SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Pat Hurst put a final-hole collapse behind her in a hurry - and put herself in a perfect frame of mind for the Solheim Cup.

A week after making a double bogey on the final hole to finish two strokes behind Cristie Kerr in the Wendy's Championship for Children, Hurst closed with a routine par Sunday to beat Kerr by three strokes in the LPGA State Farm Classic.

"You try to look at the present not the past," Hurst said. "I think last week was just a stepping stone and I think it helped a little bit."

The 36-year-old Hurst finished with a 2-under 70 for her fourth LPGA Tour victory and first since 2000. She had a 17-under 271 total and earned $195,000.

A little more than an hour after finishing play, Hurst and Kerr boarded a bus with five other U.S. Solheim Cup players for the trip to Carmel, Ind., for the matches next weekend against Europe at Crooked Stick.

"What more can you ask for? ... Representing your country, it makes you feel good," said Hurst, the 1995 LPGA rookie of the year.

On Sunday, Hurst birdied four of the first five holes and had a five-stroke lead after 11 holes, but dropped three strokes on her next two holes with a double bogey and bogey. She rebounded with a birdie on No. 14 and finished with four straight pars.

"I'm glad that last putt is in and that back nine is over," Hurst said.

Kerr, the State Farm winner last year, shot a 69.

"I hit it the best I've hit it in over a week. My putting left me totally. I was shocked," Kerr said.

Kerr, who earned a $100,000 bonus for topping the State Farm LPGA Series, led the 10 automatic qualifiers for the U.S. Solheim Cup team.

"The whole team is playing well," Kerr said. "We're psyched to play."

Natalie Gulbis, another U.S. Solheim Cup player, shot a 68 to tie for third with Heather Bowie (68) at 13 under.

"Everybody seems to be coming around with their game right at the same time," U.S. captain Nancy Lopez said.

U.S. Women's Amateur champion Morgan Pressel closed with a 66, her best round on the tour this year, to tie for fifth at 12 under with European Solheim Cup player Maria Hjorth (69). The 17-year-old Pressel will play in the Junior Solheim Cup next week.

"I just started to make more putts and just hit shots closer to the hole and give away less and less shots as the week went on," Pressel said.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Hale Irwin won for the first time since turning 60 in June, shooting a 4-under 68 at Pebble Beach on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over three players in the Champions Tour's First Tee Open.Irwin, a three-time winner this year and the tour's career leader with 43 victories, had a 13-under 203 total. The three-time U.S. Open champion is the first player 60 or older to win since J.C. Snead in 2002."I relish the challenge of playing and going out at the age 60 to play like I did when I was 50," said Irwin, who earned $300,000 from the $2 million purse.Irwin made a 10-foot birdie putt on No. 17 and closed with a par to hold off 2004 winner Craig Stadler (67), Morris Hatalsky (67) and Gil Morgan (69). Stadler and Hatalsky, playing two groups ahead of Irwin, both missed birdie putts on the 18th hole."You've got to give him a lot of credit to birdie 17 like that," Hatalsky said. "The wind was doing funny things, but he always finds a way."Irwin, who began the final round tied for the lead with Morgan, had seven birdies and three bogeys in the final round. The 1984 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am winner, Irwin is the 12th player to win PGA Tour and Champions Tour events on the same course."I hit a lot of very good golf shots this week," Irwin said. "I'm not going to beat up my short game, but I had some putting difficulty. But I'm not complaining."The former college football star at Colorado has overcome back problems this year."I've gotten away from my conditioning because of my back, but I've got to get back to that this winter," Irwin said.Jim Thorpe (66), Bruce Fleisher (66) and Dan Pooley (68) tied for fifth at 11 under, and Mark McNulty (65) followed at 10 under.Thorpe and Amit Odaiyar of Lodi won the pro-junior competition. They won a tiebreaker after matching Lonnie Nielsen and Colby Smith of Roseville at 19 under.Arnold Palmer, likely playing his last competitive round at Pebble Beach, shot an 82 to finish at 29 over. Peter Jacobsen, tied for 10th after two rounds, withdrew before the round because of pain in his right knee.