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PALM DESERT, Calif. -- Lorena Ochoa clinched her second
straight LPGA Tour player of the year award with a runaway victory
Sunday in the Samsung World Championship.

Successfully defending her title in the elite event, Ochoa shot
a 6-under 66 for a four-stroke victory. The title was her seventh
of the year and 16th overall. She finished at 18-under 270 and
earned $250,000 to push her record total to $3,318,421.

Mi Hyun Kim closed with a 69 to finish second. Angela Park, this
year's rookie of the year, and Jeong Jang shot 70s to tie for third
at 13 under.

Ochoa, the Mexican star who turns 26 next month, began the day
tied at the top with Norway's Suzann Pettersen, who beaten her in a
playoff a week earlier. Pettersen finished with a 72 this time that
left her in fifth at 12 under.

Michelle Wie, who received a special exemption to join the
field, finished with by far her best round of the tournament, a 71
for an 18-over total. She was 19 over after the first three rounds,
but her finish jumped her over Bettina Hauert into 19th place in
the 20-player event. Hauert shot a 76 to finish at 19 over.<
^Frys.com Open=

LAS VEGAS -- George McNeill won his first career PGA Tour
title in commanding fashion, shooting a 5-under 67 for a 23-under
264 total and a four-stroke victory over D.J. Trahan in the
Frys.com Open.

McNeill earned the winning share of $720,000 on a beautiful,
clear day in the desert after strong wind played a big factor in
Saturday in a tournament that featured not one top-20 player in the
field.

McNeill, who last December won Q-school by five strokes, was
coming off rounds of 66, 64 and 67. He began his final round at 18
under and five strokes ahead, matching the largest lead on the tour
this year heading into a final round.

Trahan finished with a 66.<
^Administaff Small Business Classic=

SPRING, Texas -- Bernhard Langer matched the Champions Tour
scoring records for a 54-hole event, closing with an 8-under 64 for
an eight-stroke victory in the Administaff Small Business Classic.

The German star, playing in his fourth Champions Tour event
since turning 50 on Aug. 27, birdied the final three holes to
finish at 25-under 191 and match the scoring records for relation
to par and low score. He opened with rounds of 62 and 65.

Loren Roberts also had a 25-under 191 total in the 2006
MasterCard Championship, and Bruce Fleisher finished the 2002 RJR
Championship at 19-under 191.

Mark O'Meara (68) finished second, and Tom Kite (69) was third
at 16 under on the Augusta Pines Golf Club course.<
^World Match Play Championship=

VIRGINIA WATER, England -- Ernie Els won his record seventh
World Match Play Championship title, beating Angel Cabrera 6 and 4
at Wentworth.

Els earned $2.03 million for his first victory of the year.

The South African star, also the winner in 1994-96 and 2002-04,
has a home overlooking the 16th hole and helped refurbish the Harry
Colt-designed layout.<
^Madrid Open=

MADRID, Spain -- Denmark's Mads Vibe-Hastrup won the Madrid
Open his first European tour title, closing with a 5-under 67 for a
three-stroke victory over Spain's Alejandro Canizares. Vibe-Hastrup
had a 16-under 272 total. Canizares shot a 68.

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