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Monday, June 2, 2003

Sorenstam has happy return to LPGA Tour


Ahern hits right beat in Music City

The Associated Press

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Caddie Terry McNamara, left, congratulates Annika Sorenstam on her approach shot on the ninth hole of the final round Sunday.
(AP photo)
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AURORA, Ill. - The question was never whether Annika Sorenstam was going to win, but by how much.

Playing in her first LPGA Tour event since her historic rounds at the Colonial, she breezed to a three-stroke victory in the Kellogg-Keebler Classic on Sunday.

Though she bogeyed her final two holes, she'd built up such a big lead it hardly mattered. She finished with a 1-under 71, giving her a 17-under 199.

"Obviously I'm very, very pleased," she said. "No letdown at all. It's been a great week, and to come back and perform the way I did is pretty much incredible."

Mhairi McKay had four birdies on the back nine, but a triple-bogey on the front had all but ended her chances. McKay shot even par, finishing three strokes back at 202.

It was Sorenstam's second victory of the year on the LPGA Tour - her 44th overall. Sorenstam earned $180,000 with the win, putting her back in first place on the money list with $734,501. More than 22,000 people came out for the final round - most just to see Sorenstam.

Sorenstam birdied the first two holes, and counting the five she made to close her round Saturday, had seven birdies in a row.

CHAMPIONS TOUR: Jim Ahern shot a 3-under 69 to complete a wire-to-wire win at the Music City Championship in Nashville, Tenn., only the third victory of his professional career.

He set the tournament record with a 196 over 54 holes, two strokes better than Isao Aoki in 1998 and Hale Irwin in 2000.

Ahern last won an event in 1999, the AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship during his rookie year. His other win was the 1973 Yuma Open, a satellite PGA Tour event.

He played on the PGA Tour between 1973 and 1975 where his biggest paycheck was $2,400 for tying for 13th at the 1975 Phoenix Open.

The $210,000 he won Sunday for the first wire-to-wire win on the 50-and-over tour since Bruce Fleisher won the 2002 RJR Championship was the biggest paycheck of Ahern's career.

Leading by six strokes at 17 under after Saturday, Ahern started the final round by barely missing an eagle for the second day in a row on the first hole when his 5-foot putt lipped out. He tapped in for birdie.

WALES OPEN: Ian Poulter completed a start-to-finish victory, shooting a 2-under-par 70 to win by three strokes in Newport, Wales.

His total of 18-under 270 was the tournament's best winning score in four years.

LPGA Tour

Kellogg-Keebler Scores

Sunday

At Stonebridge Country Club

Aurora, Ill.

Purse: $1.2 million

Yardage: 6,413; Par 72

Final Round

Annika Sorenstam, $180,00062-66-71-199
Mhairi McKay, $109,59066-64-72-202
Mi-Hyun Kim, $70,50066-71-67-204
Becky Morgan, $70,50067-69-68-204
Catriona Matthew, $45,00069-69-67-205
Rosie Jones, $45,00062-71-72-205
Hee-Won Han, $31,80069-70-67-206
Angela Stanford, $31,80065-71-70-206
Karrie Webb, $24,50072-69-66-207
Heather Bowie, $24,50067-71-69-207
Juli Inkster, $24,50068-67-72-207
Christina Kim, $21,00068-70-70-208
Sophie Gustafson, $18,00072-68-69-209
V. Goetze-Ackerman, $18,00070-70-69-209
Donna Andrews, $18,00068-72-69-209
Natalie Gulbis, $18,00072-67-70-209
D. Ammaccapane, $15,24068-72-70-210
Kate Golden, $15,24070-69-71-210
Anna Acker-Macosko, $13,08073-70-68-211
Laura Diaz, $13,08070-71-70-211
Suzanne Strudwick, $13,08071-69-71-211
Kelly Robbins, $13,08070-70-71-211
Lorena Ochoa, $13,08069-71-71-211
Tracy Hanson, $13,08070-68-73-211
Gloria Park, $10,42072-72-68-212
Wendy Ward, $10,42068-75-69-212
L. Rinker-Graham, $10,42069-73-70-212
Beth Bader, $10,42070-71-71-212
Kelli Kuehne, $10,42071-69-72-212
Laura Davies, $10,42068-71-73-212
Marisa Baena, $8,35270-74-69-213
Rachel Teske, $8,35271-72-70-213
Candie Kung, $8,35271-72-70-213
Maria Hjorth, $8,35270-71-72-213
Pat Hurst, $8,35268-71-74-213
Dina Ammaccapane, $6,93068-78-68-214
Wendy Doolan, $6,93070-74-70-214
Michele Redman, $6,93070-73-71-214
Dottie Pepper, $6,93069-71-74-214
Nancy Scranton, $5,76072-75-68-215
Kim Saiki, $5,76072-74-69-215
Brandie Burton, $5,76069-75-71-215
Denise Killeen, $5,76067-76-72-215
Soo-Yun Kang, $5,76072-70-73-215
Audra Burks, $4,74074-73-69-216
Eva Dahllof, $4,74074-73-69-216
Leta Lindley, $4,74074-73-69-216
Liselotte Neumann, $4,74077-68-71-216
Kathryn Marshall, $4,74073-71-72-216
Kris Tschetter, $3,78073-74-70-217
Tammie Green, $3,78071-76-70-217
Jane Crafter, $3,78072-74-71-217
Joanne Mills, $3,78072-73-72-217
Joanne Morley, $3,78071-74-72-217
Carrie Roberts, $3,78068-77-72-217
Suzann Pettersen, $3,78071-73-73-217
Hiromi Kobayashi, $3,78066-73-78-217
Meg Mallon, $3,12071-75-72-218
Amy Fruhwirth, $3,12071-73-74-218
Lorie Kane, $3,12065-79-74-218
Angela Jerman, $2,85073-74-72-219
Marilyn Lovander, $2,85073-74-72-219
Mitzi Edge, $2,85070-77-72-219
Cristie Kerr, $2,85071-72-76-219
Loraine Lambert, $2,58071-76-73-220
Helen Alfredsson, $2,58070-77-73-220
Michelle Ellis, $2,58071-75-74-220

Champions Tour

Music City Championship Scores

Sunday

At Springhouse Golf Club

Nashville, Tenn.

Purse: $1.4 million

Yardage: 6,839; Par: 72

Final Round

Jim Ahern, $210,00064-63-69-196
Jose M. Canizares, $123,20068-65-67-200
Larry Nelson, $100,80069-68-64-201
Ed Dougherty, $74,90070-67-66-203
Tom Jenkins, $74,90067-67-69-203
Hale Irwin, $53,20068-70-67-205
Hugh Baiocchi, $53,20068-67-70-205
Stewart Ginn, $38,50072-69-65-206
Dave Stockton, $38,50069-69-68-206
Jim Holtgrieve, $38,50069-65-72-206
Rodger Davis, $38,50067-66-73-206
Vicente Fernandez, $30,80067-72-68-207
Mike Hill, $26,60068-71-69-208
Butch Sheehan, $26,60069-70-69-208
R.W. Eaks, $26,60073-64-71-208
Allen Doyle, $20,393.3474-71-64-209
Gary Koch, $20,393.3475-69-65-209
Wayne Levi, $20,393.3375-67-67-209
Bruce Fleisher, $20,393.3373-68-68-209
John Harris, $20,393.3368-71-70-209
Ed Fiori, $20,393.3369-69-71-209
Des Smyth, $13,471.1273-70-67-210
Dana Quigley, $13,471.1169-73-68-210
Gibby Gilbert, $13,471.1171-70-69-210
Tom Purtzer, $13,471.1171-69-70-210
Jim Thorpe, $13,471.1171-68-71-210
Doug Tewell, $13,471.1165-73-72-210
Bobby Wadkins, $13,471.1171-68-71-210
Morris Hatalsky, $13,471.1168-69-73-210
Dave Barr, $13,471.1171-67-72-210
D.A. Weibring, $9,45071-73-67-211
Dick Mast, $9,45070-73-68-211
Jay Sigel, $9,45069-73-69-211
John Bland, $9,45071-71-69-211
Tom Wargo, $9,45071-70-70-211
J.C. Snead, $9,45067-70-74-211
Mike McCullough, $7,42068-75-69-212
Seiji Ebihara, $7,42072-72-68-212
Bobby Walzel, $7,42073-70-69-212
James Mason, $7,42074-67-71-212
Ted Goin, $7,42072-67-73-212
Bob Gilder, $6,02068-73-72-213
Fuzzy Zoeller, $6,02072-70-71-213
Joe Inman, $6,02069-72-72-213
Mike Smith, $6,02073-68-72-213
Pat McDonald, $6,02067-73-73-213
John Jacobs, $5,04070-74-70-214
Dave Eichelberger, $5,04070-70-74-214
Billy Kratzert, $3,74574-74-67-215
Mark Pfeil, $3,74574-72-69-215
Luis Carbonetti, $3,74576-70-69-215
John Schroeder, $3,74575-71-69-215
Jim Colbert, $3,74570-74-71-215
Charles Coody, $3,74568-74-73-215
Bob Charles, $3,74574-69-72-215
Bill Rogers, $3,74570-72-73-215
David Eger, $2,73071-73-72-216
Bruce Summerhays, $2,73070-74-72-216
Ray Floyd, $2,73071-72-73-216
Leonard Thompson, $2,73072-71-73-216
Jerry McGee, $2,17077-71-69-217
Gil Morgan, $2,17069-77-71-217
Terry Dill, $2,17071-74-72-217
Walter Hall, $2,17070-73-74-217
Howard Twitty, $1,82075-70-73-218
Jay Overton, $1,54075-74-70-219
Gary Player, $1,54071-77-71-219
Jim Dent, $1,54074-71-74-219
Edward Brooks, $1,31678-76-67-221
Wallace Young, $1,19075-76-71-222
John Mahaffey, $1,19076-69-77-222
Bob Eastwood, $1,06472-77-74-223

PGA Europe

Wales Open Leading Scores

Sunday

At Celtic Manor Resort

Newport, Wales

Purse: $2.48 million

Yardage: 7,355; Par: 72

Final Round

Ian Poulter, England65-67-68-70-270
Jarrod Moseley, Australia74-67-63-69-273
Darren Fichardt, South Africa68-67-70-68-273
Jonathan Lomas, England66-71-68-68-273
Mark McNulty, Zimbabwe69-67-69-70-275
Andrew Coltart, Scotland68-69-67-71-275
Santiago Luna, Spain68-69-70-69-276
Peter Fowler, Australia67-72-68-69-276
Phillip Price, Wales68-66-68-74-276
Jarmo Sandelin, Sweden67-73-68-70-278
Iain Pyman, England73-67-68-70-278
Jamie Donaldson, Wales68-71-68-71-278
Bradley Dredge, Wales71-69-67-71-278
Fredrik Jacobson, Sweden71-68-64-75-278
Richard Green, Australia67-70-72-70-279
Jean-Francois Remesy, France68-72-69-70-279
Roger Chapman, England74-68-67-70-279




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Perry prevails for 2nd straight week
Daugherty: We can all root for Perry
Players use Jack's event as tune-up for U.S. Open
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Agassi advances, Venus goes home

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