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Sorenstam to retire at end of this LPGA Tour season

Staff and wire reports Annika Sorenstam, less than 48 hours removed from her record-setting victory in the Michelob Ultra Open in Williamsburg, has decided she's finished with golf after this season.

Hooked drive on 18th hole keeps Sorenstam from taking command

WILLIAMSBURG With one hole to play Saturday afternoon, just about everyone at Kingsmill Golf Club was prepared to anoint Annika Sorenstam this year's Michelob Ultra Open champion. Forget the final round. She was about to go into Sunday with a four-shot lead, maybe more. Not so fast there, everybody.

Golf attire has come a long way, baby

WILLIAMSBURG The pink, plaid, ruffled skirt falls several inches above Natalie Gulbis' knees. With a matching adidas shirt and a hint of pink in her socks, the 25-year-old golfer is so neatly put together that she might as well have just emerged from the pages of a catalog rather than from the practice greens at Kingsmill.

Back in the pack, pals Pettersen and Gustafson form top duo

WILLIAMSBURG The hottest tandem at Saturday's Michelob Ultra Open wasn't front-runners Annika Sorenstam and Jeong Jang. The most dynamic duo of the third round turned out to be a couple of old friends trying to outdo each other. Norway's Suzann Pettersen and Sweden's Sophie Gustafson fired the best rounds of the day - a 6-under-par 65 and 5-under 66, respectively. And hardly anyone noticed.

5 questions with...Mhairi McKay

Mhairi McKay, a 10-year LPGA Tour veteran from Scotland who has two tour victories. McKay was the 1997 Pac-10 champion at Stanford. Your dream foursome? "My family members. I'd have to make it a five-some with my mom and dad, brother and sister and me." Bet you didn't know: "I'm working on my pilot's license." Favorite golf memory:

Former No. 1 Sorenstam moves to a 3-stroke lead at halfway point

WILLIAMSBURG Annika Sorenstam’s comeback from a debilitating neck injury last season has resulted in two wins this season on the LPGA Tour. But on both occasions, the world’s top-ranked player wasn’t in the field.

Dawdlers will pay the price under LPGA's new rules to speed up play

WILLIAMSBURG So you think golf is slow, boring and tiresome with its rounds that last five hours, sometimes six? Sick of staring at golfers staring at their ball instead of striking it? Lorena Ochoa, the No. 1 female player in the world, wants you to relax. Have a bite. "If I have to wait," says Ochoa says, "I sit down and have a piece of my sandwich."

5 questions with...Emily Bastel,

Emily Bastel, 27, who competed in 17 events on the Futures Tour last year and recorded nine top-10 finishes and two victories. Favorite city to visit? "East Lansing, Mich. I went to college there, and it's nice to get back and reminisce." Your dream foursome? "Tiger Woods, my brother Ben, Jack Nicklaus and me." Best advice you've received about golf?

What’s in an LPGA golf bag?

The Virginian-Pilot goes nosing around for the inside-the-golf-bag scoop at Kingsmill. Here’s the deal on Italy’s Silvia Cavalleri, who recorded her first LPGA victory last year at the Corona Championship by carding four consecutive rounds in the 60s.

Williamsburg storms trigger 28-minute suspension of play at LPGA event

WILLIAMSBURG Tournament officials suspended play at 10:51 for 28 minutes this morning at the Michelob Ultra Open at Kingsmill as heavy storms rolled through the area, dumping nearly an inch of rain on the course in a matter of minutes. Play resumed at 11:19 a.m. The top two names on the leaderboard, though, had yet to tee off.