PRATTVILLE, Ala. — Lorena Ochoa fashioned a few more nice memories from the Navistar LPGA Classic on Sunday.
Getting a celebratory beer shower on the 18th green. Making a nice birdie on No. 17 — again. And, yes, winning.
Ochoa successfully defended her title, overcoming early troubles to shoot a 2-under-par 70 for a four-stroke victory over Michelle Wie and Brittany Lang.
Ochoa finished at 18-under 270 to snap an 11-start winless streak dating to the Corona Championship in late April. The top-ranked Mexican star has three victories this year and 27 overall on the LPGA Tour.
“There are places where you feel comfortable and you feel a good vibe and you like the course,” Ochoa said. “This has been really good for me. I feel comfortable here. I have a lot of good memories.”
She erased any drama with a birdie on No. 17 for the third straight day. Ochoa two-putted the par-5 from about 50 feet.
Haas overtakes Watson
TIMONIUM, Md. — Jay Haas charged past Tom Watson to win the Senior Players Championship by a stroke, birdieing the 18th hole to match the course record with a 6-under 64 in the final Champions Tour major of the season.
Watson, 60, was trying to become the oldest major winner on the 50-and-over tour. But after making only one bogey in the first three rounds at the Baltimore Country Club, he had three in the final round en route to a 70.
Haas finished at 13-under 267 for his third senior major title. He has 14 career Champions Tour victories.
Mark Wiebe (71) and Loren Roberts (71) tied for third at 7-under, and Bernhard Langer (68) and John Cook (72) followed at 6-under.
PGA Tour playoff will wait
VERONA, N.Y. — Matt Kuchar and Vaughn Taylor were tied after two holes of a sudden-death playoff at the Turning Stone Resort Championship when play was suspended because of darkness, forcing a finish today.
Taylor, the second-round leader, began the day three shots back and shot a 6-under 66 to match Kuchar (69) at 17-under 271.
Rookie Leif Olson (69), a Golden native, tied for third with Tim Petrovic (67) at 16-under.
