Lorena Ochoa

Lorena Ochoa and Jiyai Shin fought to the last hole for the LPGA's top player award. By the slimmest of margins, Ochoa won — and for the fourth straight year, too. She finished two strokes behind tournament winner Anna Nordqvist at the LPGA Tour Championship on Monday. The 22-year-old's final-round 65 was good enough to beat Ochoa in the weather-shortened event at 13 under par on Monday. Shin needed to finish seventh or better to win the LPGA player of the year award, but missed a birdie putt on the 18th hole that tied her for eighth and gave Ochoa a 160-159 victory in ... Read Full Story

Anna Nordqvist won the LPGA Tour Championship Monday as Lorena Ochoa seized her fourth straight Player of the Year award by one point over Jiyai Shin. Nordqvist, 22, fired a final-round 65 on Monday to finish 13-under par in the tournament reduced to 54 holes because of heavy rain over the weekend. Ochoa was two strokes back and secured the top player honor when South Korea's Shin couldn't chip in from the front of the 18th hole. Shin led Ochoa by eight points (156-148) in the Player of the Year race entering the season-ending event. Once Ochoa was sure of finishing second, Shin had ... Read Full Story

Anna Nordqvist won the LPGA Tour Championship Monday as Lorena Ochoa seized her fourth straight Player of the Year award by one point over Jiyai Shin. Nordqvist, 22, fired a final-round 65 on Monday to finish 13-under par in the tournament reduced to 54 holes because of heavy rain over the weekend. Ochoa was two strokes back and secured the top player honor when South Korea's Shin couldn't chip in from the front of the 18th hole. Shin led Ochoa by eight points (156-148) in the Player of the Year race entering the season-ending event. Once Ochoa was sure of finishing second, Shin had ... Read Full Story

Michelle Wie withdrew from the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship because of a sprained left ankle Thursday, a few hours after Lorena Ochoa shot a 6-under 66 in breezy conditions to take a one-shot lead over Reilley Rankin. The 20-year-old Wie, fresh off her first LPGA victory last week at Ochoa's tournament in Mexico, shot a 72 in the afternoon. She limped through her round on the gimpy ankle that she sprained during the Solheim Cup in August. "I wanted to do everything I could do to fight through the injury," Wie said in a statement. "It bothered me last week in Mexico, but I ... Read Full Story

Michelle Wie withdrew from the LPGA Tour Championship on Thursday after limping through her first round on a sprained left ankle. Wie, 20, notched her first professional victory on Sunday when she triumphed in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational at Guadalajara, Mexico. But the onetime prodigy was unable to build on that success this week. She originally sprained her ankle in the Solheim Cup in August. Wie went for treatment after her round and withdrew about an hour later. "I wanted to do everything I could to fight through the injury," Wie said in a statement. "It bothered me last week in Mexico, but I ... Read Full Story