Cheering Champs; Booing Tiger

By MERCER BAGGS
Managing Editor, GolfChannel.com

 
SHORT AND SWEDE: Anna Nordqvist shot 7-under 65 Monday for a two-stroke triumph at the LPGA Tour Championship. The tournament was plagued with rain delays, but eventually finished a day late and 18 holes short. Nordqvist, who also won the McDonald's LPGA, had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch Monday to lead her to victory
 
All things considered, it wasn't a half-bad ending for the LPGA. Despite the weather woes and tournament reduction, they still had a decent final round, which included a nail-biter for Player of the Year [more on that later]. Nordqvist actually should have won more than just this tournament; she should have won Rookie of the Year honors. But thanks to a quirky system, that trophy went to Jiyai Shin.