ANNIKA WINS US WOMEN'S OPEN PLAY-OFF

 

FROM THE USGA WEBSITE:

It took 90 holes of gritty golf, but Annika Sorenstam prevailed with her third US Women’s Open victory Monday at Newport Country Club, Rhode Island.

What the 37-year-old Pat Hurst could not do in the 18-hole playoff, Sorenstam did. That’s why Sorenstam won, shooting 1-under 70 to Hurst’s 3-over 74.

It was the 10^th playoff in Women’s Open history, the last occurring at Pumpkin Ridge in 2003 when Hilary Lunke defeated Kelly Robbins and Angela Stanford. Hurst fell to 0-4 in career playoffs, ironically losing to Sorenstam in three of them. Monday marked the most lopsided defeat in a Women’s Open playoff dating to 1956 when Kathy Cornelius beat amateur Barbara McIntire by seven strokes.

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