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For Stricker, Cheers and Tears
Steve Stricker hugs caddie Tom Mitchell after winning The Barclays and moving to the top of the FedEx Cup standings.
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� LPGA TOUR: Mexico's Lorena Ochoa won her third straight title with a five-stroke victory in the Safeway Classic in Portland, Ore. Ochoa shot a 71 in the final round for a 12-under 204 at Columbia Edgewater Country Club for her sixth victory of the season.
The last player to win three straight tournaments was Annika Sorenstam in 2005. Sorenstam won four straight in 2001, matching the LPGA Tour record.
In Bee Park (64), Christina Kim (69), Sophie Gustafson (75) and Mhairi McKay (72) all finished at 7-under 209.
The top-ranked Ochoa won the Canadian Women's Open in Edmonton, Alberta, last week, and before that the Women's British Open for her first major title.
Afterward U.S. captain Betsy King announced that Nicole Castrale and Laura Diaz will be the final two players for the Solheim Cup, to be played Sept. 14-16 in Sweden.
The rest of the U.S. team is Paula Creamer, the top points earner, Juli Inkster, Natalie Gulbis, Pat Hurst, Cristie Kerr, Brittany Lincicome, Stacy Prammanasudh, Morgan Pressel, Angela Stanford and Sherri Steinhauer.
� CHAMPIONS TOUR: Denis Watson eagled the second hole of a seven-man playoff to win the Boeing Classic in Snoqualmie, Wash.
Playing No. 18 for the third time in an hour, Watson hit a 3-wood to about 18 feet, then made the putt, giving an emphatic fist pump as the ball dropped to end the largest playoff in tour history.
Craig Stadler missed a long eagle putt from the front of the green, and R.W. Eaks missed his 12-footer for eagle. Gil Morgan, Joe Ozaki, Dana Quigley and David Eger also finished at 9 under for the tournament.
� U.S. AMATEUR: In Daly City, Calif., Colt Knost held off Michael Thompson, 2 and 1, to win both of the nation's biggest amateur golf events in two months.
Knost, who played at Southern Methodist, is only the second golfer to win both the Amateur and the U.S. Public Links titles in the same year. Ryan Moore did it in 2004.
