Annika Sorenstam's comeback is real. And with her third victory in eight events this season, she also showed she can beat the new No. 1, Lorena Ochoa.

The eight-time player of the year pulled away from Ochoa on Saturday, using her typical steadiness for a 2-under 69, then did the same to Jeong Jang on Sunday in Williamsburg, Va. Four birdies in five holes on the back nine, for a seven-stroke victory, left no doubt the injuries that led to her winless 2007 are behind her, and her once-unrivaled game is almost all the way back.

"The last nine holes, I just dialed it in," Sorenstam said. "The yardage was right. The club was right. The direction was right. It just felt really good, really solid."

Sorenstam shot a closing 66 in the Michelob Ultra Open to obliterate Karrie Webb's tournament record by five shots with a 265 total. Jang missed a short putt on the final hole for her first bogey in 35 holes and dropped into a tie for second with Christina Kim (69), who made a birdie on the final hole, Allison Fouch (64) and Karen Stupples (66).

But the story was Sorenstam, who said this weekend she knew there were people who thought her best days were behind her.

There also were those who pointed out her first two victories this season came in events Ochoa didn't play, but the Swede answered those doubts this weekend, too.

"She hit a perfect iron shot every single hole," Jang said. "Annika's back."

Other events

Hennie Otto won his first European Tour title by shooting a 3-under 69 to hold off Oliver Wilson by one stroke at the Italian Open in Milan. The South African made four birdies and a bogey to finish at 25-under 263. Wilson, an Englishman, shot an 8-under 64, the best round of the day. Robert Karlsson, who shot a course-record 61 Friday, had a 5-under 67 to finish third, two shots behind. . . . Colt Knost, who won the 2007 U.S. Amateur and Public Links, shot a closing 5-under 65 to beat Darron Stiles and win the Fort Smith Classic in Arkansas by one shot, his first Nationwide Tour victory. Third-round leader Matt Weibring, a Georgia Tech alumnus, faded with a final-round 75.