Ochoa rebounds for win
On the verge of an unlikely collapse, Lorena Ochoa came through with a $1 million shot.
Wrapping up a sensational season, Ochoa overcame a double bogey on the 17th hole with a daring shot out of the rough and over the water to 3 feet for birdie Sunday at West Palm Beach, Fla., to win the ADT Championship and claim the $1 million prize, the richest in women’s golf.
She didn’t expect so many nerves so late in a final round at Trump International that had been devoid of drama.
Ochoa was four shots clear with two holes to play until a three-putt double bogey on the par-3 17th, where earlier this week she had made a quadruple bogey. Natalie Gulbis made birdie to cut the lead to one shot, and Gulbis followed with a hybrid into 15 feet on the 18th.
The 26-year-old Mexican star never flinched.
Her shot hit the front part of the green and didn’t stop rolling until it was 30 inches away. Gulbis missed her putt, and Ochoa calmly rapped in her birdie for a 4-under 68 and a two-shot victory.
Pebble Beach Invitational
Tommy Armour III won the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational, closing with a 2-under 70 for a two-stroke victory over Ronnie Black and Rocco Mediate in the event that features both male and female players.
The 48-year-old Armour, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour, had a 16-under 272 total. Black shot a 68, and Mediate had a 67.
Dunlop Phoenix
At Miyazaki, Japan, England’s Ian Poulter won the Dunlop Phoenix, shooting a 1-under 69 for a three-stroke victory over Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano.
Poulter had an 11-under 269 total. Fernandez-Castano shot a 68. England’s Luke Donald (71) and Japan’s Shingo Katayama (68) tied for third at 7 under.
Hong Kong Open
Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Hong Kong Open for the second time in four years, taking advantage of Robert Karlsson’s final-hole bogey for a one-stroke victory in the event sanctioned by the European and Asian tour.