Digest: After weather delays and yesterday's final round, South Digest: Korea's Hee-Won Han claimed her fourth career victory at the Office Depot Championship at Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles.
Han shot a final round of 68 for a 12-under-par total of 201 and a two-shot victory over Soo-Yun Kang.
Scotland's Catriona Matthew finished third for the fifth time this season after a final round of 68 for 205.
Matthew started the final day with seven holes to play and just one shot behind Han, who still had 10 holes to complete.
But the South Korean made a fast start with back-to-back birdies at the ninth and 10th, and Matthew's challenge faded when she dropped a shot at the long 14th.
"The pins were in some tough places so it was difficult to attack, but Hee-Won made a few birdies and didn't really give anyone else a chance," said Matthew, who collected more than £37,000 for her 10th top-10 of an outstanding season.
"I'm happy with another good finish - but I'm still looking for another win."
Matthew has won four times in her career - twice on the US-based LPGA Tour - and she has now won almost £350,000 this year.
LPGA TOUR: In all likelihood, teenage prodigy
Michelle Wie's decision to turn professional this week will prove to be a watershed moment in global sport.
The most celebrated young player since Tiger Woods, 15-year-old Wie is an outstanding talent and a public relations dream.
Ever since she shot 64 at the age of 10 in 2000, she has captured the media spotlight.
With her regal bearing, love of fashion and classical swing, the Korean-American stands out from most of her rivals and has been piling up golfing milestones almost at will.
The six-foot Honolulu schoolgirl overpowers most of her LPGA Tour competitors, as well as many of the men on the PGA Tour, with her booming drives.
She also has that champion quality of being able to produce something special when under pressure.
Already a veteran of 23 LPGA events, Wie will announce her much anticipated decision to turn professional tomorrow at the Kahala Mandarin Hotel in her native Honolulu.
She will then attend her regular classes at Punahou High School, where she plans to stay on for two more years while combining a limited playing schedule in professional golf. After her last two years at school, she plans to go on to college.
Wie is expected to sign endorsement deals with Nike and Sony worth $10 million per year, making her the game's richest female and one of the highest paid athletes in women's sport.
Wie is set to make her debut as a professional in the Samsung World Championship at Palm Desert, California, on October 13th, two days after her 16th birthday. She will become the second woman to take on the men on Japan's JGTO Tour when she plays in the Casio World Open from November 24th-27th.
Wie has already said she will not challenge the LPGA Tour's policy that members be 18 years old, and instead intends to play the 2006 season on sponsor's exemptions.
PGA TOUR: Veteran Jay Haas has been selected as the recipient of the United States Golf Association (USGA) Bob Jones Award, the USGA said yesterday.
Haas (52), has won nine times on the PGA Tour since turning professional in 1976, the last being at the 1993 Texas Open.
PGA IRISH REGION: Johnny Foster returned to the winner's rostrum at Citywest yesterday when he topped the leaderboard at the Screen Guard PGA Trainees' Tournament Pro-Am, over the Lakes Course.
The Malone trainee from Ballyclare carded a three-under-par 62 in the shotgun start event on the shorter Citywest track. The former Irish senior amateur international began his round on the 10th tee and made his only mistake at the short 13th where he dropped a stroke in halves of 31.
It was a northern double as the winning team was "captained" by Portadown assistant Peter McClelland. Along with amateurs Pat Doolin (11), Martin Joyce (18) and Frank Archbold (13), they won with 97 points.
