SWEDEN'S HJORTH WINS LPGA TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Sweden's Maria Hjorth, a former University of Stirling student, won the LPGA Tour Championship at Grand Cypress Golf Resort, Florida today.
Only the leading six players had final 72-hole aggregates of level par 288 or less, attributed to hard, firm greens which required links-style pitch-and-run approaches instead of the normal towering wedges to holding greens.
Hjorth closed with a 72 for five-under-par 283 to win by a shot from Amy Yang (74 for 284). The victory was only Hjorth's fourth LPGA win and first since 2007. It also was a sweet homecoming victory for the Swedish native who now lives a few miles away from the tournament, the first LPGA event in Florida in two years.
Yani Tseng finished 21st on 293 but still won the Rolex Player of the Year award.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72) Yardage 6,518
1 Maria Hjorth 72 68 71 72 283
2 Amy Yang 67 70 73 74 284
T3 In-Kyung Kim 73 73 70 70 286
T3 Cristie Kerr 71 71 71 73 286
T5 Na Yeon Choi  73 71 73 70 287
T5 Laura Diaz  74 71 69 73 287
T7 Mariajo Uribe  73 70 76 71 290
T7 Beatriz Recari 74 72 72 72 290
T7 Angela Stanford 73 72 73 72 290
T7 Ilhee Lee 75 70 72 73 290
T11 Sandra Gal  75 73 74 69 291
T11 Suzann Pettersen  73 73 73 72 291
T11 Song-Hee Kim  71 73 74 73 291
T11 Se Ri Pak 74 69 74 74 291
T11 Katherine Hull 72 70 74 75 291
T11 Morgan Pressel  73 69 74 75 291
T17 Mika Miyazato  79 70 72 71 292
T17 Christina Kim  75 72 73 72 292
T17 Heather Bowie Young 73 73 71 75 292
T17 Seon Hwa Lee 67 73 73 79 292
21 Yani Tseng 75 73 74 71 293
22 Julieta Granada  69 72 78 76 295
T23 Taylor Leon 73 72 77 74 296
T23 Chella Choi  73 71 75 77 296
T25 Gwladys Nocera 74 76 71 76 297
T25 Amy Hung 74 71 75 77 297
27 Juli Inkster  72 75 74 77 298
T28 Brittany Lincicome  75 71 76 77 299
T28 Giulia Sergas 75 73 73 78 299
T28 Candie Kung  74 74 71 80 299
31 Mina Harigae  77 73 72 78 300
32 Lisa Meldrum 75 73 74 79 301
33 Kyeong Bae 73 70 77 86 306