WILLIAMSBURG, Va. � Cristie Kerr took the lead with a birdie on the 15th hole and held off In-Kyung Kim by two strokes to win the Michelob Ultra Open yesterday.

Kerr, also the 2005 Kingsmill winner, had a 16-under 268 total and earned $330,000 for her 12th career LPGA Tour title. She closed with a 1-under 70 after opening with rounds of 69, 63 and 66.

"I feel like I'm just tapping into my potential," Kerr said. "There's a long time that I didn't, but mental training helps you believe in yourself. ... I definitely know I'm good."

Kim finished with a 71. Song-Hee Kim (71) and Lindsey Wright (73) tied for third at 13 under. Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa, the first- and second-round leader, shot her second straight 74 to finish 10th at 7 under.

Honolulu's Michelle Wie shot 69 and tied for 15th. She finished at 5-under 279.

Wie, who started the day tied for 28th, had four birdies and two bogeys. She birdied the par-5 No. 3, par-4 No. 4 and par-5 No.7 before bogeying the par-4 No. 8 to make the turn at 2 under. She added a birdie on the par-4 No. 14, but bogeyed the par-4 No. 18.

Wie earned $29,073 and has $171,829 in five tournaments this season. She will play in this week's Sybase Classic in New Jersey.

ELSEWHERE

Italian Open: Argentina's Daniel Vancsik won the Italian Open for his second PGA European Tour title, closing with a 6-under 65 for a six-stroke victory over John Daly, Raphael Jacquelin and Robert Rock at Turin, Italy. Vancsik finished with a 17-under 267 total. Daly, playing the European tour while he serves a six-month PGA Tour suspension, had a 66.

$2.2 MILLION LPGA TOURMICHELOB ULTRA OPEN

At Kingsmill Resort & Spa (River Course).

Williamsburg, Va.

Purse: $2.2 million.

Yardage: 6,315; Par: 71.

Cristie Kerr, $330,000 69-63-66-70�268.

In-Kyung Kim, $202,680 68-64-67-71�270.

Song-Hee Kim, $130,385 69-63-68-71�271.

Lindsey Wright, $130,385 65-69-64-73�271.

Wendy Ward, $91,548 72-64-67-70�273.

Shiho Oyama, $74,902 69-66-70-69�274.

Angela Stanford, $58,813 68-68-70-69�275.

Natalie Gulbis, $58,813 70-65-68-72�275.

Ai Miyazato, $49,380 71-65-72-68�276.

Lorena Ochoa, $44,941 64-65-74-74�277.

Teresa Lu, $37,755 69-72-67-70�278.

Juli Inkster, $37,755 71-67-70-70�278.

Seon Hwa Lee, $37,755 67-70-70-71�278.

Il Mi Chung, $37,755 69-70-67-72�278.

Michelle Wie, $29,073 70-67-73-69�279.

Amy Yang, $29,073 67-74-68-70�279.

A.Hanna-Williams, $29,073 71-67-69-72�279.

Hee-Won Han, $29,073 66-69-72-72�279.

Na Yeon Choi, $29,073 67-68-70-74�279.

Jiyai Shin, $22,499 70-68-76-66�280.

Kyeong Bae, $22,499 74-66-73-67�280.

Becky Morgan, $22,499 73-69-70-68�280.

Jimin Kang, $22,499 71-70-71-68�280.

Young Kim, $22,499 70-69-71-70�280.

Nicole Castrale, $22,499 71-67-69-73�280.

Yani Tseng, $22,499 71-64-72-73�280.

Shanshan Feng, $22,499 70-67-69-74�280.

Katherine Hull, $17,444 69-71-74-67�281.

Meena Lee, $17,444 73-70-70-68�281.

Kris Tamulis, $17,444 68-70-70-73�281.

Sarah Lee, $17,444 66-71-71-73�281.

Minea Blomqvist, $17,444 66-71-70-74�281.

Kristy McPherson, $15,091 70-69-72-71�282.

Hee Young Park, $15,091 71-67-73-71�282.

Jill McGill, $13,372 73-69-73-68�283.

Jin Joo Hong, $13,372 71-68-73-71�283.

Chella Choi, $13,372 68-73-70-72�283.

Reilley Rankin, $13,372 70-69-71-73�283.

Louise Stahle, $10,472 71-72-71-70�284.

Brittany Lang, $10,472 69-74-71-70�284.

Diana D'Alessio, $10,472 69-72-72-71�284.

Karrie Webb, $10,472 74-68-70-72�284.

Leah Wigger, $10,472 72-70-69-73�284.

Momoko Ueda, $10,472 69-71-71-73�284.

Carin Koch, $10,472 71-68-72-73�284.

Jin Young Pak, $10,472 73-70-65-76�284.

Beth Bader, $8,122 68-75-71-71�285.

Irene Cho, $8,122 69-72-71-73�285.

Ji Young Oh, $8,122 71-66-74-74�285.

Giulia Sergas, $8,122 71-68-69-77�285.

Sarah Kemp, $8,122 69-68-70-78�285.

Hye Jung Choi, $7,324 68-73-69-76�286.

Brandie Burton, $6,991 72-71-71-73�287.

Stephanie Louden, $6,991 71-69-72-75�287.

Alena Sharp, $6,436 73-69-72-74�288.

Vicky Hurst, $6,436 69-72-73-74�288.

Anna Rawson, $6,436 71-69-72-76�288.

Eun-Hee Ji, $5,770 71-72-71-75�289.

Mika Miyazato, $5,770 69-73-72-75�289.

Suzann Pettersen, $5,770 68-73-71-77�289.

Meaghan Francella, $5,382 70-71-75-74�290.

Soo-Yun Kang, $5,382 73-68-74-75�290.

Anja Monke, $4,993 72-70-74-75�291.

Sophie Giquel, $4,993 70-72-74-75�291.

Wendy Doolan, $4,993 72-70-72-77�291.

Sandra Gal, $4,993 71-71-72-77�291.

Brittany Lincicome, $4,993 74-69-69-79�291.

Allison Fouch, $4,605 70-73-76-73�292.

Marcy Hart, $4,605 72-70-76-74�292.

Sarah Jane Smith, $4,439 70-72-73-78�293.

Janice Moodie, $4,356 69-74-75-76�294.

Eva Dahllof, $4,356 74-68-74-78�294.

Lorie Kane, $4,244 71-71-78-75�295.

Katie Futcher, $4,244 70-73-76-76�295.

$1.7 MILLION PGA EUROPEAN-BMW ITALIAN OPEN

At Royal Park I Roveri.

Turin, Italy.

Yardage: 7,222; Par: 71.

Daniel Vancsik 68-65-69-65�267.

John Daly 69-69-69-66�273.

Raphael Jacquelin 67-70-68-68�273.

Robert Rock 72-65-68-68�273.

Thomas Aiken 68-70-66-70�274.

Thomas Bjorn 71-67-68-69�275.

Francesco Molinari 68-69-73-65�275.

Julien Clement 70-67-69-70�276.

Robert Dinwiddle 72-67-68-69�276.

Alastair Forsyth 73-68-67-68�276.

Roope Kakko 71-64-68-73�276.

Gareth Maybin 64-70-70-72�276.