The way Sorenstam is playing these days, anything seems possible.

The most dominant player in golf remained unbeaten on the season today, and she made a statement while doing it. Sorenstam turned a runaway into a blowout, shooting a final-round 68 for a 15-under 273 to win the Nabisco Championship by eight shots and extend her LPGA Tour winning streak to five.

Honolulu's Michelle Wie, finished her round at one-under 71 and wound up tied for 14th at even-par 288. Even though that was good enough to make her the low amateur, it was her worst finish in three trips to Mission Hills.

"Can we erase the last two days?" Wie said and smiled.

It was an unsettling week, she said, and that was completely unexpected.

"I'm glad I lived through it," she said. "I learned a lot. I didn't play my best, far from it, and I really learned how to grind it out there.

"I take it for granted I'm going to play good out here, and this is a big wake-up call."

Wie, who was fourth last year and tied for ninth as a 13-year-old, said she is going to play in the remaining three women's majors this year and intends to try to qualify for the U.S. Amateur Public Links, but doesn't think she can get back from Europe in time to qualify for the women's amateur.

"I confess I'm not really looking forward to school, with four tests waiting for me," she said.

Sorenstam had reason to celebrate, and celebrate she did. She was doused in champagne after sinking her putt on the final hole before taking the traditional winner's plunge into the pond next to the 18th green along with sister Charlotta and mother Gunilla.

"I'm going to remember this Easter weekend for a long time," Sorenstam said.

So will golf fans, who witnessed the best player of her generation — perhaps the best ever — turn the first major championship of the year into a romp with a weekend that included 10 birdies and no bogeys over the final 36 holes.

Sorenstam was so dominating that fellow competitors could only marvel at the new heights her game is reaching.

"It only shows that she's that much better than the rest of us," defending champion Grace Park said.

The win was Sorenstam's fifth in a row over two seasons, tying a record set by Nancy Lopez in 1978. It also was the 59th LPGA Tour victory of her career — a number Sorenstam is very familiar with — and her eighth major championship win.

Lopez didn't even bother to compare her with other players on the LPGA Tour. She aimed a little higher.

"I think really, and truly, she's better than Tiger Woods," Lopez said. "We have a lot of great players out here and nobody is even coming close to her."