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24th June 2010, 04:11
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — It's reality-check time for Anna Nordqvist. "It's hard to believe. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to actually understand that it happened," Nordqvist said as she prepared to defend her LPGA Championship title. It happened all right.****://img.timeinc.net/golf/i/tours/2010/06/june23_nordqvist_299x200.jpg
Playing in only her fifth professional tournament, a year ago the unflappable Swede carded a final round 4-under 68 at Bulle Rock to beat Lindsey Wright by four strokes, then capped her amazing rookie year by winning the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship.
The 23-year-old Nordqvist, sixth in the world rankings, will attempt the first title defense of her brief career on somewhat familiar ground. Longtime LPGA Championship sponsor McDonald's did not renew its sponsorship, and the event was moved to Locust Hill Country Club in suburban Rochester, N.Y., when Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. agreed to place its own tournament on hiatus and be title sponsor in a one-year deal. That averted what would have been an embarrassing scenario for new LPGA commissioner Mike Whan. He's very appreciative to have Wegmans still in the fold in these difficult economic times. "Majors are based on long-term quality partners, long-term quality venues, on the right kind of fan base. All that exists in Rochester," Whan said. "You talk about history, you talk about community, you talk about longevity, and Wegmans just matches all those
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Playing in only her fifth professional tournament, a year ago the unflappable Swede carded a final round 4-under 68 at Bulle Rock to beat Lindsey Wright by four strokes, then capped her amazing rookie year by winning the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship.
The 23-year-old Nordqvist, sixth in the world rankings, will attempt the first title defense of her brief career on somewhat familiar ground. Longtime LPGA Championship sponsor McDonald's did not renew its sponsorship, and the event was moved to Locust Hill Country Club in suburban Rochester, N.Y., when Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. agreed to place its own tournament on hiatus and be title sponsor in a one-year deal. That averted what would have been an embarrassing scenario for new LPGA commissioner Mike Whan. He's very appreciative to have Wegmans still in the fold in these difficult economic times. "Majors are based on long-term quality partners, long-term quality venues, on the right kind of fan base. All that exists in Rochester," Whan said. "You talk about history, you talk about community, you talk about longevity, and Wegmans just matches all those
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