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She fails to advance in final event
Published on Saturday, Nov 22, 2008
From Beacon Journal wire services
Annika Sorenstam's storied LPGA Tour career is over. The 72-time tour winner shot a 3-over par 75 on Friday at the ADT Championship in West Palm Beach, Fla., leaving her 5 over par through two rounds of the LPGA's season-ending event. Only 16 players advanced to the third round in the 32-woman event, and Sorenstam finished 2 shots out of that mix.
She announced six months ago she was leaving the tour at year's end to pursue business interests, get married and start a family. Sorenstam still is No. 2 in the world rankings, but at 38 decided it's time for new challenges.
''All of a sudden, the time is here,'' Sorenstam said. ''You're standing there on the 18th fairway and it's your last approach shot in an LPGA event. A lot of thoughts go through your head . . . and what's been the coolest thing this week is all these people who showed up that I don't know, my fans.''
They showed up in droves Friday. When Sorenstam was on the 16th tee, hundreds crowded around her and playing partner Laura Diaz. Everyone wanted to see history, in case it really was the final round of Sorenstam's 72-win, Hall of Fame LPGA career.
Even Lorena Ochoa — the defending ADT champion, who also didn't advance to the weekend — showed up at the 18th green to give her friend and rival a farewell hug.
''I can't imagine how she's doing right now,'' Ochoa said. ''But I guess it will come for all of us at one point. So we can only say that we enjoyed having her and thank you for everything.''
Sorenstam, who won the ADT four times, did not reach the weekend in the unusual double-cut, erase-the-scores format, and knew she'd have to make up some ground Friday.
''I was hoping to shoot par or better today,'' Sorenstam said.
Par would have been good enough.
Sorenstam missed a makeable birdie putt on the opening hole, then split the fairway with a long drive on the second. But her approach nestled in long, dew-soaked grass short and right of the green, and her chip advanced the ball only a few feet, leaving her with a 25-footer for par.
Sorenstam wound up needing three putts to finish that hole, then strung together six consecutive pars before making bogey on the ninth. On the 10th, she created some hope with a birdie but, barring a comeback, that was the last of her career.
Katherine Hull shot 71 to get to 5 under, making her the leader after two rounds, a fact that will be completely irrelevant this morning. The scorecards of the surviving 16 all get erased for the third round, and will again when the final eight play Sunday. Angela Stanford finished 4 under, 1 shot ahead of Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim and Paula Creamer, who was up most of the night before with the flu but shot her second consecutive 71.
More golf: Kondo tops Dunlop Phoenix
• Tomohiro Kondo fired a 2-under 69 to grab a 1-stroke lead at the Dunlop Phoenix in Miyazaki, Japan. Kondo bogeyed the par-4 second hole before recovering with birdies on Nos. 7, 8 and 11 for a 36-hole total of 5-under 137 at the par-71 Phoenix Country Club. Sweden's Henrik Stenson was in a group a stroke behind at 4-under 138. Defending champion Ian Poulter of Britain finished with a 73 and is tied for 44th place at 4 over.
• Louis Oosthuizen shot an 8-under 62 — one off the course record — to claim a share of the lead with Englishmen Oliver Wilson and Oliver Fisher and Thailand's Chawalit Plaphol after the second round at the $2.5 million Hong Kong Open. The South African, 26, had a two-round total of 8-under 132 after sinking eight birdies with no bogeys in the European Tour and Asian Tour event. Wilson and Plaphol matched their 66s of the first round to stay even with Oosthuizen. Veteran Colin Montgomerie shot a 65 and is in a group 1 shot behind the co-leaders in fifth place.
Colleges: Gators QB jailed, suspended
• Florida backup quarterback Cameron Newton was charged with stealing another student's laptop computer after being arrested in Gainesville, Fla. Newton was suspended from the team, spokesman Steve McClain said, and was being held in the Alachua County jail. He has been charged with felony counts of burglary, larceny and obstructing justice. According to the University Police Department, Newton stole the laptop worth $1,700 and threw it out his dormitory window when officers arrived to investigate the theft.
• North Carolina State point guard Farnold Degand has tendinitis in his left knee and might be sidelined two weeks. Degand developed tendinitis in the knee that was surgically repaired last season, coach Sidney Lowe said.
Other: Spain, Argentina split openers
• Feliciano Lopez upset Juan Martin del Potro 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 6-3, allowing Spain to escape the first day of the Davis Cup final tied 1-1 tie with Argentina in Mar del Plata, Argentina. David Nalbandian brushed aside David Ferrer 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 in the opening singles.
• Deweycheatumnhowe has developed a throat abscess, jeopardizing his appearance next weekend in the Breeders Crown in East Rutherford, N.J. The Hambletonian winner, and a leading contender for Harness Horse of the Year honors, is heavily favored in the 3-year-old Colt Trot on Nov. 29.
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