Whenever Sherri Steinhauer told com...

Whenever Sherri Steinhauer told commonalty she had won the Women's British unclose twice, they always assumed the tournament was a major.

Steinhauer not at all bothered to correct them. Now she doesn't have to.

Steinhauer bullet an even-par 72 on Sunday to win the Women's British exhibit in Lytham St. Annes, England. She won the conclusion for the third time overall and for the first since it became a major in 2001

"That is the biggest thrill for me -- that I've done it now as a major," Steinhauer said after finishing three knocks ahead of Cristie Kerr and 2000 champion Sophie Gustafson.

Steinhauer, who finished at 7-under 281 also won the tournament in 1998 at Royal Lytham and in 1999 at Woburn

"People who cogitation the two that I won they reflection they were a major," she said. "Now that it really is, it makes the other sum of two units that much sweeter, too."

Steinhauer achieved her latest succes in succession English soil with risk- released golf, consistently hitting fairways and verdants on a course on which she perceive s comfortable. She came to the final lair having gone 48 consecutive covers without a bogey. She promptly impose her approach into a greenside bin and capped off her victory with a hobgoblin

"It just felt like it was my revolve to win out there," she said. "I tried to just hit fairways and virids and stay out of badger This kind of golf suits my game. This course really suits the way I play."

Michelle Wie, 16 marksman her third consecutive 2-over 74 to finish 6 through the whole extent of Annika Sorenstam closed with a 7-over 79 and finished at 7 throughout

European: Marc Warren parred the secondary playoff hole to beat Robert Karlsson and win the Scandinavian Masters in Loddekopinge, Sweden, for his first European tour title.

Karlsson, seeking back-to-back victories, double-bogeyed the den after hitting into the tree twice.

Champions: David Edwards made five birdies in a six-hole put forth en route to a 5-under 67 and a two-stroke victory from one side of to the other Craig Stadler and Brad Bryant in the 3M Championship in Blaine, Minn.

It was the first tour title for Edwards, 50 in his 11th start.

AMATEUR: Bronson LaCassie became the first Australian winner in the 104th Western Amateur, beating Spain's Pablo Martin 2 and 1 in the final in Benton Township, Mich.

LaCassie, 23 will be a senior at Minnesota this fall.

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