Sorenstam back to her best

Sweden's Annika Sorenstam continued her great comeback season by cruising to victory in the Michelob Ultra Open in Williamsburg.

Three ahead at the start of the final round, the 37-year-old shot a closing 66 for a tournament record 19-under-par total - nine better than the previous mark set by Suzann Pettersen last year.

Australia's Katherine Hull fired a blistering final-round 64 to finish outright sixth at 11-under.

Sorenstam won by seven shots from a group of four players which included England's Karen Stupples.

Kent's Stupples confirmed her standing as the top British player on the LPGA Tour after packing five birdies and an eagle into a closing 66.

She joined Americans Allison Fouch (64) and Christina Kim (69) and South Korea's Jeong Jang (70) on 12-under.

It was a third top 10 and a season's best for the 34-year-old Stupples, who won the 2004 Women's British Open but missed most of last year following the birth of her son, Logan, 13 months ago.

"I really feel I'm now getting back to my best again," said the two-time LPGA winner.

"It's lovely having Logan with me on tour, but it's also great to be back playing full-time again."

World No.1 Lorena Ochoa, who was tied for second at halfway, slipped to joint 12th after a final round of 70.

It was a third victory of the year and a 72nd LPGA Tour title for Sorenstam, who was plagued by back and neck injuries in 2007.

"It's great to be back playing good golf again," said the 10-time major winner, who reigned as world No.1 for five years before being overtaken by Ochoa 13 months ago.

"Getting back to No.1 is going to be very tough because Lorena is paying so well but I'm just enjoying winning again and I'll just take each tournament as it comes."

Two ahead going into the back nine, Sorenstam took control with a birdie at the 10th and made three in a row from the 13th and another at the 17th as she strolled towards the 115,000 pound first prize.

Fourth Round Scores from the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill
-19: Annika Sorenstam 64, 66, 69, 66
-12: T2 Allison Fouch 69, 71, 68, 64, Karen Stupples 67, 69, 70, 66, Jeong Jang 67, 66, 69, 70, Christina Kim 70, 67, 66, 69
-11: Katherine Hull 70, 69, 70, 64
-10: Sophie Gustafson 71, 71, 66, 66, Candie Kung 66, 74, 66, 68
-8: Stacy Prammanasudh 66, 72, 69, 69, Maria Hjorth 68, 71, 66, 71, Jee Young Lee 68, 71, 67, 70
-7: Hee Young Park 66, 72, 70, 69, Meena Lee 67, 68, 73, 69, Shi Hyun Ahn 71, 71, 72, 63, Lorena Ochoa 65, 68, 74, 70
-6: Yani Tseng 70, 69, 72, 67, Sun Young Yoo 64, 75, 71, 68, Paula Creamer 71, 69, 70, 68, Song-Hee Kim 66, 71, 70, 71, Suzann Pettersen 71, 71, 65, 71