Annika Sorenstam waited 17 months to collect a T-shirt from her sister and a bottle of wine from a friend with No. 70 proudly displayed on them.
“It's probably dusty,” she said. “I'm ready to collect it now.”
Sorenstam won the season-opening SBS Open for her 70th LPGA Tour title and first since September 2006, birdieing two of the last three holes at Kahuku, Hawaii, for a 3-under 69 and two-stroke victory.
“It's great to win tournaments and there's some tournaments that mean a little bit more and they come in a special time, and I would say this is one of them,” she said.
The 37-year-old Swedish star, coming off an injury-shortened season where she failed to win last year for the first time since her rookie season in 1994, finished with a 10-under 206 total.
“We've talked so much about '07, it's time to talk about '08,” she said. “My clubs did the talking this particular week.”
Rookie Russy Gulyanamitta (68), Laura Diaz (70) and Jane Park (70) tied for second. Angela Park (69), the 2007 Rookie of the Year who was assessed a two-stroke penalty, and Japanese rookie Momoko Ueda (71) tied for fifth, three strokes back.
Jenkins going like 60
Tom Jenkins moved into position to become the 18th player 60 or older to win a Champions Tour event, shooting an 8-under 64 to take a two-stroke lead over five players in The ACE Group Classic at Naples, Fla.
The 60-year-old Jenkins, 12-under after two rounds at Quail West, eagled the 527-yard, par-5 13th, hitting a 2-iron from 236 yards to 28 feet. He won the last of his seven career titles in the 2006 SAS Championship.
Scott Hoch, a Quail West resident coming off a victory last week, had a 66 to join Nick Price (66), Ron Streck (66), Gary Koch (67) and Peter Jacobsen (68) at 1-under.
