Sorenstam shows she's back

Annika Sorenstam is on her way back, and a performance that harkened memories of her game before an injury-filled 2007 season suggests she's close.

"That's the way I used to play," Sorenstam said Sunday after hitting every fairway and almost every green in a 5-under-par 66 that made her the runaway winner of the Michelob Ultra Open at Williamsburg, Va. She shot a tournament-record 19-under 265 and beat four others by a record-tying 7 strokes.

Two of them -- Jeong Jang and Christina Kim -- played with her in the final threesome.

"She hit a perfect iron shot every single hole," Jang said. "Annika's back."

"It's good to see that she is where she was when she was No. 1," added Kim, who also was tied with Allison Fouch and Karen Stupples. "It's just -- flawless is the best way to put it."

It's never flawless with Sorenstam, who believes that it's possible to make birdie at every hole in a round and shoot 54, but coming down the stretch she was very close. She had 5 birdies on the back nine, including 3 in a row, before a bogey on the final hole.

"That's about as good as I can hit my iron shots," she said. "Make a few more putts and get some distance on my drives and I'm going to tell you that's as good as I can play."

The victory was the Swede's third in eight events this season, and in the process she also answered the doubters who said she could no longer play with new No. 1 Lorena Ochoa.

The eight-time player of the year pulled away from Ochoa on Saturday, using her typical steadiness for a 2-under 69, then did the same to Jang on Sunday, leaving no doubt that her injuries are behind her, and that her once-unrivaled game is almost all the way back.

Shi Hyun Ahn, whose first three rounds were 71, 71 and 72, tied the course record with a 63 Sunday, making 9 birdies and 8 pars before a bogey on the par-4 ninth, her last hole.

Italian Open: Hennie Otto won his first European Tour title by shooting a 3-under 69 to hold off Oliver Wilson by 1 stroke at the Italian Open in Milan.

The South African had 4 birdies and a bogey at Castello di Tolcinasco Golf and Country Club to finish at 25-under 263. Wilson, an Englishman, shot an 8-under 64, the best round of the day.