Ochoa quenches thirst for major
Associated Press
Monday, April 07, 2008

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. --- Lorena Ochoa, the Mexican star who once struggled in the majors, now is making them look easy.

Ochoa continued her dominance of women's golf Sunday with a five-shot victory in the Kraft Nabisco Championship, giving her the past two majors by a combined nine shots.

She was the only player without a bogey in the final round on a tough Mission Hills course, closing with 5-under-par 67.

She won by five shots over Suzann Pettersen and Annika Sorenstam, among many major champions left behind in the wake of Ochoa, who has won three out of four tournaments this year by a combined 23 shots.

"Nothing can stop her," Se Ri Pak said.

The 26-year-old Ochoa finished at 11 under par and was threatened only briefly before firing off three consecutive birdies.

CHAMPIONS TOUR: In Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Mark Wiebe completed a wire-to-wire victory in the inaugural Cap Cana Championship, closing with 5-under-par 67 for a four-stroke victory over Vicente Fernandez.

Wiebe finished at 14 under par and earned $300,000 for his second victory in 12 career starts on the Champions Tour.

Fernandez birdied Nos. 4-8 to briefly pull within two strokes of Wiebe. But Wiebe expanded his margin back to four with a 10-foot eagle putt at the par-5 sixth hole.

EUROPEAN TOUR: In Cascais, Portugal, Gregory Bourdy tapped in for par on the third extra hole and won the Estoril Open.

Bourdy (70), Alastair Forsyth (66) and David Howell (64) were tied at 18 under par.

All three parred the first extra hole, but Forsyth dropped out with a bogey on the second. Howell missed a 20-foot par putt that would have extended it.

From the Monday, April 07, 2008 edition of the Augusta Chronicle
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