Havre de Grace, Md. ? Halfway home to the Grand Slam, miles ahead of everyone else, Annika Sorenstam hardly could wait to take care of a most pressing matter Sunday after winning the LPGA Championship.

Tiger Woods had sent her a text message in April after he won the Masters to remind her that it was his ninth major championship, one more than Sorenstam. Her three-shot victory Sunday over Michelle Wie allowed her to catch him.

“I’m going to text him right now,” she said, walking out the door with a gleam in her eye. “Nine.”

Right now, that might be the only competition she is facing.

Making the Grand Slam look like a slam dunk, Sorenstam looked unstoppable as ever at Bulle Rock Golf Club by building an eight-shot lead at the turn and leaving everyone else with a familiar, hopeless feeling. Bogeys on the last two holes gave her a 1-over 73 and only made the margin seem closer than it was.

“I’m just glad it’s over and that I won,” she said.

Sorenstam became the first LPGA Tour player in 19 years to win the first two majors, and no one has any reason to believe she won’t win the next two.

Her only competition in the final round came from an extraordinary 15-year-old who just finished the 10th grade and still is learning to drive a car. Wie showed she belonged, giving the big crowd a glimpse of the future with a 3-under 69 to finish second.

Sorenstam finished at 11-under 277 and earned $270,000, moving her past $17 million for her career. She won for the sixth time in eight starts this year and has 62 victories for her career.