RICHMOND, Texas — Anna Nordqvist won the LPGA Tour Championship yesterday and Lorena Ochoa finished second to earn her fourth consecutive player of the year award, by one point over Jiyai Shin.

The 22-year-old Nordqvist shot a final-round 65 to finish at 13 under par.

"I definitely tried to be aggressive," Nordqvist said. "It was pretty tight up the leaderboard, so you were really going to have to shoot low in order to pull it off. I'm just very, very happy that I did."

Ochoa was two strokes back and won the top player honor when Shin couldn't chip in from the front of the 18th hole.

Shin led Ochoa by eight points (156-148) in the race entering the tournament. Once Ochoa secured second place, Shin had to finish no worse than seventh to win the player of the year award. Shin settled for a par on the last hole and finished tied for eighth at 6 under, giving Ochoa the player award by a 160-159 score. Point totals are based on top-10 results.

"I always say that I want to stay on top as long as I continue playing, so this is just a great year for me," Ochoa said. "It's been tough in many different ways, but the important thing is I'm at the top."

Shin, a 21-year-old South Korean, fell short in her bid to win the rookie and player of the year awards. Nancy Lopez remains the only player to sweep both titles, in 1978.

LPGA TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

At The Houstonian Golf & Country Club

Richmond, Texas

Purse:, $1.5 million

Yardage: 6,650; Par 72

Anna Nordqvist, $225,000 70-68-65—203

Lorena Ochoa, $136,902 66-72-67—205

Na Yeon Choi, $88,071 70-72-64—206

Kristy McPherson, $88,071 69-67-70—206

Hee Young Park, $51,593 70-72-67—209

Song-Hee Kim, $51,593 73-68-68—209

Sophie Gustafson, $51,593 70-71-68—209

Ai Miyazato, $32,230 73-68-69—210

Suzann Pettersen, $32,230 72-68-70—210

Yani Tseng, $32,230 69-71-70—210

Jiyai Shin, $32,230 70-67-73—210

Sun Young Yoo, $23,910 74-69-68—211

Jee Young Lee, $23,910 74-68-69—211

Cristie Kerr, $23,910 72-69-70—211

H.Bowie Young, $23,910 69-69-73—211

Amy Yang, $19,113 76-68-68—212

Maria Hjorth, $19,113 73-69-70—212

Wendy Ward, $19,113 72-70-70—212

Karin Sjodin, $19,113 70-72-70—212

Meaghan Francella, $15,753 71-75-67—213

Il Mi Chung, $15,753 76-68-69—213

Katherine Hull, $15,753 71-72-70—213

Katie Futcher, $15,753 73-69-71—213

Chella Choi, $15,753 71-69-73—213

Taylor Leon, $15,753 68-72-73—213

Becky Morgan, $12,517 74-72-68—214

Paige Mackenzie, $12,517 73-71-70—214

Karine Icher, $12,517 71-73-70—214

Meena Lee, $12,517 72-70-72—214

Haeji Kang, $12,517 69-72-73—214

Mikaela Parmlid, $12,517 73-66-75—214

Brittany Lang, $9,252 73-74-68—215

Jimin Kang, $9,252 70-76-69—215

Janice Moodie, $9,252 75-69-71—215

Angela Stanford, $9,252 73-71-71—215

Hee-Won Han, $9,252 72-72-71—215

Allison Fouch, $9,252 70-74-71—215

Stacy Lewis, $9,252 70-71-74—215

Se Ri Pak, $9,252 72-68-75—215

Karen Stupples, $9,252 71-69-75—215

Marcy Hart, $6,421 76-71-69—216

Eunjung Yi, $6,421 77-69-70—216

Giulia Sergas, $6,421 72-74-70—216

Meredith Duncan, $6,421 72-72-72—216

Morgan Pressel, $6,421 72-71-73—216

Meg Mallon, $6,421 70-73-73—216

Sarah Jane Smith, $6,421 73-69-74—216

Reilley Rankin, $6,421 67-75-74—216

Helen Alfredsson, $6,421 72-67-77—216

Catriona Matthew, $4,947 77-69-71—217

Pornanong Phatlum, $4,947 75-71-71—217

Wendy Doolan, $4,947 74-72-71—217

Laura Davies, $4,947 76-69-72—217

Karrie Webb, $4,947 75-70-72—217

Kris Tamulis, $4,197 76-71-71—218

Paula Creamer, $4,197 76-70-72—218

Jeehae Lee, $4,197 74-72-72—218

Ji Young Oh, $4,197 70-75-73—218

Pat Hurst, $4,197 69-75-74—218

Joo Mi Kim, $3,485 76-71-72—219

Brandi Jackson, $3,485 72-75-72—219

Ashli Bunch, $3,485 72-75-72—219

Julieta Granada, $3,485 75-71-73—219

Leah Wigger, $3,485 74-72-73—219

Mindy Kim, $3,485 72-74-73—219

Juli Inkster, $3,485 70-74-75—219

R.Hetherington, $3,485 73-70-76—219