RICHMOND, Texas - Anna Nordqvist won the LPGA Tour Championship yesterday and Lorena Ochoa finished second to earn her fourth consecutive player of the year award, by one point over Jiyai Shin. Nordqvist, 22, shot a final-round 65 to finish 13 under par. Ochoa was two strokes back and won the top player honor when Shin couldn’t chip in from the front of the 18th hole.

Cook claims crown SONOMA, Calif.—John Cook won the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championships by five strokes yesterday for his second Champions Tour title in three weeks, while Loren Roberts held on to win the season points title. CASARES, Spain—Ross Fisher beat Anthony Kim 4 and 3 yesterday to win the 36-hole World Match Play Championship final.

Tiger Woods eyes his tee shot on the fourth hole. He leads Padraig Harrington and Sean O’Hair by one shot after shooting a 2-under 68. ATLANTA - Tiger Woods had a chance to pull away from the field, but had to settle for a one-shot lead yesterday in the Tour Championship. Over the final four holes, Woods missed consecutive putts from about 4 feet - one putt for eagle, the other for birdie - and closed with a bogey for a 2-under 68 at East Lake to lead Padraig Harrington and Sean O’Hair.

A shift in corporate strategy has erased professional golf from the Kingsmill Resort’s calendar for the first time in nearly three decades.

Anheuser-Busch says that it can better promote its brand by spreading sponsorhip across the LPGA schedule; move ends Kingsmill’s 29-year relationship with professional golf.

Na Yeon Choi of South Korea lost her seven-stroke lead, then rallied to shoot 1-under 71 yesterday to win the Samsung World Championship, her first LPGA Tour victory. Choi finished at 16-under 272 and held off runner-up Ai Miyazato of Japan, who shot a 69, the low round of the day at Torrey Pines. Choi began the final round with a two-stroke lead, got birdies on two of her first four holes and made a 10-foot eagle putt on the sixth hole to extend her lead to seven strokes.

Tiger Woods left the drama to everyone else at Cog Hill. One day after his course-record 62 gave him a seven-shot lead, Woods made sure no one else had a chance yesterday in the BMW Championship. He closed with a 3-under 68 for an eight-shot victory over Jim Furyk and Marc Leishman. It was his sixth victory of the year, and assured Woods the No. 1 ranking going into the final tournament of the FedEx Cup and its $10 million prize. Woods won for the fifth time at Cog Hill, and it was his 10th career victory by at least eight shots.

Tiger Woods yesterday built a seven-shot lead with a 9-under 62 that broke the course record at Cog Hill and tied the tournament record at the BMW Championship. Woods was three shots behind when he stood on the sixth tee yesterday. Nine holes later, he was five shots ahead and still rolling. The signature shot was a 3-wood from just over 300 yards that stopped 10 feet away for an eagle at No. 9.

PRIDDIS, Alberta - Suzann Pettersen closed with a 1-under 70 for a five-shot victory at the Canadian Women’s Open, her first LPGA Tour win in nearly two years. The Norwegian star vowed not to play conservatively with a five-shot lead heading into the final round yesterday. She made good, keeping that margin over Momoko Ueda (65), Morgan Pressel (66), Ai Miyazato (67), Karrie Webb (69) and Angela Stanford (70).

Angela Buzminski has been in this position before. And she has learned from experience that the best way to deal with late-season pressure on the Duramed Futures Tour is to ignore it. Buzminski sits in sixth place on the Duramed money list heading into today’s first round of the $100,000 iMPACT Classic at Richmond Country Club. She trails the player perched in fifth place, Samantha Richdale, by just more than $4,000.

CARMEL, Ind.—Amateur Tim Jackson left Greg Norman and Joey Sindelar behind yesterday in the U.S. Senior Open. Jackson shot a 5-under 67 at Crooked Stick to take the lead at 11-under 133—matching the lowest 36-hole total in event history. He opened with a 66 on Thursday, the best score ever by an amateur in the tournament. Norman struggled in the round but ended with two straight birdies to get to 8 under. He was three strokes back after a 70.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Carolyn Bivens is out as commissioner of the LPGA Tour, and Marsha Evans will serve as acting commissioner while the organization looks for a replacement. Bivens, whose took over the job in 2005, came under pressure when some players wrote a letter to the LPGA Tour’s board of directors calling for her resignation. The LPGA Tour announced her departure yesterday.

Carolyn Bivens, whose took over the job in 2005, came under pressure when some players wrote a letter to the LPGA Tour’s board of directors calling for her resignation.

BETHLEHEM, Pa.—Eun Hee Ji made a 20-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole yesterday, finishing off an even-par 71 to claim the U.S. Women’s Open. The 23-year-old Ji outlasted playing partner and third-round leader Cristie Kerr, who struggled from the outset and failed in her bid for a second Women’s Open title in three years. Ji recovered from two bogeys in her first four holes and a double-bogey at the 10th hole, making three birdies over the final six holes to finish at even-par 284 at Saucon Valley Country Club.

SILVIS, Ill.—Steve Stricker followed one of his best performances with 36 solid holes to win the John Deere Classic by three strokes yesterday. Stricker, who tied the course record Saturday, fired a 7-under 64 in the fourth round after starting the day with a third-round 68 to finish at 264 for the tournament. That was good enough to give him his second PGA Tour win this year and sixth in all.