Other Sorenstam Stops Webb’s Streak

Karrie Webb could have expected her streak to end with a loss to Sorenstam, but not this Sorenstam.

Charlotta Sorenstam, younger sister of the more famous Annika, won the Standard Register Ping on Sunday at Phoenix by two strokes for her first LPGA victory.

Sorenstam, who lives in nearby Scottsdale, shot a final-round four-under-par 68 for a 72-hole total of 12-under 276 on the five-month-old, sun-baked course at the Legacy Golf Resort.

Webb, who finished at 278, had won all three LPGA tournaments she had entered this year, plus the non-LPGA Australian Ladies Open. No one has won as many as four LPGA tournaments in a row since Nancy Lopez set the tour record with five straight in 1978.

Annika Sorenstam, who started the day tied for the lead with her sister and Webb, was third at 279 after a final-round 73.

Charlotta has been on the LPGA tour for three-plus years.

The turning point came on the par-four, 389-yard 16th when Webb hit her second shot into the bunker behind the green, came out of the sand poorly and got a bogey from 40 feet.

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Andy North won the fourth pro tournament of his career and his first in 15 years, teaming with Jim Colbert for a victory at the Legends of Golf at St. Augustine, Fla.

It was North’s debut on the Senior PGA Tour.

He and Colbert overcame blustery conditions to close out the wire-to-wire victory on the Slammer and Squire course at World Golf Village. They finished the two-man, best-ball tournament at 25-under-par 191, one stroke better than David Graham and Bruce Fleisher, who shot 63.

Two back were defending champions Hubert Green and Gil Morgan, who shot 65.

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Up Next

PGA TOUR

* March 23-26: The Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

LPGA TOUR

* March 23-26: Nabisco Championship, Mission Hills C.C., Rancho Mirage.

SENIOR TOUR

* March 24-26: Emerald Coast Classic, the Moors G.C., Milton, Fla.

For Sunday’s complete results, see D8