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Ochoa romps to major win
Agencies
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 08 - 04 - 2008

World number one Lorena Ochoa underlined her dominance in the women's game by charging to a second successive major title by five shots at the Kraft Nabisco Championship on Sunday.
The 26-year-old Mexican, a stroke ahead overnight, fired a flawless five-under-par 67 to pull away from the field on a breezy sun-drenched day at Mission Hills Country Club.
Ochoa, who clinched her first major title at last year's Women's British Open, closed the door on the chasing pack with a three-birdie run from the eighth before finishing at 11-under 277.
It was the 20th LPGA victory of her career, and her third this year in just four starts. The Mexican became the first woman to win back-to-back majors since Swede Annika Sorenstam at the 2005 McDonald's LPGA Championship.
Three-time champion Sorenstam, who considered withdrawing during Saturday's third round at Mission Hills because of intense stomach pain, signed off with a 68 to tie for second place. The Swedish world number two piled up five birdies and a lone bogey to finish at six under, level with Norway's Suzann Pettersen (68).Bourdy wins
Frenchman Gregory Bourdy held his nerve to win a sudden-death playoff for the Portuguese Open title on Sunday against Britons David Howell and Alastair Forsyth.
The Frenchman led for the first three rounds, but a closing one-under 70 allowed Howell and Forsyth to match his 18-under 266 total before Bourdy claimed victory at the third extra hole. Howell set up a victory chance with a closing seven-under 64, while Forsyth, Bourdy's closest rival overnight, birdied the final two holes for a 66.
The Scot was then eliminated at the second extra hole after driving into a bush and when Howell missed the green at the third playoff hole, Bourdy's par was enough to earn the 25-year-old his second full tour title.
Wagner win Houston
In Texas, American Johnson Wagner won the Houston Open by two strokes after a final-round 71 on Sunday to earn a place in next week's US Masters.
Wagner, who fired a course record-tying nine-under-par 63 in the opening round, led wire-to-wire and finished with a 16-under total of 272 at Redstone Golf Club.
Australian Geoff Ogilvy, who fired a 68, and American Chad Campbell (72) were tied for second on 274 with American pair Fred Couples and Billy Mayfair one stroke further back.
Wagner began the day with a one-shot lead over Campbell, who slumped on the front nine and was six strokes behind after a double bogey at the par-five eighth. Campbell however made a charge after the turn with his birdie at the 15th. Campbell's charge was derailed at the par-three 16t. Wagner saved par with an 11-foot putt at 17 and then played safe at the par-four 18, making par and claiming the win. __


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