Norway's Suzann Pettersen overcame a nine-stroke deficit then defeated South Korean Na Yeon Choi at the first play-off hole to win the LPGA event in Portland.
Pettersen started the final round of the 54-hole tournament nine off the overnight lead held by Choi. She carded a 7-under-par 64 for, while Choi, who could have won with a par at the final hole of regulation, closed with a bogey for a 2-over 73 that left her, too, on 6-under.
They returned to the par-four 18th for the play-off, and Choi's second shot went into the water right of the green. She missed a bogey putt before Pettersen drained her winning putt.
South Korea's Hee Young Park, still seeking a first LPGA win, carded a 67 and finished third on 5-over.
American Paula Creamer carded a 68 to be 4-over for the tournament.
Sarah Kemp was the best-placed Australian in a three-way tie for 10th position at even-par.
Pettersen, who won the Ladies' European Tour's Ladies Irish Open at Killeen Castle on August 7, captured her second LPGA title of the year and her eighth overall.
Her final round included five birdies and an eagle at the 10th, with no bogeys.
With the win she jumps to number two in the world rankings behind Taiwan's Yani Tseng.
Choi started the day with a three-shot lead over Stacy Lewis but endured a difficult day. She bogeyed the second, sixth and ninth before her first birdie of the day at the par-five 10th.
However, her third birdie of the day at the par-four 17th gave her a one-shot lead heading to the final hole, but after missing the green she failed to get up and down for par.
AFP
Tags: golf, sport, united-states First posted August 22, 2011 14:39:59
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