Golf roundup
Kerr comeback results in 2-stroke triumph over Sorenstam BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) – Cristie Kerr rallied from a two-shot deficit in the final eight holes to beat Annika Sorenstam by two shots and win the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic on Sunday.
The 28-year-old Kerr shot a final-round 3-under 68 to finish the three-round tournament at 14-under 199, the lowest score since the event moved to Cedar Ridge Country Club in suburban Tulsa in 2004.
Sorenstam, who finished 12 under, had won the event the last two years as well as in 2002, when it was played at Tulsa Country Club. She shot a 2-under 69 in the final round.
Kerr’s 38-foot birdie putt into the center of the hole on the par-3 15th gave her the lead and she sealed her victory with a 18-footer for birdie on one of the 6,602-yard course’s toughest holes, the par-4, 422-yard 17th.
European Tour
CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland – Bradley Dredge of Wales won the European Masters by eight strokes, shooting a 4-under 67 after birdies on the first three holes.
Asian Tour
SINGAPORE – Adam Scott made a birdie from 6 feet on the third playoff hole to beat Ernie Els and retain his title at the rain-shortened Singapore Open.
Organizers ended the tournament at 54 holes after the fourth round was abandoned.
Before that, Els and Scott had shared a three-stroke buffer on the leaderboard at 10-under after eight holes, with the South African making an eagle and two birdies but conceding two bogeys. Scott was mistake-free with two birdies.
The playoff was based on third-round scores, which Scott and three-time major winner Els led by three strokes at 8-under 205.