Tseng wins LPGA for her fourth major

June 26, 2011

Yani Tseng left no doubt she's the best female player in the world, running away with the LPGA Championship by 10 strokes Sunday and, at 22, becoming the youngest to win four LPGA majors.

The top-ranked Tseng closed with a 6-under 66 to finish at 269 at Locust Hill Country Club near Rochester, N.Y., matching the LPGA-record-low score at a major in winning $375,000 at the $2.5-million event. Her performance came a year after Cristie Kerr shot the same score to win the tournament by 12 strokes.

Tseng bettered Se Ri Pak, who was 24 when she won her fourth major. It was her eighth career LPGA Tour victory, second in a row and third of the season. By comparison, Annika Sorenstam was 24 when she won the first of her 10 majors -- the 1995 U.S. Women's Open.

Morgan Pressel (71) finished second. Kerr (69), Suzann Pettersen (67) and Paula Creamer (69) tied for third.

"Yani's doing what I did last year. Obviously, it's hard to beat," said Kerr, who rallied with a birdie on No. 16 and an eagle on 17. "I'm not surprised. Yani's a great player. She's in the prime of her career. She's found her stride at a young age."

Compton wins by two shots

Two-time heart transplant recipient Erik Compton won the Nationwide Tour's Mexico Open, closing with a 7-under 65 for a two-stroke victory over Richard H. Lee in Leon, Mexico.

Compton, 31, was diagnosed at age 9 with cardiomyopathy, an enlarging of the heart that hinders its ability to pump blood. Three years later, in 1992, he received a new heart. It failed in 2008, and the former University of Georgia star had another transplant. "To win this is everything to me,'' he said. "I never thought I'd play golf again, at least not at this level, and I proved to myself I'm more than just a guy with two heart transplants."

Compton shot a 271 and earned $126,000 to jump from 15th to second on the money list with $215,709, nearly guaranteeing a 2012 PGA Tour card as a top-25 finisher on the developmental tour. He's made $83,962 in four PGA Tour starts.

Jacobson wins first PGA title

Fredrik Jacobson closed out his first PGA Tour title, shooting a 4-under 66 in the Travelers Championship at Cromwell, Conn., for a one-stroke win over John Rollins and Ryan Moore. Jacobson finished at 20 under. Moore, who missed a 4-foot par putt on 18, and Rolllins closed with 63s . . . John Huston shot a 7-under 65 to win his first Champions Tour event, taking advantage of three straight bogeys by Mark Wiebe to capture the Dick's Sporting Goods Open in Endicott, N.Y. Huston finished at 200, earning a three-shot victory over Nick Price, who had a 66 . . . Pablo Larrazabal birdied the fifth playoff hole to beat Sergio Garcia and win the BMW International Open in Munich.