Maria Hjorth wins LPGA Championship

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    So much for a frantic finish at the LPGA Tour Championship. Only one person moved up the ranks this week to take home a trophy.

    That was just fine for Maria Hjorth.

    With every major award in play for the first time in a decade, all it took was a final-round 72 for Hjorth to claim a one-shot victory over Amy Yang and hold off a huge field that struggled to even make par. None of the annual honors, including player of the year and the No. 1 ranking, changed hands in the season finale.

    "It was obvious other players had way more pressure on them," Hjorth said. "So I think in that regard, it might have been a little easier on me."

    Sure seemed that way.

    Hjorth had three birdies and three bogeys on a picture-perfect day at Grand Cypress Golf Club, where only six of 120 players finished below par for the tournament. Yang, who led after each of the first three rounds, had a quadruple-bogey on her third hole but rallied with a 74 to supply the only drama all week.

    "I just thought, 'Nothing more I can lose," Yang said.

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