Anna Nordqvist

Updated: April 16, 2010, 19:28 MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica(AP) Anna Nordqvist won the inaugural Mojo 6 Jamaica LPGA Invitational on Friday, beating Amanda Blumenherst 1-up in the six-hole championship match in the Raceway Golf event.Nordqvist, the Swedish star who won the LPGA Championship and season-ending LPGA Tour Championship last year, earned $350,000 in the unofficial event at Cinnamon Hill.After three rounds of six-hole matches Thursday, the field was cut from 16 to eight for the...Read Full Story

Sweden's Anna Nordqvist is set to defend her LPGA Championship title.The top 15 players in the Rolex Rankings — including new No. 1 Ai Miyazato of Japan — will be among the 150 vying for the top prize in the tour's second major of the season when play begins Thursday in the $2.25 million event at Locust Hill Country Club in suburban Rochester, N.Y.The championship was moved from Bulle Rock in Maryland for 2010 after longtime sponsor McDonald's did not renew its contract with the LPGA.Wegmans...Read Full Story

American teenager Michelle Wie, who is still searching for a first title to justify the huge hype which surrounds her, was on Sunday handed a first Solheim Cup call-up.The 19-year-old was handed a wild-card into the US team by captain Beth Daniel for the match against Europe at Rich Harvest Farms, Illinois, from August 21-23.Wie signed contracts worth millions of dollars on turning professional at 16, but then suffered a wrist injury and a dramatic loss of form.This season, however, she has...Read Full Story

HAVRE DE GRACE, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. Tour rookie Anna Nordqvist held off a late charge by Australian Lindsey Wright and won the LPGA Championship going away, taking a four-stroke victory at Bulle Rock Sunday.Nordqvist shot a four-under-par 68 in the final round, capping it off with a four-foot birdie at the last, for a total of 15-under 273.The Swede made the women's major her first victory in an LPGA tournament in her fifth start on the circuit.Nordqvist, who won last year's British...Read Full Story

Anna Nordqvist has won the LPGA Tour Championship and Lorena Ochoa finished second to win her fourth consecutive player of the year award by one point over Jiyai Shin.The 22-year-old Nordqvist shot a final-round 65 on Monday to finish 13 under par. Ochoa was two strokes back and won the top player honor when Shin couldn't chip in from the front of the 18th hole.Shin led Ochoa by eight points (156-148) in the race entering the tournament. Once Ochoa finished second, Shin had to place no worse...Read Full Story

Sweden's Anna Nordqvist made her first major championship as a professional a memorable one Sunday as she fired a four-under 68 to win the LPGA Championship.Nordqvist, who turned 22 on Wednesday, finished at 15-under 273, four shots ahead of Australian Lindsey Wright.After seeing her five-stroke lead shrink to one, Nordqvist drained a 12-foot birdie putt at the 14th, then all but sealed the victory with a 35-footer for birdie at the next.Wright, who like Nordqvist had to return early Sunday...Read Full Story

Updated: June 13, 2009, 21:24 HAVRE DE GRACE, Md.(AP) As a rookie playing in the third round of the LPGA Championship, Anna Nordqvist probably figured the only problem she might encounter was a little bit of nervousness.That wasn't an issue Saturday. Neither was a lengthy rain delay or fading daylight. Nothing, it seems, is too much for this cool Swede to handle.Nordqvist took a one-shot lead over Lindsey Wright by making a 20-foot birdie putt on No. 15 after the horn halted play...Read Full Story

Updated: June 13, 2009, 03:15 HAVRE DE GRACE, Md.(AP) Anna Nordqvist insists that her rookie season on the LPGA Tour is all about learning from her more experienced peers and having a little fun playing the game she loves.And if she happens to win a major tournament and $300,000, well, that might be pretty good, too.Nordqvist made a 36-foot birdie putt on her final hole Friday to reach the midway point of the LPGA Championship with a one-shot lead over Nicole Castrale.Nordqvist shot a...Read Full Story

Nordqvist to defend LPGA Championship PITTSFORD, N.Y.(AP) It's reality-check time for Anna Nordqvist.``It's hard to...Read Full Story

Nordqvist to defend LPGA Championship PITTSFORD, N.Y.(AP) It's reality-check time for Anna Nordqvist.``It's hard to...Read Full Story