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• Vintage Sorenstam romps in Williamsburg
  After a year filled with injury, Annika Sorenstam proved she is back to her old form on Sunday.

• Steady Annika Sorenstam adds Kingsmill to courses conquered
  Annika Sorenstam's comeback is real. And with her third victory in eight events this season, she also showed she can beat the new No. 1, Lorena Ochoa.

• Otto holds off Wilson to win Italian Open
  Hennie Otto fended off a stiff charge from Oliver Wilson on Sunday to win the Italian Open, shooting a three-under 69 in the final round to claim his first European Tour victory.

• Garcia ends drought with playoff win at Players Championship
  Sergio Garcia, the best player without a major, got the next best thing Sunday. Garcia ended the longest victory drought of his career by making a clutch par putt to force a playoff and hitting the island-green 17th on the first extra hole to defeat Paul Goydos in The Players Championship.

• Goydos leads by one at Sawgrass
  Paul Goydos, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour, carded a two-under 70 Saturday to grab a one-shot lead after three rounds of The Players Championship.

• Weibring leads Fort Smith Classic by one
  Matt Weibring shot a four-under 66 on Saturday to take the third-round lead at the Fort Smith Classic.

• Sorenstam protects lead, while Ochoa falls eight back
  Annika Sorenstam was too steady, making three birdies without a bogey until her final drive got wet. Lorena Ochoa was too uneven, mixing five bogeys with just two birdies.

• Sorenstam takes 3-shot lead into final round at Kingsmill
  Annika Sorenstam knows there was speculation that her best days as a golfer were behind her, and that an injury-plagued 2007 was the beginning of the end.

• Great back nine gives Otto Italian Open lead
  Hennie Otto recorded six back-nine birdies, including three in a row to close his round, for a nine-under 63 on Saturday and a four-shot lead after the third round of the Italian Open.

• Goydos takes his 1st 54-hole lead in 16 years on PGA Tour
  Paul Goydos doesn't have a Q-rating, an endorsement deal or a top-30 finish in the last 16 months. What he does have for the first time in his career is a 54-hole lead - in The Players Championship, no less.

• Perry leads Garcia, Langer and Goydos at Sawgrass
  Kenny Perry posted a two-under 70 on Friday and moved to the top of the leaderboard after two rounds of The Players Championship.

• Golf Tidbits: Inkster's major streak to end
  There have been significant winning streaks in golf over the years, and there have also been plenty of players who have stressed family over golf. Occasionally the two intersect.

• Maggert's brother killed in CO plane crash
  Professional golfer Jeff Maggert's brother was killed Thursday when a single-engine plane he was piloting crashed in a mountainous area in Colorado.

• Garcia builds early lead with 6-under 66 at The Players
  The flag was in a tempting location, back and left on the 13th green at the TPC Sawgrass with a pond running alongside the left side. Sergio Garcia took dead aim with a 7-iron and the ball never left its target.

• Karlsson shoots course-record 61 to lead in Italy
  Robert Karlsson fired an 11-under 61 in the second-round of the Italian Open on Friday to set a course record and take a two-shot lead.

• Gainey, two others share lead in Arkansas
  Tommy Gainey posted a six-under 64 Thursday to grab a share of the lead after the opening round of the Fort Smith Classic.

• McKay leads at Kingsmill; Sorenstam, Ochoa lurking
  Mhairi McKay fired an eight-under-par 63 Thursday to take the lead after the opening round of the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill.

• Garcia leads Players Championship by two
  Spain's Sergio Garcia fired a six- under-par 66 on Thursday to take the first-round lead of The Players Championship.

• Wie struggles to 75 in 1st round on LPGA Tour since February
  The booming drives were there, but more often than not, Michelle Wie didn't know where they were going in her first round on the LPGA Tour since February.

• Masters champ Trevor Immelman withdraws due to illness
  Masters champion Trevor Immelman withdrew Thursday morning from The Players Championship because of an illness, leaving the PGA Tour's flagship event without the last two major champions.

• Immelman withdraws from Players Championship
  Masters champion Trevor Immelman withdrew from The Players Championship on Thursday morning because of an illness.

• Pete Dye gets Hall of Fame nod
  Famed golf course architect Pete Dye will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame this November, it was announced on Tuesday.

• Champions Tour event moves to Woodlands
  The Administaff Small Business Classic, a Houston-area Champions Tour event, will move to The Woodlands Country Club this season.

• This Week in Golf - May 8th through May 11th
  Lefty closed with a three-under 69 to hold off Sergio Garcia, who birdied four of the last five holes to shoot 66 and finish two back.

• Inkster returns to top 10 in world rankings
  Juli Inkster was a playoff loser to Paula Creamer on Sunday, but she jumped five spots to No. 9 in the world rankings for women's golf.