Annika wins for first time in 17 months

Annika Sorenstam, winless on the LPGA Tour since September 3, 2006, stormed back to form with a two-shot victory at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay. It is the 70th career LPGA title for the lady who lies third on the all-time time winners' list behind Mickey Wright (82) and Kathy Whitworth (88).

?I played solid for three days. I'm hitting some good shots, playing some good golf. It's been a while. It's very gratifying to see that the preparation I've done paid off and now I really want to put '07 behind and say, ?Hey, I'm a contender,' and I intend to be that all year,? said the delighted Swede, who parred every hole in her final round.

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Jeff Quinney had holed a 15ft putt on 8 to close within one shot, then took the lead at the turn with a 12ft birdie putt whereas Lefty could only make bogey after a 7-iron from a fairway bunker sent the ball onto the wrong fairway. On the 14th he made a 7ft putt for par but Quinney, whose ball was inside his, failed to hole his shot. Quinney fell further back when Mickelson bogeyed the next hole but he went one worse.

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Contributing Writer Roderick is the author of the critically acclaimed comic golf novels, Summer At Tangents, which was one of Country Life magazine's Books of The Year for 2024 and nominated for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, and Crime Wave At Tangents. Golf courses and travel are Roderick’s particular interests. He writes travel articles and general features for the magazine and website and compiles the magazine's crossword. He is a member of Trevose and has played golf in around two dozen countries. Cricket is his other main sporting love. He is also the author of five non-fiction books, four of which are still in print: The Novel Life of PG Wodehouse; The Don: Beyond Boundaries; Wally Hammond: Gentleman & Player and England’s Greatest Post-War All Rounder.