s LPGA

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From The Golf ChannelHAVRE DE GRACE, Md. -- Lorena Ochoa chopped into the mangled grass and was stunned to see her ball hop only a few inches, sending her to a double bogey as her hopes for a third straight major championship slipped away from her.By the time she recovered, she found some perspective in the McDonald’s LPGA Championship, along with a familiar name.Ochoa was only two shots out the lead, trailing two players who

From ESPN.comHAVRE DE GRACE, Md. -- Lorena Ochoa chopped into the mangled grass and was stunned to see her ball hop only a few inches, sending her to a double bogey as her hopes for a third straight major championship slipped away from her.By the time she recovered, she found some perspective in the McDonald''s LPGA Championship, along with a familiar name.Ochoa was only two shots out of the lead, trailing two players who have

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From The Golf ChannelHAVRE DE GRACE, Md. -- The picture has a prominent spot in the home of Lorena Ochoa, kept in the TV room alongside some of the trophies she has collected during a rapid rise to the No. 1 spot in women’s golf.As a sophomore at Arizona, Ochoa was low amateur at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. She was invited to the trophy presentation on the 18th green along with the winner—Annika Sorenstam—and asked

From LPGA.comThird-round notesGustafson takes a lead on Moving Day. Sweden''s Sophie Gustafson owns a commanding six shot lead after three rounds of play at the Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA. A four-time winner on Tour, Gustafson carded her first eagle of the week on the 473-yard, par-5 third hole and added birdies on holes two, six, 10, 15 and 16 with a double bogey on hole 12 to move to 18-under-par (66-65-67=198) for the week.

From LPGA.comFirst-round notesFirst round in the books at Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA. For the second consecutive year, the 6,459-yard, par-72 RiverTowne Country Club in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. is playing host to the Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA. Karrie Webb and In-Kyung Kim lead a field of 141 professionals and one amateur at 7-under-par 65 following the first round of play. Webb, a 35-time LPGA winner, was bogey-free on the day with five birdies and

From GOLF.comMOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — Annika Sorenstam''s name is everywhere at the Ginn Tribute except where she wanted it most - near the top of the leaderboard after Thursday''s opening round.Sorenstam''s even-par 72 left her seven shots behind co-leaders Karrie Webb and In-Kyung Kim, and tied for 60th at RiverTowne Country Club.Sophie Gustafson was third at 66. U.S. Open winner Cristie Kerr led a group of seven another stroke back at 67.Keep reading....

From ESPN.comMT. PLEASANT, S.C. -- Lorena Ochoa, the No. 1 player in the Rolex Rankings, withdrew from the Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika on Wednesday, citing her uncle''s ill health.Ochoa, who has won six of her nine starts this year, practiced at RiverTowne CC Tuesday, then informed tournament officials she was returning to Mexico. "I am very sorry to have to withdraw ... But my uncle is very ill," Ochoa said in a statement. "I

From LPGA.comANNIKA SORENSTAMMIKE SCANLAN: Annika, you''ve won three times on Tour this season and 72 times in your career. Two weeks ago, you announced you''ll be stepping away from the LPGA Tour at the end of the year. More importantly right now, you''re back hosting this tournament in Charleston for the second straight year. How does it feel to be here? ANNIKA SORENSTAM: It''s great to be back, especially to Charleston. This is a fun

From PGATOUR.comPGATOUR.COM: I remember watching you play that week -- especially during the first round -- and noticing you seemed more animated and outgoing on the course than you were at a typical LPGA event. Were you planning on doing that in order to make the most of the experience? What kinds of emotions were you feeling out on the course?SORENSTAM: No, I wasn''t really planning on showing more emotions. I was obviously very nervous,

From USA TodayBy Jerry Potter, USA TODAYKarrie Webb has seen the LPGA lose stars in the past, so she knows someone will fill the void created by Annika Sorenstam, who announced Tuesday she would retire at the end of the season."When I first came on tour, we were losing Nancy Lopez, Pat Bradley and Patty Sheehan," said Webb, 34. "There were plenty of players who stepped up."Webb, along with Sorenstam and Lorena Ochoa, begins play

From The Golf ChannelBy GOLFCHANNEL.com TeamEditor''s Note: In Backspin, the GOLFCHANNEL.com editorial staff takes a look back on the biggest stories from the past week in golf -- with a spin.SAY IT AIN''T SO...: In a press conference last Tuesday, Annika Sorenstam announced that she would be retiring at the end of the 2008 season. Widely regarded as the greatest women''s golfer of all-time, the Hall of Famer''s resume includes 72 LPGA Tour victories to

From The Ventura StarFor the course of four consecutive seasons, no pro golfer was better than Mickey Wright.Wright won 44 times on the LPGA Tour from 1961 to 1964, raising the championship trophy at least 10 times each year.For the record(s), no LPGA golfer was better than Annika Sorenstam.Keep reading....

From Golf DigestBy Ron SirakCLIFTON, N.J. -- Let''s discuss cups that are half empty and those half full. On the one hand, it is a shame the Lorena Ochoa-Annika Sorenstam rivalry is ending just as it was starting. One the other hand, just think what golf fans have in store for them the rest of the year as Sorenstam sprints toward retirement determined to play her best golf and Ochoa defends the No. 1 spot

From Golf DigestCLIFTON, N.J. (AP) -- Lorena Ochoa said her own little goodbye to Annika Sorenstam.The two-time defending champion shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday and left the retiring Sorenstam in her wake after two rounds of the rain-shorted Sybase Classic.Ochoa will enter Sunday''s final round of the now 54-hole tournament with a 9-under 135 total and a two-shot lead over third-year tour player Teresa Lu and veteran Sophie Gustafson. South Koreans H.J. Choi and

From The New York PostBy TOM CANAVAN,AP Sports WriterCLIFTON, N.J. (AP) The Annika Sorenstam goodbye tour got off to a great start.Two days after announcing this would be her final season on the LPGA Tour, Sorenstam shot a 5-under 67 on Thursday for a share of the first-round lead in the Sybase Classic. Two-time defending champion Lorena Ochoa was a stroke back.The 37-year-old Hall of Famer came into the $2 million tournament off a dominating

By GOLFCHANNEL.com Team1993: A 22-year-old Annika competes in three LPGA Tour events, earning a pair of top-10 finishes. She qualifies for the tour’s 1994 season based on a T28 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.1994: Earns Rolex Rookie of the Year honors on the strength of three top-10 finishes. She qualifies for her first Solheim Cup team, going 1-2-0. She finishes the year 39th on the money list, the last time she would finish outside

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From Golf WorldFor the 72nd time in an LPGA career that began in 1994, Annika Sorenstam walked out of an interview room after a victorious performance, this one a textbook display of near-perfect golf in the Michelob Ultra Open at the Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Va. Her smile showed weary signs of the effort needed to play championship golf as she turned her gaze toward a familiar face and said, "It was like old times,

From PGATour.comBy John Maginnes, PGATOUR.COM ContributorAnnika Sorenstam''s retirement has brought to light a question that no one in the game wants to ask. No player, fan or member of the media is quite ready to contemplate the idea of Tiger Woods flashing one last smile and saying, "I am taking my bat and my ball and going home."I would imagine most of us would like to see him break Sam Snead''s records before he goes

From ESPN.comDuring Tuesday''s news conference to announce that she will retire at season''s end, Annika Sorenstam was asked which of her accomplishments makes her proudest."I have several things that make me proud," the 72-time LPGA tournament winner said. "Overall, just the consistency, playing every year and being in contention, and to be player of the year eight times is something I''m very proud of. To single a few things out: shooting 59; my performance at

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From Golf DigestCLIFTON, N.J. -- The first time I interviewed Annika Sorenstam was in 1996 and she was such a dreadful quote I ended up talking to her caddie in a desperate effort to get a usable sentence for my story. It''s not that she was rude or inarticulate, it''s just that she was an extremely shy person not at all ready for the demands made of a player when they win the U.S. Women''s