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SportsJune 10, 2002

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Se Ri Pak stole the show from 45-year-old Beth Daniel, turning a four-stroke deficit into a three-stroke victory at the LPGA Championship on Sunday to become the youngest woman to win four major championships. Starting with a 123-yard wedge that checked up 18 inches behind the hole for a birdie on No. 10, Pak pulled away on the back nine and closed with a 1-under 70 for her 15th career victory in just five years on the LPGA Tour...

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Se Ri Pak stole the show from 45-year-old Beth Daniel, turning a four-stroke deficit into a three-stroke victory at the LPGA Championship on Sunday to become the youngest woman to win four major championships.

Starting with a 123-yard wedge that checked up 18 inches behind the hole for a birdie on No. 10, Pak pulled away on the back nine and closed with a 1-under 70 for her 15th career victory in just five years on the LPGA Tour.

Daniel, a Hall of Famer who hasn't won since 1995, was trying to become the oldest woman to win a major. But she buckled under the relentless pressure from Pak and fell too far behind to catch up at difficult DuPont Country Club.

The 24-year-old Pak, who earned $225,000, now has four majors, the fastest start in women's golf.

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Pak finished at 5-under 279.

Senior PGA: Fuzzy Zoeller made several daring escapes for par coming down the stretch to win the Senior PGA Championship in Akron, Ohio, his first victory since joining the senior tour earlier this year.

Zoeller closed with a 2-under-par 68 to finish at 2-under 278, two strokes better than third-round leader Bobby Wadkins and three-time Senior PGA Championship winner Hale Irwin.

Buick Classic: Chris won his first PGA Tour title, shooting a 1-under-par 71 for a two-stroke victory in the Buick Classic in Harrison, N.Y.

-- From wire reports

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