Sorenstam’s $220,000 Wins Skins Game

First-day leader Annika Sorenstam converted a six-foot putt worth $140,000 on the 14th hole and finished with $220,000 to win the title in the JCPenney-LPGA Skins Game Sunday at Frisco, Texas.

Sorenstam, who won $80,000 during Saturday’s opening nine holes, lipped out from seven feet at the 13th hole, a putt that would have been worth $100,000. But she birdied the par-three 14th, giving her eight skins in the two-day made-for-TV event.

Defending champion Laura Davies, shut out over the opening nine holes, made a 12-footer worth $140,000 and five skins on Sunday’s opening hole, the 10th. The $140,000 gave Davies second place and boosted her winnings to $620,000 in three Skins Game appearances, the most over the seven-year history of the event.

Skins Game rookie Karrie Webb pocketed $100,000. Dottie Pepper, who also failed to win any money Saturday, finished with $80,000, the highest last-place finish in the LPGA Skins Game.

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Rosie Jones made a 40-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to defeat Tammie Green and win the LPGA Corning Classic at Corning, N.Y., for the second consecutive year.

Jones shot a seven-under-par 65 and came from four strokes back to force the playoff before nailing the long, uphill putt on the playoff the par-four 18th playoff hole. Green was unable to make a 15-footer that would have extended the playoff.

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Bob Eastwood became a Senior PGA Tour champion for the first time when rain washed out the final round of the $1 million Bell Atlantic Golf Classic at Malvern, Pa. Eastwood had a one-stroke lead entering the final round, but more than an inch of rain washed that out. . . . Nick Faldo three-putted the 17th hole and took two shots to get out of a fairway bunker at the 18th but saved a 70 with a 45-foot putt on the final hole to remain within two strokes of leader Ian Woosnam after the third round of the $1.79-million Volvo PGA Championship at Virginia Water, England. Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke and South African Ernie Els were tied for second, one stroke behind Woosnam. . . . Gary Player birdied the second hole in a three-man sudden-death playoff and won the Daiichi Seimei Cup senior tournament at Samnu, Japan. . . . John Daly warmed up for his return to competitive golf at this week’s Memorial Tournament by playing in a nine-hole exhibition at Farmington, Pa., about 75 miles south of Pittsburgh. Daly was quiet but cordial with spectators.