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HOUSTON, Texas: Anna Nordqvist won the LPGA Tour Championship on Monday as Lorena Ochoa seized her fourth straight Player of the Year award by one point over Jiyai Shin.

At the season ending LPGA Championship in Houston, Lorena Ochoa held off Jiyai Shin by the slimmest of margins, one point to retain the title. With this, Lorena also retains the Vare Trophy. After the rain plagued delay and loss of one round, the LPGA crowned the Tour Championship to Anna Nordqvist in only her second LPGA victory. Crediting Anna Sorenstam with giving her great inspiration, Anna celebrated in Houston as the season came to a close. Next up for the LPGA is the final Q School in Daytona, Florida on December 2-7 to determine the exempt players for the 2010 season.

RICHMOND, Texas a ' Lorena Ochoa and Jiyai Shin will settle their duel for LPGA Tour Player of the Year on the final, frantic day of the season.

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The celebratory champagne shower likely felt even sweeter for Sherri Steinhauer.

The Ladies' Professional Golf Association is alive. How well? Maybe give it another year to two to see.

Kristy McPherson fired a five-under 67 on Sunday to move atop the leaderboard during the suspended second round of the LPGA Tour Championship.

Ever since Michelle Wie first appeared on the national golf stage at the amazing age of 10, followers of the sport have waited to see if she could do for women's golf what Tiger Woods has done for the men's game.

RICHMOND, Texas - More rain on already saturated grounds at The Houstonian Country Club washed out play at the LPGA Tour Championship yesterday, forcing tour officials to cut the season-ending event to 54 holes.

Brooks, Fowler lead at Pebble Beach Matt Bettencourt tees off on 10th hole at Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational in Pebble Beach, Calif.

Lorena Ochoa hits a tee shot during practice Wednesday for the LPGA Tour Championship in Richmond, Texas.

This video is of the Rolex Rookie and Player of the Year winner and races and Vare Trophy update.

On the surface, this weekend's Legends Tour Open Championship is a chance for former LPGA players to reunite and play a little golf.

While you and I were asleep, Lee Westwood fired 69 in the Dubai World Championship and took a two shot lead over Rory McIlroy at the midway point of the finale tournament to the Race to Dubai.

On Jan. 22, the LPGA will mark the 60th anniversary of its first tournament winner: amateur Polly Riley, whose 295 beat Louise Suggs by five strokes in the Tampa Open.

Did anyone at LPGA HQ notice that the Champions Tour's fifth major - the Jeld-Wen Tradition, played in Oregon - is being played the same weekend as the LPGA's Safeway Classic at Pumpkin Ridge? The Jeld-Wen Tradition is being played in Bend, Oregon.

Michelle answers reporters after she exits the scoring tent on 18 in Houston/Sugarland, Texas.

Who says winning isn't everything? For Michelle Wie, it meant everything. Not for the $220,000 she pocketed with her breakthrough LPGA victory in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The LPGA Tour held a news conference in February in Beverly Hills to announce it would host a tournament in the LosAngeles area in 2010.

Michelle Wie is gone, putting all the attention on Lorena Ochoa's player of the year fight with Jiyai Shin at the LPGA Tour Championship.