World No. 1 Lorena Ochoa won her third title of the year with her second successful title defense of the season, capturing the LPGA Navistar Classic by four strokes Sunday. The 27-year-old Mexican star fired a final-round 70 to finish 72 holes on 18-under par 270 and defeat Americans Michelle Wie and Brittany Lang by four strokes each. Ochoa, second last week, also won this season in March at Thailand and in April at Mexico and boosted her season prize money above 1.2 million dollars with the 195,000-dollar top prize at this 1.3 million dollar event. After not winning in 11 starts over nearly six months, Ochoa captured her 27th career LPGA title on a course that suits her game very well. Wie, who tweaked a sprained left ankle twice this week, birdied five of the last nine holes to fire a 66 but is still searching for her first elite-level victory after a pair of runner-up efforts in her first full LPGA campaign. Taiwan's Yani Tseng and Britain's Janice Moodie shared fourth on 275 with Sweden's Maria Hjorth and American Beth Bader sharing sixth on 276. Alexis Thompson, a US 14-year-old trying to become the LPGA's youngest event winner, fired a second consecutive 74 to share 27th after sharing the lead through 36 holes. Kuchar wins title Matt Kuchar won the Turning Stone Championship on the sixth hole of a sudden-death playoff Monday after fellow American Vaughn Taylor hit his tee shot at the par-four 13th into the water. Kuchar made par on the 439-yard hole, while Taylor took a double-bogey, to win a $1.08 million top prize for his second tour title after his maiden victory at the 2002 Honda Classic. Kuchar and Taylor, who tied on 17-under par through 72 holes of regulation, played two sudden-death holes Sunday before failing light forced a suspension of play. Both golfers had opportunities to win after returning to the Atunyote course on a windy, cold and damp morning in upstate New York. Tim Petrovic (67) and rookie Leif Olson (69) tied at 272, one stroke out of the playoff. Finishing two strokes behind Taylor and Kuchar were Australian John Senden and American Jimmy Walker. Another stroke adrift on 14-under-par 274 were India's Jeev Milkha Singh, Australian Rod Pampling and Americans Bo Van Pelt, Webb Simpson and Harrison Frazar. Dyson wins title Briton Simon Dyson continued his recent rich vein of form by winning the Dunhill Links Championship title Monday. Dyson seized the initiative by running up six birdies in the first seven holes on his way to a six-under-par 66 and a 20-under 268 total, winning by three strokes from compatriots Rory McIlroy and Oliver Wilson. McIlroy had to be content with climbing to the top of Europe's money-list (Race to Dubai) with his joint runner-up finish. While Dyson picked up the $800,000 winner's check, 20-year-old Northern Irishman McIlory's $430,000 took him past the absent Martin Kaymer and Paul Casey to sit on top of Europe's money-list. McIlroy birdied the last for a 69 to tie with Wilson, who had posted a 65. Britain's Richie Ramsay (69) and Spaniard Rafael Cabrera-Bello (69) shared fourth place, four shots behind Dyson. Overnight leader Luke Donald's 73 left him in a share of seventh place with fellow Briton Darren Clarke.
