Cold Comfort

In november Tim Herron's wife, Ann, gave birth to twin boys, and shortly thereafter the Herrons moved the newborns and their older son from Arizona to Minnesota, where Tim grew up, to be near family. Herron, 36, admitted that the migration north--where practice time would decrease in inverse proportion to hours spent diaper-changing and shivering--brought two questions to his mind: "Is my career on the way to ending? Should I be satisfied with simply [keeping] my card?" After Herron won the Colonial, a triumph he accomplished with a 12-under 268 and by outlasting Richard Johnson in a two-hole playoff, the answer to both questions is no. "I proved to myself that I can be a Northern guy and still win," said Herron after his first victory since Bay Hill in 1999, a span of 203 starts. Herron played the par-4s in 10 under, best in the field, and went a combined 13 under on the first seven holes. As Herron modeled the bright-red plaid jacket bestowed upon the Colonial champion, he didn't say if he thought it would keep him warm during a Minnesota winter, but he did have plans for it. "Next year I'll wear matching pants."

En Fuego

Is there a golfer on any tour hotter than Lorena Ochoa? The 24-year-old from Mexico has played in 10 LPGA events so far this year and has two wins, five seconds and a tie for fourth. In the last six weeks she's sandwiched three straight second-place finishes between a win at the Takefuji Classic and her victory in last week's Sybase Classic, where she shot a five-under 208 in the rain-shortened, 54-hole event. The Sybase, which vaulted Ochoa back past Karrie Webb to the top of the money list, may also carry a psychological perk: It's the first of Ochoa's five wins with Annika Sorenstam in the field.

ALSO ...

? Greg Norman and his wife of 25 years, Laura, have filed for divorce. ? Morgan Pressel graduated from Saint Andrew's School in Boca Raton, Fla., last Saturday and turned 18 three days later. ? In his first start since surgery on his left hand, Ryan Moore shot a three-over 283 and finished 65th at the Colonial. ? Matt Kuchar, who last won the 2002 Honda Classic, prevailed in a three-hole playoff to win the Nationwide tour's Henrico County Open.

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