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.
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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, $180,000 | 62-66-71-199 | | Mhairi McKay, $109,590 | 66-64-72-202 | | Mi-Hyun Kim, $70,500 | 66-71-67-204 | | Becky Morgan, $70,500 | 67-69-68-204 | | Catriona Matthew, $45,000 | 69-69-67-205 | | Rosie Jones, $45,000 | 62-71-72-205 | | Hee-Won Han, $31,800 | 69-70-67-206 | | Angela Stanford, $31,800 | 65-71-70-206 | | Karrie Webb, $24,500 | 72-69-66-207 | | Heather Bowie, $24,500 | 67-71-69-207 | | Juli Inkster, $24,500 | 68-67-72-207 | | Christina Kim, $21,000 | 68-70-70-208 | | Sophie Gustafson, $18,000 | 72-68-69-209 | | V. Goetze-Ackerman, $18,000 | 70-70-69-209 | | Donna Andrews, $18,000 | 68-72-69-209 | | Natalie Gulbis, $18,000 | 72-67-70-209 | | D. Ammaccapane, $15,240 | 68-72-70-210 | | Kate Golden, $15,240 | 70-69-71-210 | | Anna Acker-Macosko, $13,080 | 73-70-68-211 | | Laura Diaz, $13,080 | 70-71-70-211 | | Suzanne Strudwick, $13,080 | 71-69-71-211 | | Kelly Robbins, $13,080 | 70-70-71-211 | | Lorena Ochoa, $13,080 | 69-71-71-211 | | Tracy Hanson, $13,080 | 70-68-73-211 | | Gloria Park, $10,420 | 72-72-68-212 | | Wendy Ward, $10,420 | 68-75-69-212 | | L. Rinker-Graham, $10,420 | 69-73-70-212 | | Beth Bader, $10,420 | 70-71-71-212 | | Kelli Kuehne, $10,420 | 71-69-72-212 | | Laura Davies, $10,420 | 68-71-73-212 | | Marisa Baena, $8,352 | 70-74-69-213 | | Rachel Teske, $8,352 | 71-72-70-213 | | Candie Kung, $8,352 | 71-72-70-213 | | Maria Hjorth, $8,352 | 70-71-72-213 | | Pat Hurst, $8,352 | 68-71-74-213 | | Dina Ammaccapane, $6,930 | 68-78-68-214 | | Wendy Doolan, $6,930 | 70-74-70-214 | | Michele Redman, $6,930 | 70-73-71-214 | | Dottie Pepper, $6,930 | 69-71-74-214 | | Nancy Scranton, $5,760 | 72-75-68-215 | | Kim Saiki, $5,760 | 72-74-69-215 | | Brandie Burton, $5,760 | 69-75-71-215 | | Denise Killeen, $5,760 | 67-76-72-215 | | Soo-Yun Kang, $5,760 | 72-70-73-215 | | Audra Burks, $4,740 | 74-73-69-216 | | Eva Dahllof, $4,740 | 74-73-69-216 | | Leta Lindley, $4,740 | 74-73-69-216 | | Liselotte Neumann, $4,740 | 77-68-71-216 | | Kathryn Marshall, $4,740 | 73-71-72-216 | | Kris Tschetter, $3,780 | 73-74-70-217 | | Tammie Green, $3,780 | 71-76-70-217 | | Jane Crafter, $3,780 | 72-74-71-217 | | Joanne Mills, $3,780 | 72-73-72-217 | | Joanne Morley, $3,780 | 71-74-72-217 | | Carrie Roberts, $3,780 | 68-77-72-217 | | Suzann Pettersen, $3,780 | 71-73-73-217 | | Hiromi Kobayashi, $3,780 | 66-73-78-217 | | Meg Mallon, $3,120 | 71-75-72-218 | | Amy Fruhwirth, $3,120 | 71-73-74-218 | | Lorie Kane, $3,120 | 65-79-74-218 | | Angela Jerman, $2,850 | 73-74-72-219 | | Marilyn Lovander, $2,850 | 73-74-72-219 | | Mitzi Edge, $2,850 | 70-77-72-219 | | Cristie Kerr, $2,850 | 71-72-76-219 | | Loraine Lambert, $2,580 | 71-76-73-220 | | Helen Alfredsson, $2,580 | 70-77-73-220 | | Michelle Ellis, $2,580 | 71-75-74-220 |
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, $210,000 | 64-63-69-196 | | Jose M. Canizares, $123,200 | 68-65-67-200 | | Larry Nelson, $100,800 | 69-68-64-201 | | Ed Dougherty, $74,900 | 70-67-66-203 | | Tom Jenkins, $74,900 | 67-67-69-203 | | Hale Irwin, $53,200 | 68-70-67-205 | | Hugh Baiocchi, $53,200 | 68-67-70-205 | | Stewart Ginn, $38,500 | 72-69-65-206 | | Dave Stockton, $38,500 | 69-69-68-206 | | Jim Holtgrieve, $38,500 | 69-65-72-206 | | Rodger Davis, $38,500 | 67-66-73-206 | | Vicente Fernandez, $30,800 | 67-72-68-207 | | Mike Hill, $26,600 | 68-71-69-208 | | Butch Sheehan, $26,600 | 69-70-69-208 | | R.W. Eaks, $26,600 | 73-64-71-208 | | Allen Doyle, $20,393.34 | 74-71-64-209 | | Gary Koch, $20,393.34 | 75-69-65-209 | | Wayne Levi, $20,393.33 | 75-67-67-209 | | Bruce Fleisher, $20,393.33 | 73-68-68-209 | | John Harris, $20,393.33 | 68-71-70-209 | | Ed Fiori, $20,393.33 | 69-69-71-209 | | Des Smyth, $13,471.12 | 73-70-67-210 | | Dana Quigley, $13,471.11 | 69-73-68-210 | | Gibby Gilbert, $13,471.11 | 71-70-69-210 | | Tom Purtzer, $13,471.11 | 71-69-70-210 | | Jim Thorpe, $13,471.11 | 71-68-71-210 | | Doug Tewell, $13,471.11 | 65-73-72-210 | | Bobby Wadkins, $13,471.11 | 71-68-71-210 | | Morris Hatalsky, $13,471.11 | 68-69-73-210 | | Dave Barr, $13,471.11 | 71-67-72-210 | | D.A. Weibring, $9,450 | 71-73-67-211 | | Dick Mast, $9,450 | 70-73-68-211 | | Jay Sigel, $9,450 | 69-73-69-211 | | John Bland, $9,450 | 71-71-69-211 | | Tom Wargo, $9,450 | 71-70-70-211 | | J.C. Snead, $9,450 | 67-70-74-211 | | Mike McCullough, $7,420 | 68-75-69-212 | | Seiji Ebihara, $7,420 | 72-72-68-212 | | Bobby Walzel, $7,420 | 73-70-69-212 | | James Mason, $7,420 | 74-67-71-212 | | Ted Goin, $7,420 | 72-67-73-212 | | Bob Gilder, $6,020 | 68-73-72-213 | | Fuzzy Zoeller, $6,020 | 72-70-71-213 | | Joe Inman, $6,020 | 69-72-72-213 | | Mike Smith, $6,020 | 73-68-72-213 | | Pat McDonald, $6,020 | 67-73-73-213 | | John Jacobs, $5,040 | 70-74-70-214 | | Dave Eichelberger, $5,040 | 70-70-74-214 | | Billy Kratzert, $3,745 | 74-74-67-215 | | Mark Pfeil, $3,745 | 74-72-69-215 | | Luis Carbonetti, $3,745 | 76-70-69-215 | | John Schroeder, $3,745 | 75-71-69-215 | | Jim Colbert, $3,745 | 70-74-71-215 | | Charles Coody, $3,745 | 68-74-73-215 | | Bob Charles, $3,745 | 74-69-72-215 | | Bill Rogers, $3,745 | 70-72-73-215 | | David Eger, $2,730 | 71-73-72-216 | | Bruce Summerhays, $2,730 | 70-74-72-216 | | Ray Floyd, $2,730 | 71-72-73-216 | | Leonard Thompson, $2,730 | 72-71-73-216 | | Jerry McGee, $2,170 | 77-71-69-217 | | Gil Morgan, $2,170 | 69-77-71-217 | | Terry Dill, $2,170 | 71-74-72-217 | | Walter Hall, $2,170 | 70-73-74-217 | | Howard Twitty, $1,820 | 75-70-73-218 | | Jay Overton, $1,540 | 75-74-70-219 | | Gary Player, $1,540 | 71-77-71-219 | | Jim Dent, $1,540 | 74-71-74-219 | | Edward Brooks, $1,316 | 78-76-67-221 | | Wallace Young, $1,190 | 75-76-71-222 | | John Mahaffey, $1,190 | 76-69-77-222 | | Bob Eastwood, $1,064 | 72-77-74-223 |
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, England | 65-67-68-70-270 | | Jarrod Moseley, Australia | 74-67-63-69-273 | | Darren Fichardt, South Africa | 68-67-70-68-273 | | Jonathan Lomas, England | 66-71-68-68-273 | | Mark McNulty, Zimbabwe | 69-67-69-70-275 | | Andrew Coltart, Scotland | 68-69-67-71-275 | | Santiago Luna, Spain | 68-69-70-69-276 | | Peter Fowler, Australia | 67-72-68-69-276 | | Phillip Price, Wales | 68-66-68-74-276 | | Jarmo Sandelin, Sweden | 67-73-68-70-278 | | Iain Pyman, England | 73-67-68-70-278 | | Jamie Donaldson, Wales | 68-71-68-71-278 | | Bradley Dredge, Wales | 71-69-67-71-278 | | Fredrik Jacobson, Sweden | 71-68-64-75-278 | | Richard Green, Australia | 67-70-72-70-279 | | Jean-Francois Remesy, France | 68-72-69-70-279 | | Roger Chapman, England | 74-68-67-70-279 |
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