WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Se Ri Pak won for her father on Father's Day five years ago. Now she's won for her mother on Mother's Day.
And she played it perfectly, staying mostly off the radar for three rounds, then shooting 6-under 65 Sunday to win the Michelob Ultra Open and practically clinch a spot in the LPGA Hall of Fame.
"Sunday, today, May 9, is (the) best of my life," she said.
With her mother watching from the gallery, Pak moved into contention early and finished at 9-under 275, passing five players en route to her 22nd victory.
"My biggest goal was ... the Hall of Fame," the 26-year-old South Korean said.
In her seventh season on tour, Pak still needs to play three more years on the tour to qualify for the Hall of Fame, which requires inductees to play at least 10 years. But with four majors worth two points each, 18 other titles worth one apiece and a scoring title worth another point, she has earned the 27 points necessary.
And with the $330,000 winner's check from the tour's third-richest event of the season, Pak has earned nearly $8-million in her career.
Four shots off the pace at the start of the day, Pak birdied three of her first five holes and responded to a bogey at the par-4 sixth with three more birdies in the next five holes to take the lead.
It was the 10th time Pak has won after she trailed entering the final round. Twice, she has made those charges in majors. "Golf is never, ever easy, but sometimes it feels great (if) you are a little behind" and playing well, she said.
Hall of Famer Juli Inkster, who shot 67, and third-round co-leader Lorena Ochoa (71) finished tied for second at 7 under.
Teenager Michelle Wie closed with 1-over 72 and finished tied for 12th.
PGA: Joey Sindelar had a hunch someone would come out of the pack to win the Wachovia Championship. He just didn't think it would be him.
Sindelar was 14 years and 370 tournaments removed from his last tour victory. Worse yet, he was three shots behind with three holes to play at Quail Hollow, perhaps the most demanding finish on tour.
"My caddie, John (Buchna), told me I would need a couple of birdies and a possible accident to win," Sindelar said.
He got his two birdies, including a 4-iron within 3 feet on No. 17, the toughest hole on the course.
Arron Oberholser delivered the wreck.
And after two playoff holes, the 46-year-old Sindelar was posing with the trophy and pinching himself.
"It will take me a while to understand this is real," he said.
Sindelar birdied three of his last four holes, waited for Oberholser to wilt, then polished him off with a par in the playoff for his seventh victory, and his first since the 1990 Hardee's Classic.
How long ago was that?
Tiger Woods had just won his first U.S. Junior Amateur title. Sindelar's first child was still in diapers.
Sindelar, awash in joy and disbelief, earned $1.08-million, more than he ever made in his previous 20 years on tour.
Oberholser tried to put a positive spin on his collapse.
"I'm not going to beat myself up over this," Oberholser said.
Sindelar closed with 69, while Oberholser shot 72. They finished at 11-under 277.
Woods gave himself a chance with a 30-foot birdie putt on 17. He closed with 68 and joined Carlos Franco one shot behind.
Sindelar's victory drought was the second-longest on tour behind Ed Fiori, who went 409 starts between victories.
CHAMPIONS: Larry Nelson rallied from three strokes back, shooting 5-under 67 for a one-stroke victory at the FedEx Kinko's Classic in Austin, Texas. Nelson rallied with three birdies on the back nine and finished at 7-under 209, one stroke ahead of Bruce Lietzke (69). A two-time runner-up this season, Nelson won his 18th seniors title. Morris Hatalsky shot 71 to finish 5 under, tied with Bob Gilder (65) and Wayne Levi (72).
EUROPEAN: England's Barry Lane won his first title in nine years, shooting 6-under 66 for a three-stroke victory in the British Masters in Meriden.
NATIONWIDE: Justin Bolli won his first tour event, shooting 7-under 65 for a one-shot win at the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Classic. He finished at 21-under 267. Tampa's Ryuji Imada tied for 58th at 285.
FUTURES: Australian Lindsey Wright shot 6-under 66 to finish at 203 and win the Isleta Casino and Resort Gold Classic in Albuquerque, N.M. Jenny Gleason of Clearwater tied for 61st at 221.
