GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) - Annika Sorenstam, playing in her first tournament of the year, shot a second consecutive 65 to win the ANZ Ladies Masters by four strokes Sunday.
Her 19-under-par total of 269 made the world's best player a three-time winner of the event. She also took the top prize in 1995 and 2002.
The Swede began the day with a one-stroke lead, but shot 7-under on the final 18 holes at the Royal Pines course.
Moments after she made her final putt, her sister and fellow player Charlotta brought out a celebratory bottle of champagne at the 18th green.
Annika was delighted.
``Wonderful memories again, it's been a great week, great golf,'' she said.
Second-round leader Karen Stupples of England, who trailed Sorenstam by a shot coming in, finished second after a 68.
Kylie Pratt of Australia had a closing 65. She finished tied for third at 277 with Jennifer Rosales of the Philippines, who shot a 68.
Defending champion Laura Davies of England finished tied for eighth after a 68 that left her at 281.
Four-time champion Karrie Webb had a 72 and wound up 14 shots back.
Stupples, who said Sorenstam played ``superbly,'' will travel to Sydney next week with Webb and Davies for the Australian Women's Open. Sorenstam will return to the United States.
``I'm very much looking forward to Sydney - no Annika,'' Stupples said.
Two years ago, Sorenstam beat Webb in a playoff to prevent Webb from winning the tournament a record fifth consecutive time. At Royal Pines, Sorenstam is nearly as dominant, shooting a combined 76-under for 23 rounds.
The 33-year-old Swede said her goal for this year is to win all four majors - the Kraft Nabisco, LPGA Championship and the U.S. and British Opens.
Her 65 Saturday included six birdies on the opening nine holes, and gave her the third-round lead. On Sunday, she wasted little time extending it with a birdie on the first hole and a 25-foot eagle putt on the par-5 third to take control.
After bogeying the 18th Saturday and having just two birdies on the final nine holes, Sorenstam said she had the front ``figured out,'' but wanted to improve on the backside, where she was even-par for the tournament. On Sunday, with a five-shot lead at the turn, it didn't matter.
Sorenstam quickly took a two-shot lead when she birdied the first hole and Stupples bogeyed. Rosales, who had birdies on the first three holes, couldn't continue her streak on the fourth, hitting into a fairway bunker before coming up short of the green and saving par with a four-foot putt.
Sorenstam extended her lead to four shots with her eagle putt that never looked like it was going to miss. She squatted down on the green as the ball approached the hole, then pumped her fist when it dropped in for a 3.
She missed a birdie putt by inches on the fourth, then put her tee shot on the par-3, 160-yard fifth within seven feet. She made a birdie to extend her lead to five strokes.
Another birdie on the seventh put her at 5-under on the day, extending her lead to six shots. On the par-5 ninth, she sank a three-footer for a birdie that enabled her to make the turn at 6-under 31.
Stupples, her playing partner, eagled the same hole to pull within five shots.
After missing three birdie putts, Sorenstam birdied the par-5 15th. When Stupples birdied the 17th to pull within four shots, Sorenstam made a five-footer for par to prevent a two-stroke swing.