Stacy Lewis

GALLOWAY, N.J. - Since she won the 2012 ShopRite LPGA Classic, Stacy Lewis has been making history. She was the first U.S. player in 18 years to win LPGA player of the year and only the second American to be No. 1 since the women's world rankings were introduced in 2006. Note the key word here: American. Despite the presence of outstanding players from the United States such as Juli Inkster, Cristie Kerr, and Paula Creamer, Americans had been shut out of the top for quite some time until Lewis, 28, ascended.

SINGAPORE - American Stacy Lewis won the HSBC Women's Champions for her sixth career LPGA title, holding off South Korea's Na Yeon Choi. Lewis, the 2012 LPGA Player of the Year, shot a 1-under 71 in the final round at Sentosa Golf Club to finish at 15-under 273, a stroke ahead of Choi. Paula Creamer, hampered by a shoulder injury from a car accident last week in Thailand, briefly held a share of the lead early in the day but struggled with her putting on the back nine and faded to a 71 to finish third at 13 under.

She walked the fairways of Saucon Valley Country Club proudly sporting an Arkansas Razorbacks visor, firmly holding the standard with the names of the four practice-round players before the U.S. Women's Open, and showing no ill effects from the back brace she has to wear. One of those players in the group with 13-year-old Grace Desjardins of Malvern along the lush green grass of the Bethlehem club was special - LPGA Tour rookie Stacy Lewis, someone just like her. An eighth grader at St. Norbert's in Paoli with an engaging smile who loves to play golf, Desjardins has worn a brace for three years because of scoliosis, excessive curvature of the spine.

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Afflicted with scoliosis as a girl and undergoing surgery at 18 to straighten her spine, Stacy Lewis just hoped to get a taste of what it meant to be a player on the LPGA Tour. Now, just nine years later, with a 4-stroke victory in the ShopRite LPGA Classic that wasn't as close as the margin indicated, Lewis is the top-ranked American in the world rankings. Lewis finished her romp at the Shore on Sunday with an even-par 71, good for a 54-hole score of 12-under 201 over the Bay Course at Seaview Resort.

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Afflicted with scoliosis as a girl and undergoing surgery at 18 to straighten her spine, Stacy Lewis just hoped to get a taste of what it meant to be a player on the LPGA Tour. Now, just nine years later, with a 4-stroke victory in the ShopRite LPGA Classic that wasn't as close as the margin indicated, Lewis is the top-ranked American in the world rankings. Lewis finished her romp at the Shore on Sunday with an even-par 71, good for a 54-hole score of 12-under 201 over the Bay Course at Seaview Resort.

Two-time champion Cristie Kerr shot a 5-under 66 to take a 2-stroke lead over second-ranked Stacy Lewis and Suzann Pettersen after the third round of the LPGA Tour's Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Va. Kerr made six birdies to reach 10-under 203. Lewis shot a 69, and Pettersen had a 68.   LACROSSE: Syracuse beat host Villanova, 13-9, to win its fourth straight Big East men's title. The Orange never trailed, but the Wildcats scored four straight goals in the second half to pull within two in the fourth quarter.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Michael Thompson followed up his even-par opening round with a 4-under 66 on Friday to move into a tie with fellow American Chad Campbell after the second round of the RBC Canadian Open. Paul Goydos (69) and Lee Janzen (68) had a share of the lead before bogeys on their final hole dropped them to 137 after another tough day in the rough along the tight, tree-lined Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club. Masters champ Charl Schwartzel, Rickie Fowler, and five others finished the second round at 2 under.

MIRABEL, Quebec - Brittany Lincicome sank a par putt on the 18th hole in a driving rain on Sunday to win the Canadian Women's Open by 1 stroke at Hillsdale Golf Club. Lincicome closed with a 2-under 70 to edge defending champion Michelle Wie and Stacy Lewis, claiming her fifth LPGA Tour victory and second this year. Lewis had the low round of the day, a 67.   European Tour GLENEAGLES, Scotland - Denmark's Thomas Bjorn captured the Johnnie Walker Championship, winning a five-man playoff on the fifth extra hole in the European Tour's first five-way playoff in 19 years.

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France - Stacy Lewis made seven consecutive birdies and tied the Evian Masters record with a 9-under-par 63 on Thursday to open a 2-stroke lead after the first round. The American, a two-time winner this year on the LPGA Tour, matched three-time champion Helen Alfredsson's tournament record set in 2008. Lewis birdied Nos. 5-11 and 17 and 18. South Korea's Hee Young Park opened with a 65, compatriot Ilhee Lee had a 66, and Japan's Mika Miyazato and Colombia's Mariajo Uribe followed at 67. Japan's Ai Miyazato, the 2009 and 2011 winner, had a 71. Slumping Michelle Wie shot 73, and top-ranked Yani Tseng had a 76.   PGA Tour ANCASTER, Ontario - Scott Piercy shot an 8-under 62 in the first round of the Canadian Open, taking advantage of perfect scoring conditions at rain-softened Hamilton Golf and Country Club.

GALLOWAY, N.J. - Since she won the 2012 ShopRite LPGA Classic, Stacy Lewis has been making history. She was the first U.S. player in 18 years to win LPGA player of the year and only the second American to be No. 1 since the women's world rankings were introduced in 2006. Note the key word here: American. Despite the presence of outstanding players from the United States such as Juli Inkster, Cristie Kerr, and Paula Creamer, Americans had been shut out of the top for quite some time until Lewis, 28, ascended.

GALLOWAY, N.J. - There was a time, not that long ago, when Stacy Lewis would have rather tried to hit a ball out of buried lie in a bunker with a driver than answer even a few innocuous questions. Then she became the LPGA 2012 Player of the Year, the first American to do that in 18 seasons. And in March, she made it to No. 1 in the world rankings, where she stayed for 4 weeks. Just like that, her world had been transformed. It's tough to remain shy once you're one of the faces of your profession.

Two-time champion Cristie Kerr shot a 5-under 66 to take a 2-stroke lead over second-ranked Stacy Lewis and Suzann Pettersen after the third round of the LPGA Tour's Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Va. Kerr made six birdies to reach 10-under 203. Lewis shot a 69, and Pettersen had a 68.   LACROSSE: Syracuse beat host Villanova, 13-9, to win its fourth straight Big East men's title. The Orange never trailed, but the Wildcats scored four straight goals in the second half to pull within two in the fourth quarter.

SINGAPORE - American Stacy Lewis won the HSBC Women's Champions for her sixth career LPGA title, holding off South Korea's Na Yeon Choi. Lewis, the 2012 LPGA Player of the Year, shot a 1-under 71 in the final round at Sentosa Golf Club to finish at 15-under 273, a stroke ahead of Choi. Paula Creamer, hampered by a shoulder injury from a car accident last week in Thailand, briefly held a share of the lead early in the day but struggled with her putting on the back nine and faded to a 71 to finish third at 13 under.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - PGA Tour rookie Luke Guthrie and Michael Thompson held the lead at 8-under-par 202 after the Honda Classic's third round Saturday. England's Lee Westwood and Australian Geoff Ogilvy were 2 strokes back at PGA National. American Rickie Fowler finished with a birdie and an eagle to push himself within 3 shots of the leaders, alongside Charles Howell III. Tiger Woods was tied in 32d place, 8 strokes down. Strong winds made low scores difficult. Only three of the top 10 players on the leader board broke par. Guthrie, 23, played on the Web.com Tour last season while completing his degree in business management at the University of Illinois.

GUAN TIANLANG is an eighth-grader from China who barely weighs 125 pounds and doesn't hit the golf ball far enough to reach some par 4s. The next stop for the 14-year-old prodigy will be the Masters, where he will tee it up with Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson at Augusta National. Guan completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, making a 5-foot par putt on the final hole at Amata Spring Country Club for a one-shot win that earned him a Masters invitation.

ATLANTA - Brandt Snedeker played the biggest round of his career for the biggest payoff in golf. Needing to win the Tour Championship on Sunday to beat out Rory McIlroy for the FedEx Cup, Snedeker came up with three big birdies on the back nine at East Lake to take all the drama out of the final day that had been loaded with possibilities. Snedeker hit his final tee shot into the grandstand left of the 18th green and made bogey. By then, it didn't matter. So dominant was his performance that he was the only player from the last five groups who managed to break par, closing with a 2-under-par 68. Along the way, he answered any questions about why Davis Love III made him a captain's pick for the Ryder Cup next week at Medinah.

  ATLANTA - Brandt Snedeker had one of his best rounds of the year, a 6-under 64 Saturday that gave him a share of the lead at the Tour Championship. It could turn out to be a round worth $10 million. Snedeker, in control of his game despite increasing wind at tree-lined East Lake, made a collection of tough putts and used his short game to pick up a couple of other birdies to wind up atop the leaderboard with Justin Rose, who also played bogey-free for a 68. Sunday at East Lake is the final day of the FedEx Cup, and it has never been more up for grabs among so many top players.

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France - Inbee Park of South Korea ended her four-year wait for an LPGA Tour title when she shot a 6-under-par 66 Sunday to win the Evian Masters, beating veteran Karrie Webb and overnight coleader Stacy Lewis by 2 shots. It was Park's second LPGA Tour title and her first since the U.S. Open in 2008. She finished with a 17-under 271. "It feels great. It was four years ago, but it feels longer than that," Park said. "I finished the round with some really strong putting today.

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France - Stacy Lewis, chasing her third LPGA Tour title of the year, shot a 3-under 69 to keep the lead of the Evian Masters after the second round on Friday, 1 stroke ahead of Ilhee Lee. Lewis finished at 12 under, a day after shooting 63 in an opening round that included nine birdies. She seemed to pick up where she left off with a birdie on No. 4 and an eagle on No. 7. But she had bogeys on the 12th and 14th holes. Lee had four straight birdies on the back nine to finish at 67. Inbee Park and Paula Creamer were 9 under.