Sad end for Sorenstam

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Last updated: 22nd November 2008

Sad end for Sorenstam

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Annika Sorenstam made a disappointing farewell to the LPGA Tour when she missed the halfway cut at the season-ending ADT Championship.

The former world number one, who hangs up her spikes at the end of the year following an illustrious career, carded a three-over-par 75 at Trump International Golf Club to finish tied for 18th.

It was not enough to see her through to the final two rounds with only the top 16 qualifying, but the Swede insists there are no regrets.

"It's almost that a tear wants to come out, but it's not really coming out," said the 38-year-old Swede will play her final competition in three weeks at the Dubai Ladies Masters.

"I think it's because I'm very happy with what I've done. You know, I'm content. I've said it all along, I feel good.

"I had really two good chances there (on the 14th and 15th), and when you don't make those, you know it's going to be very hard."

The winner of 72 LPGA titles and 10 major championships, Sorenstam announced in May that she had decided to end her Hall of Fame career and pursue other interests.

Current world number one and defending champion Lorena Ochoa also failed to make the cut after finishing on the same three over par total as Sorenstam.

"I can't imagine how she's doing right now," said Ochoa of Sorenstam.

"But I guess it will come for all of us at one point. So we can only say that we enjoyed having her, and thank you for everything."

Australian Katherine Hull fired a 71 to maintain her lead over Angela Stanford by one shot on five under par.

Meanwhile, Ochoa has been named the LPGA Tour's Player of the Year for the third season in a row.

Ochoa won seven titles in 2008, including her second successive major at the Kraft Nabisco Championship in April.

The Guadalajara native has opened elementary schools in her native Mexico through her Lorena Ochoa Foundation and donated $100,000 to flood victims in Tabasco after winning last year's ADT Championship.

Yani Tseng of Taiwan, surprise winner of the LPGA Championship in June, was named the LPGA Tour's Rookie of the Year.