Monday, June 9, 2003
Sorenstam wins fifth major title
Jacobs cops Sr. PGA Championship
The Associated Press
WILMINGTON, Del. - Annika Sorenstam faced this kind of pressure at Colonial, only this time she didn't miss the cut - she won a major.
Three weeks after testing her game on the PGA Tour, Sorenstam came up with clutch shots down the stretch Sunday and was flawless in the playoff, making a routine par on the toughest hole to beat Grace Park and win the LPGA Championship.
Sorenstam won her fifth major among 45 career wins, and she had to work harder than ever.
Leading by four shots going into the final round at waterlogged DuPont Country Club, she closed with a 1-over 72 and had to make a par on No. 18 in regulation with a 7-wood from the first cut of rough just to get into a playoff.
"She kept the pressure on me," Sorenstam said of Park. "I made it when I needed to."
Park came up short of the 18th green in the playoff and missed a 12-foot par putt that would have extended the playoff. Sorenstam, who hit a 6-iron into 20 feet, tapped in her par putt and skipped across the green and into the arms of caddie Terry McNamara.
The reason she became the first woman in 58 years to play on the PGA Tour was to elevate her game for moments like this.
Sorenstam won't get any style points for this one, but she'll take it. The McDonald's LPGA Championship is one of two majors she had never won.
A victory this summer in the Women's British Open at Royal Lytham & St. Annes would make her the fourth woman in the modern era to complete the career Grand Slam.
Park also came through in her first time in contention at a major championship. She was seven strokes behind when she arrived Sunday to complete the rain-delayed third round and finished off a 70 to creep closer to Sorenstam.
SENIOR PGA: John Jacobs shot a 2-under 68 in the final round to claim a two-stroke victory over Bobby Wadkins at Newtown Square, Pa.
Jacobs, 58, birdied the 15th and 16th holes to pull away from Wadkins in the first major championship of the Champions Tour season. Bruce Lietzke and defending champion Fuzzy Zoeller tied for third, three shots behind the oldest player to win the Senior PGA since 61-year-old Pete Cooper won in 1976.
The winner, who finished at 4-under 276 , seized control when he sank a long birdie putt on the par-4 15th to move to 3-under.
He then two-putted for a birdie on the par-5 16th to open a two-stroke lead over Wadkins, who three-putted for par on the 16th.
"It wasn't the first time I three-putted, and it won't be the last," said Wadkins, the Senior PGA runner-up for the second straight year. "But it might have come at the worst time ever."
PGA TOUR: Rory Sabbatini's steady back nine, marred only by a three-putt bogey at the final hole, gave him a 68 and a one-shot lead after three rounds of the rain-delayed FBR Capital Open in Potomac, Md.
Sabbatini is 11-under par with a 202 total, but he has to come back today as he aims for a second career PGA Tour win. The final two rounds of the tournament were moved back a day by rain.
BRITISH MASTERS: Greg Owen of England won by three strokes at Meriden, England, for his first victory in six years on the PGA European Tour. He closed with a 1-under-par 71 for a 14-under 274 total at Forest of Arden. Ian Poulter (70) and Christian Cevaer (68) shared second at 277.
PGA Tour
FBR Capital Open Scores
Sunday
At TPC at Avenel
Potomac, MD
Purse: $4.5 million
Yardage: 6,987; Par: 71
Completed Third Round
Final round will be Monday
| Rory Sabbatini | 68-66-68-202 | | Niclas Fasth | 68-68-67-203 | | Duffy Waldorf | 71-68-66-205 | | Fred Funk | 70-70-66-206 | | Padraig Harrington | 70-70-66-206 | | Chris DiMarco | 71-68-67-206 | | J.L. Lewis | 71-67-68-206 | | Rich Beem | 67-70-69-206 | | Tom Gillis | 68-68-70-206 | | Marco Dawson | 72-68-67-207 | | Bernhard Langer | 70-68-69-207 | | Hal Sutton | 68-69-70-207 | | Notah Begay III | 67-69-71-207 | | John Huston | 69-72-67-208 | | Todd Fischer | 73-68-67-208 | | Joe Durant | 69-70-69-208 | | Scott Laycock | 71-67-70-208 | | Glen Hnatiuk | 68-70-70-208 | | Woody Austin | 71-67-70-208 | | Patrick Sheehan | 68-69-71-208 | | Davis Love III | 70-71-68-209 | | Cliff Kresge | 70-69-70-209 | | Paul Lawrie | 68-71-70-209 | | Alex Cejka | 69-74-66-209 | | Hidemichi Tanaka | 69-70-70-209 | | David Duval | 74-62-73-209 | | John Maginnes | 72-66-72-210 | | Brad Elder | 72-69-70-211 | | Tim Herron | 73-69-69-211 | | Brett Quigley | 74-67-70-211 | | Mark O'Meara | 73-70-68-211 | | Danny Ellis | 70-69-72-211 | | Dan Forsman | 72-72-67-211 | | Mike Grob | 70-74-67-211 | | Jay Don Blake | 69-72-71-212 | | Craig Parry | 70-71-71-212 | | Carlos Franco | 71-70-71-212 | | Craig Barlow | 72-70-70-212 | | Bob Estes | 72-70-70-212 | | Pat Bates | 71-73-68-212 | | Charles Howell III | 69-69-74-212 | | Jason Gore | 70-72-71-213 | | Jonathan Kaye | 72-70-71-213 | | Joel Edwards | 69-71-73-213 | | Brent Schwarzrock | 71-67-75-213 | | John Riegger | 71-73-69-213 | | Garrett Willis | 69-75-69-213 | | Richard Johnson | 70-72-72-214 | | Andrew Magee | 70-70-74-214 | | Scott Simpson | 71-72-71-214 | | Joey Sindelar | 71-72-71-214 | | Cameron Beckman | 76-67-71-214 | | Brandt Jobe | 74-70-70-214 | | Kirk Triplett | 70-71-74-215 | | Jose Maria Olazabal | 72-69-74-215 | | Robert Gamez | 66-74-75-215 | | Troy Matteson | 69-71-75-215 | | Chip Sullivan | 72-72-71-215 | | Aaron Barber | 71-70-75-216 | | Andy Miller | 74-68-74-216 | | Per-Ulrik Johansson | 73-70-73-216 | | Jonathan Byrd | 74-70-72-216 | | Robert Allenby | 71-73-72-216 | | John Senden | 74-70-72-216 | | Tim Clark | 75-69-72-216 | | David Peoples | 74-70-73-217 | | Kenneth Staton | 75-69-73-217 | | Briny Baird | 70-73-75-218 | | Bill Glasson | 75-69-74-218 | | Harrison Frazar | 70-72-77-219 | | Darron Stiles | 69-71-79-219 | | Steven Alker | 69-71-79-219 | | Mike Sposa | 71-72-76-219 | | Bob Burns | 71-72-76-219 | | Frank Lickliter II | 73-70-76-219 | | Matt Kuchar | 73-71-76-220 | | Todd Barranger | 71-72-79-222 | | Stuart Appleby | 74-70-78-222 |
LPGA Tour
McDonald's LPGA Championship Scores
Sunday
At Dupont Country Club
Wilmington, Del.
Purse: $1.6 million
Yardage: 6,408; Par: 71
Final Round
x-won on first playoff hole.
| x-Annika Sorenstam, $240,000 | 70-64-72-72-278 | | Grace Park, $147,934 | 69-72-70-67-278 | | Rosie Jones, $85,718 | 73-68-72-71-284 | | Rachel Teske, $85,718 | 69-70-74-71-284 | | Beth Daniel, $85,718 | 71-71-70-72-284 | | Young-A Yang, $41,873 | 73-74-69-69-285 | | Joanne Mills, $41,873 | 68-73-75-69-285 | | Young Kim, $41,873 | 70-73-72-70-285 | | Becky Morgan, $41,873 | 73-70-70-72-285 | | Kate Golden, $41,873 | 72-70-68-75-285 | | P. Meunier-Lebouc, $24,037 | 75-69-72-70-286 | | Jennifer Rosales, $24,037 | 74-68-74-70-286 | | Suzann Pettersen, $24,037 | 70-71-75-70-286 | | Angela Jerman, $24,037 | 73-72-69-72-286 | | Jeong Jang, $24,037 | 72-73-69-72-286 | | Akiko Fukushima, $24,037 | 72-68-74-72-286 | | Michele Redman, $24,037 | 74-70-69-73-286 | | Wendy Ward, $24,037 | 68-69-75-74-286 | | Hee-Won Han, $24,037 | 67-69-74-76-286 | | Natalie Gulbis, $16,719 | 71-69-78-69-287 | | Karen Stupples, $16,719 | 73-73-71-70-287 | | Tina Barrett, $16,719 | 76-69-71-71-287 | | Lorena Ochoa, $16,719 | 72-72-71-72-287 | | Michelle Ellis, $16,719 | 73-70-71-73-287 | | Donna Andrews, $16,719 | 73-70-70-74-287 | | Kelli Kuehne, $16,719 | 73-73-65-76-287 | | D. Ammaccapane, $13,769 | 74-72-74-68-288 | | Angela Stanford, $13,769 | 72-73-71-72-288 | | Meg Mallon, $13,769 | 74-69-70-75-288 | | Deb Richard, $11,987 | 75-71-74-69-289 | | Tracy Hanson, $11,987 | 71-77-70-71-289 | | Laura Diaz, $11,987 | 73-70-75-71-289 | | Mi-Hyun Kim, $11,987 | 72-72-71-74-289 | | Moira Dunn, $10,367 | 78-70-72-70-290 | | Cristie Kerr, $10,367 | 74-69-75-72-290 | | Lorie Kane, $10,367 | 72-75-70-73-290 | | Catriona Matthew, $8,970 | 72-73-75-71-291 | | Hilary Lunke, $8,970 | 72-70-75-74-291 | | Jan Stephenson, $8,970 | 74-72-69-76-291 | | Juli Inkster, $8,970 | 71-72-71-77-291 | | Terry-Jo Myers, $7,937 | 74-73-75-70-292 | | Jill McGill, $7,937 | 76-72-71-73-292 | | Pat Hurst, $7,937 | 73-73-74-73-293 | | Giulia Sergas, $7,937 | 73-72-75-73-293 | | V. Goetze-Ackerman, $7,937 | 73-74-72-74-293 | | Marisa Baena, $6,155 | 73-74-77-70-294 | | Brandie Burton, $6,155 | 77-70-75-72-294 | | Jung Yeon Lee, $6,155 | 76-70-75-73-294 | | Leslie Spalding, $6,155 | 72-73-76-73-294 | | Se Ri Pak, $6,155 | 72-74-72-76-294 | | Joanne Morley, $5,346 | 74-72-77-72-295 | | Yu Ping Lin, $5,346 | 74-74-74-73-295 | | Kathryn Marshall, $5,346 | 77-70-75-73-295 | | Kim Saiki, $4,941 | 72-74-80-70-296 | | Dorothy Delasin, $4,941 | 71-71-79-75-296 | | Jane Crafter, $4,374 | 70-76-80-71-297 | | Dawn Coe-Jones, $4,374 | 74-74-76-73-297 | | Karrie Webb, $4,374 | 72-72-78-75-297 | | Wendy Doolan, $4,374 | 72-75-74-76-297 | | J. Gallagher-Smith, $4,374 | 72-72-77-76-297 | | Fiona Pike, $3,969 | 73-74-76-75-298 | | Heather Bowie, $3,888 | 74-73-76-76-299 | | Marnie McGuire, $3,807 | 74-72-78-76-300 | | Michelle McGann, $3,645 | 72-76-77-76-301 | | Marcy Hart, $3,645 | 71-75-79-76-301 | | Mitzi Edge, $3,645 | 73-74-76-78-301 | | Liselotte Neumann, $3,402 | 74-73-81-76-304 | | Dottie Pepper, $3,402 | 73-74-80-77-304 | | Marilyn Lovander, $3,402 | 74-74-77-79-304 | | Kim Williams, $3,240 | 73-72-78-83-306 |
Champions Tour
Senior PGA Championship Scores
Sunday
At Aronimink Golf Club
Newtown Square, Pa.
Purse: $2 million
Yardage: 6,928; Par 70
Final Round
x-PGA Club Pro
| John Jacobs, $360,000 | 68-69-71-68-276 | | Bobby Wadkins, $216,000 | 68-72-68-70-278 | | Bruce Lietzke, $116,000 | 75-67-70-67-279 | | Fuzzy Zoeller, $116,000 | 69-70-70-70-279 | | Doug Tewell, $71,000 | 69-73-69-69-280 | | Des Smyth, $71,000 | 71-70-65-74-280 | | Vicente Fernandez, $58,000 | 69-71-72-69-281 | | Gil Morgan, $58,000 | 70-66-73-72-281 | | Allen Doyle, $58,000 | 69-67-73-72-281 | | Larry Nelson, $42,600 | 69-74-69-70-282 | | Bruce Fleisher, $42,600 | 71-71-74-66-282 | | Mark McCumber, $42,600 | 71-71-72-68-282 | | Tom Kite, $42,600 | 70-68-74-70-282 | | Bob Gilder, $42,600 | 77-67-70-68-282 | | Craig Stadler, $3,000 | 70-69-75-69-283 | | Hale Irwin, $33,000 | 73-73-72-65-283 | | Jay Sigel, $24,000 | 73-68-72-71-284 | | Dana Quigley, $24,000 | 71-70-75-68-284 | | Dick Mast, $24,000 | 73-68-70-73-284 | | Wayne Levi, $24,000 | 70-69-73-72-284 | | Ray Floyd, $24,000 | 71-72-70-71-284 | | Tom Watson, $24,000 | 71-73-73-67-284 | | David Eger, $24,000 | 74-70-70-70-284 | | John Harris, $16,500 | 69-74-69-73-285 | | Seiji Ebihara, $16,500 | 72-66-75-72-285 | | Bill Rogers, $14,500 | 72-71-74-69-286 | | Jose M. Canizares, $14,500 | 71-68-73-74-286 | | John Bland, $12,750 | 72-71-72-72-287 | | Morris Hatalsky, $12,750 | 69-71-75-72-287 | | John Chillas, $12,750 | 71-70-75-71-287 | | Stewart Ginn, $12,750 | 71-74-71-71-287 | | Andy Bean, $11,250 | 70-73-74-71-288 | | Tom Jenkins, $11,250 | 71-71-77-69-288 | | Mike McCullough, $9,300 | 71-72-76-70-289 | | x-Mike San Filippo, $9,300 | 68-70-78-73-289 | | Ted Goin, $9,300 | 71-73-74-71-289 | | John Schroeder, $9,300 | 73-72-72-72-289 | | Tom Wargo, $9,300 | 75-70-74-70-289 | | Jim Dent, $9,300 | 76-70-73-70-289 | | Pat McDonald, $7,350 | 73-72-74-71-290 | | Eamonn Darcy, $7,350 | 76-69-73-72-290 | | Ed Dougherty, $7,350 | 70-76-73-71-290 | | Gary McCord, $7,350 | 73-73-71-73-290 | | Delroy Cambridge, $6,150 | 71-72-78-70-291 | | x-Ed Sabo, $6,150 | 76-68-73-74-291 | | Hugh Baiocchi, $6,150 | 73-71-72-75-291 | | Danny Edwards, $6,150 | 72-73-76-70-291 | | Bobby Walzel, $5,250 | 74-69-77-72-292 | | D.A. Weibring, $5,250 | 74-69-77-72-292 | | Mark Hayes, $4,600 | 73-69-78-73-293 | | Leonard Thompson, $4,600 | 73-71-77-72-293 | | Andy North, $4,600 | 74-72-71-76-293 | | Dave Stockton, $4,275 | 76-67-76-75-294 | | Denis Durnian, $4,275 | 71-72-76-75-294 | | Lanny Wadkins, $4,275 | 72-75-75-72-294 | | David Graham, $4,275 | 73-74-71-76-294 | | x-Wally Young, $4,100 | 72-71-72-80-295 | | Dave Barr, $4,100 | 70-71-80-74-295 | | Dave Eichelberger, $4,100 | 73-73-78-71-295 | | Jim Thorpe, $3,975 | 71-76-73-76-296 | | Takaaki Fukuzawa, $3,975 | 72-75-74-75-296 | | Jim Colbert, $3,925 | 72-72-77-76-297 | | Christy O'Connor Jr., $3,875 | 74-71-76-77-298 | | x-Bob Ralston, $3,875 | 75-70-80-73-298 | | Bob Murphy, $3,875 | 74-72-73-79-298 | | x-Bobby Heins, $3,825 | 73-73-78-75-299 | | Tommy Aaron, $3,775 | 72-70-79-79-300 | | John Morgan, $3,775 | 70-76-75-79-300 | | Terry Gale, $3,775 | 79-68-73-80-300 | | x-Roy Vucinich, $3,712.50 | 72-73-79-78-302 | | x-Tommy Price, $3,712.50 | 73-72-82-75-302 |
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