Young Lee wins first LPGA title

Tom Watson rallied to win the season-ending event on the Champions Tour. ASSOCIATED PRESS JEJU, South Korea -- Jee Young Lee of South Korea won her first LPGA Tour title Sunday, closing with a 1-over-par 73 for a three-shot victory in the CJ Nine Bridges Classic. Lee led all three rounds and finished at 5-under 211 to easily beat Mi-Hyun Kim and Carin Koch. She refused to consider victory until she stood over a short par putt on the final hole. "I never thought that I would win this tournament until the third shot of the 18th hole," Lee said. "I was so nervous, so I didn't know if I was going to make a mistake or not. I didn't want to think that I won until it was over." Her nerves showed down the stretch when she made three straight bogeys until finishing with a par. Lee became the fourth South Korean in four years to win the tournament. Defending champion Grace Park had a 70 and tied for sixth. Annika Sorenstam, who already has clinched LPGA player of the year, closed with a 70 to tie for 13th. Paula Creamer, who started the final round five shots of the lead, shot a 79. Kim made 17 pars and one bogey, on the second hole, to close with a 73. Koch made five birdies to offset a double bogey on the second hole and a bogey on the par-5 18th to shoot a 71. Champions Tour SONOMA, Calif. -- Tom Watson rallied from a six-shot deficit with an 8-under 64 to win the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, the season-ending event on the Champions Tour. Watson surged up the leaderboard as third-round leader Jay Haas struggled, finishing at 16-under 272 for his second win of the year and eighth victory on the Champions Tour. The Senior British Open champion, who had 39 PGA Tour victories, earned $440,000 and also claimed the Charles Schwab Cup points race and a $1 million annuity. Haas, going for his third win in four weeks, closed with a 71 and was one stroke back. Tom Kite had a final-round 67 and was third at 13 under. Mark McNulty was 11 under after a closing 68, and Loren Roberts and leading money winner Dana Quigley were another stroke back in fifth after 70s. Quigley, playing in the final pairing with Haas, tried to put pressure on his playing partner early. Also starting six stokes back, Quigley opened with three straight birdies three birdies, but gave strokes back with bogeys at Nos. 6 and 8 and fell off the pace. Copyright 2005 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.