Lorena Ochoa matched an LPGA record with her fourth-consecutive victory by capturing the $2.6 million Ginn Open here Sunday by three strokes over Taiwan's Yani Tseng. Ochoa fired a final-round three-under par 69 to finish 72 holes on 19-under par 269, giving the Mexican star her fifth win in six events this year, while 19-year-old Tseng struggled down the back nine to finish with a 71 and on 272. Ochoa also won for the fifth time in six events this year. She was coming off an astounding 11-shot victory last week at the Corona Championship. “I think I'm hitting my irons really good and I keep giving myself birdie chances,” Ochoa said. “I did miss a lot of putts. But definitely, I won the tournament because of my second shots, just being so consistent.” Tseng opened with back-to-back birdies and another at the fifth hole but followed with a bogey at the sixth while Ochoa, who began with a one-shot lead, birdied the third hole and began a run of three birdies in a row at the eighth. Tseng eagled the 10th to keep the pressure upon Ochoa but was undone by birdies at 13, 15 and 17. Ochoa finished with seven pars and a bogey at the 15th, holding on for the triumph. Ochoa won last week's Corona in her homeland and followed up by taking her 22nd career title. She has not blown a lead entering the final round since last year. Ochoa became the first woman to win four straight titles since Annika Sorenstam in 2001. Mickey Wright (1961 and 1962) and Katey Whitworth (1969) also won four straight events. Sorenstam (2004-05) and Nancy Lopez (1978) share the tour record with five straight victories in events entered. However, neither of those came in consecutive weeks. Ochoa will take a break next week when she sits out the Stanford Invitation Pro-Am. She is scheduled to play again in two weeks in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With the pressure mounting, Tseng struggled down the stretch but still managed the best showing of her career with her second-place finish. Weekley wins again In Atlanta, American Boo Weekley held his nerve over the treacherous closing stretch to complete a successful title defense by three shots at the Heritage Classic in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina on Sunday. Three ahead of the chasing pack overnight, the 34-year-old fired a level-par 71 in blustery conditions at the Harbour Town Golf Links to secure his second PGA Tour career victory. Despite struggling off the tee for most of the round, Weekley posted a 15-under total of 269 to become the first player to win consecutive titles at Hilton Head since Davis Love III in 1992. Fellow American Anthony Kim, helped by three birdies in a row from the 13th, also carded a 71 to share second place with 2006 winner Aaron Baddeley of Australia (69). Weekley, who won last year's title with spectacular chip-ins to save par on the final two holes, briefly forged five ahead with a birdie at the par-five second. He knocked in a five-footer to get to 16 under while playing partner Kim, alone in second overnight, bogeyed the hole after hitting his third shot in a greenside bunker. Although Weekley bogeyed the third, after driving into the right rough and finding a bunker with his approach, he birdied the par-five fifth to get back to 16 under. However, Weekley dropped another shot at the tricky par-four eighth after overhitting the green with his wedge approach before narrowly missing an eight-footer to birdie the ninth. Out in level-par 36, he chipped in from 55 feet to birdie the par-four 10th before dropping another shot at the 13th for his lead to be trimmed to four. He was a little fortunate to birdie the 14th, ramming in a slick 29-footer from the fringe, and also birdied the par-five 15th to get to 17 under. Weekley was able to shrug off bogeys on 16 and at the last to celebrate back-to-back titles. He failed to reach the green in two at the par-four 16th and narrowly missed a five-footer to save par on the 18th green before bowing to the fans and thrusting both arms skywards in a victory salute. __
