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GUADALAJARA, Mexico
Annika Sorenstam nearly holed her third shot on the par-5 18th, then lipped out an 9-foot birdie try to give Angela Stanford a one-stroke victory Sunday in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.
Sorenstam, making her second-to-last start before she leaves the LPGA Tour, holed out from a bunker for birdie on the par-3 16th to get to 12 under – a stroke behind Stanford – but had pars on the final two holes.
Stanford two-putted for par on No.18 before Sorenstam missed her birdie try. Sorenstam's wedge shot rolled just by the side of the cup as it spun back down the green.
Stanford, the Bell Micro LPGA Classic winner in September, closed with a 3-under 69. She had a 13-under 275 total on the Guadalajara Country Club course and earned $200,000 for her third tour title. The Texan has five straight top-five finishes.
Sorenstam, a 72-time tour winner coming off a playoff victory two weeks ago in China in a Ladies European Tour event, also finished with a 69. She tied for second with Brittany Lang, the former Duke star who shot a course-record 65.
Ochoa shot a 70 to tie for 14th at 4 under.
Elsewhere
SINGAPORE OPEN: India's Jeev Milkha Singh closed with a 2-under 69 to win the Singapore Open by one stroke ahead Ernie Els and Padraig Harrington.
Singh, who was five shots off the pace after the third round was completed earlier Sunday, finished at 7-under 277.
Singh's third tournament win of 2008 and 12th of his career put him on course to secure a second Asian Tour Order of Merit title in three years – a prize for the leading money winner that can glean an invite to the Masters tournament.
Els shot 71 and Harrington a 70. Phil Mickelson shot 75.
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