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Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Michelob ULTRA Open

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Annika Sorenstam (pictured below) convinced her doubters than she is in fact back to her pre-injury form with a seven-stroke victory at the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill yesterday.

After starting the day with a three-stroke lead, Sorenstam proceeded to card a final-round 66 with seven birdies and just two bogies on her way to a tournament-record 19-under-par (64-66-69-66=265) for the week. In doing so, Sorenstam captured her 72nd career win and became the first LPGA player to surpass the $22 million mark in career earnings ($22,081,561).

A convincing 5-under-par 66 in the final round effectively held off a charge mounted by Allison Fouch, who fired a final-round 64 to finish at 12-under-par 272 alongside Karen Stupples (67-69-70-66); Jeong Jang (67-66-69-70); and Christina Kim (70-67-66-69).

Lorena Ochoa (65-68-74-70=277) was just three strokes back entering the weekend, but played herself out of contention with a third-round 74. Her 12th place finish is her first outside the top-10 since the 2007 Hana Bank ▪ KOLON Championship.