Maria Hjorth loses play-off
for LPGA Tour Major

Nineteen-year-old rookie Yani Tseng from Taiwan holed a birdie putt at the fourth hole of a play-off to beat Swedish former Stirling University student Maria Hjorth and win the LPGA Tour major, the McDonald's LPGA championship, in Maryland.
They had tied on 12-under-par 276.
Tseng is the first rookie pro to win an LPGA Major for 10 years.

From 2010 the McDonald's LPGA championship tournament and title will be officially owned by the Ladies Professional Golf Association and will be known from then on as the "LPGA Championship," i.e. dropping "McDonald's" from its title.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288
276 Yani Tseng (Tai) 73 70 65 68, M Hjorth (Swe) 68 72 65 71 (Tseng won play-off at fourth extra hole). Teseng $300,000; Hjorth $80,180.
277 L Ochoa (Mex) 69 65 71 71, A Sorenstam (Swe) 70 68 68 72 ($115,911).
278 L Diaz (US) 71 68 69 70 ($81,385).
280 M Pressel (US) 73 69 70 69, Shi Hyun Ahn 73 69 69 69, K Kuehne (US) 69 70 71 70, I Cho (US) 72 69 69 71 ($53,763 each).
Other scores:
281 P Creamer (US) 71 70 71 69 (jt 10th) ($31,938).]
289 K Stupples (Eng) 71 71 76 71 (jt 58th) ($4,876).