It ended with a birdie, a standing ovation and a seventh-place finish for Annika Sorenstam, leaving the Hall of Fame golfer with no regrets after the final stroke of her career. For the third time in three years, the PGA Tour's $35 million season-long FedEx Cup points structure will have a different look in 2009. This time, tour officials are assuring that the outcome is not decided before reaching the Tour Championship -- as was essentially the case in the first two years with Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh. Annika Sorenstam nearly holed her third shot on the par-5 18th, then lipped out a 9-foot birdie try to give Angela Stanford a one-stroke victory Sunday in the inaugural Lorena Ochoa Invitational. Sergio Garcia won the rain-delayed HSBC Champions to take the No. 2 spot in the world rankings behind Tiger Woods, beating Oliver Wilson with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff Monday. Sergio Garcia picked up his first European win in over three years on his home course Sunday and immediately dedicated the three-shot victory in the Castello Masters to the hospitalized Seve Ballesteros. Marc Turnesa completed a wire-to-wire victory for his first PGA Tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 on Sunday to hold off Matt Kuchar by a stroke in the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Tiger Woods could be bringing professional golf back to the Philadelphia area. Members at Aronimink Golf Club in suburban Philadelphia are to vote Oct. 15 on whether to accept a proposal to host Woods' AT&T National for two years, in 2010 and 2011, while Congressional Country Club undergoes renovation for the 2011 U.S. Open. This 37th Ryder Cup won't be remembered for its great golf shots, although they were plentiful and spectacular. What we will remember about the Americans' first Ryder Cup victory since 1999, and only their second since 1995. The final putt was the easiest one Camilo Villegas faced on the back nine of Bellerive, and when he rapped in the 2-foot par, he straightened his back, closed his eyes and tilted his head to the blue sky above. Singh finished a tournament record 22-under-par to win the Deutsche Bank Championship by five strokes on Monday, a second straight victory that gives him a commanding lead in the tour's playoff system. Vijay Singh ended up beating Sergio Garcia on a gopher hole. Yes, a gopher. Or maybe a mole. Singh won The Barclays for a record fourth time Sunday, matching Garcia's long birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff and finishing off his Spanish friend on the second extra hole after Garcia got a lucky break from the furry critter. Kenny Egan, a light heavyweight boxer from Ireland who advanced to the medal round Tuesday at the Olympics, was trying to figure out how to peak for the biggest events. He went to the right guy for help. Squeezing 27 holes into one amazing Sunday, Padraig Harrington made clutch putts on the last three holes to shoot his second straight 66 and win the 90th PGA Championship. Nobody gave Padraig Harrington an asterisk for his British Open title. Vijay Singh's default victory at the Bridgestone Invitational might be a different story. How does a guy win a World Golf Championship event despite missing a majority of his putts between four and eight feet? Bruce Vaughan won the Senior British Open on Sunday for his first career victory, sinking a 20-foot putt to beat John Cook on the first playoff hole. Cook squandered a three-stroke lead after 10 holes at Royal Troon but still went to the 72nd leading Vaughan by one. Fresh off a disqualification on the LPGA Tour, Michelle Wie has decided to tee it up against the men, again. Wie will play next week in the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, the first time she'll play on the PGA Tour this year, tournament organizers said. While the rest of the field wore layers, Padraig Harrington wore shirtsleeves at Royal Birkdale on Sunday. He has convinced himself that terrible conditions are inhospitable only for everyone else, turning himself into a sort of golfing Wall-E who eats up garbage (wind, rain, rough) and spits out pars. While the rest of the field wore layers, Padraig Harrington wore shirtsleeves at Royal Birkdale on Sunday. He has convinced himself that terrible conditions are inhospitable only for everyone else, turning himself into a sort of golfing Wall-E who eats up garbage (wind, rain, rough) and spits out pars. He never wanted to be the star, the main attraction, but Kenny Perry will have no choice if this continues. The guy who merely wanted to win enough to make the Ryder Cup team is now racking up victories at a rapid pace. Playing in pain and not at the top of his game, Tiger Woods battled Torrey Pines for 91 holes, rallying late in regulation and again in a playoff to overcome long shot Rocco Mediate for what he ranked as the best of his 14 major championships. Lee didn't expect she'd be accepting the Ginn Tribute trophy from tournament host Annika Sorenstam on Sunday. The result was Lee's third LPGA Tour title and one of the richest paydays, $390,000, in women's golf. | 
