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Published on Monday, Dec 01, 2008
Associated Press
Henrik Stenson of Sweden knew the contending teams in the World Cup of Golf had their ''hot rounds'' during the tournament. He hoped the Swedes would have their moment on Sunday. They did.
Robert Karlsson and Stenson birdied the first hole — and added eight more without dropping a shot — to lift Sweden to its second World Cup title, shooting a 9-under 63 in alternate-shot play to beat Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez and Pablo Larrazabal by three strokes in Shenzhen, China.
Karlsson and Stenson, four strokes behind the Spaniards after the third round, finished at 27-under 261 on Mission Hills' Olazabal Course.
Germany opened with a 62 on Thursday, Spain carded 63 on Friday and Australia added its own 63 on Saturday.
''I figured it could be ours on Sunday,'' Stenson said. ''I thought it was our turn.''
Sweden's only other victory in the event came in 1991 when Per-Ulrik Johansson and Anders Forsbrand beat Wales by a stroke at Le Querce in Rome.
Jimenez and Larrazabal finished with a 70 in their bid to give Spain its fifth title and first since 1984. Australia's Richard Green and Brendan Jones (76) and Japan's Ryuji Imada and Toru Taniguchi (68) tied for third at 18 under. Americans Ben Curtis of Stow and Brandt Snedeker (73) finished ninth, 14 strokes back at 13 under.
The victory caps a great season for Karlsson, a two-time winner on the European tour and the tour's top money winner. Stenson is winless this season in individual play.
''I'm starting to run out of tournaments,'' he said. ''This is my third last. So, I've got two more to go in South Africa. But winning for Sweden in nice. It's been a while.''
Lexus Cup
Annika Sorenstam celebrated two big victories in her second-to-last event before retiring.
For starters Sunday in the Lexus Cup in Singapore, the International team captain waited out a lightning delay to finish off Asian counterpart Se Ri Pak 3 and 2 in the opening singles match, the longtime stars' first match-play showdown.
A couple of hours later, American Christina Kim gave Sorenstam an even bigger victory, finishing with a birdie on the par-5 18th against Namika Omata for the winning half-point in the three-day event at Singapore Island Country Club.
''It's one thing to be inside the ropes in control, but when you're cheering for everyone you want to help them however you can,'' said Sorenstam, set to end her Hall of Fame career next week in the Ladies European Tour's Dubai Ladies Masters.
''I kept getting goose bumps after goose bumps out there. I was really into it. I'm really proud of this team for trying so hard. I could not have asked for a better ending. . . . There is nothing like a team event and, when you pull it all together, the atmosphere and camaraderie is one of a kind.''
Kim's halve gave Sorenstam's International team a 121/2-111/2 victory, ending the side's two-year losing streak and evening the series 2-2.
''I'm amazed it came down to my match,'' said Kim, the outcome left to her and Omata after the 11th and 12th matches ended early. ''I think I started walking before I even hit the putt out there. This is such a thrill. To be here and to win for Annika is the greatest feeling. To have it come down to me. I was scared blankless.''
Skins Game
K.J. Choi holed an 11-foot birdie putt worth $270,000 on the 18th hole Sunday to win the 26th Skins Game in Indian Wells, Calif., with $415,000.
Stephen Ames missed a nine-footer that would have tied the hole and forced the foursome including Phil Mickelson and Rocco Mediate into a playoff.
Instead, Choi's putt gave him $340,000 for Sunday's nine holes and made him the fifth international player to win the title.
''I'm very proud to have won the Skins Game, the first time ever for a Korean player,'' said Choi, who said he watched the Skins Game and the Masters growing up in South Korea. ''I'm very, very happy today.''
Stephen Ames, looking for a third consecutive title in the event, won $250,000 on the first hole of the day with a birdie to finish second. Mickelson was third with $195,000, while Mediate earned his $140,000 with a birdie on the 16th hole.
It is just the seventh time that all four players in the event have won money.
''I thought it was a good day. Everyone was able to win a skin today,'' Mickelson said. ''It was a fun few days. We all would have liked to have gotten the last skin. I just didn't make the putts. I though Stephen and I each had putts to carry over some skins.''
Choi started the day with the lead but fell behind Ames on the first hole. Mickelson won $170,000 on the par-4 13th with a tap-in birdie. Choi added $70,000 with a four-foot eagle putt on the 14th hole.
Australian Masters
Rod Pampling won the Australian Masters on Sunday in Melbourne, beating Australian countryman Marcus Fraser with a par on the third playoff hole.
Both players parred the first two playoff holes, with Pampling holing a testy 5-footer on the first extra hole. On the second, Fraser made a 20-footer for par after hitting his approach into a bunker.
Pampling closed with a 5-under 67 to match Fraser (65) at 12-under 276 on the Huntingdale Golf Club course. Australia's Robert Allenby shot a 73 to finish third, three strokes back in the event sanctioned by the Australasian and European tours.
On the third playoff hole, Fraser's putt from off the green nearly went in. He missed the return putt of about 7 feet for par, while Pampling made a 3-footer to win the 30th anniversary Masters.
''They're never fun to be in. You work so hard for 72 holes then you still have to go again,'' Pampling said. ''That was a great battle. I hit a lot of quality shots and that's all I kept telling myself every time we got back to the 18th tee was, 'Hit a shot. Hit a shot.' There was no stress at any stage.''
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