Karrie Webb holed a pitching wedge from 116 yards for eagle on the 18th hole, then returned to birdie the same hole in a playoff and beat Lorena Ochoa to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
Webb's eagle gave her a 7-under 65, and her 7-foot birdie putt on the same hole earned the Australian her seventh career major title.
As exhilarating as it was for Webb, it was devastating for those she beat.
Ochoa collapsed on the back nine, only to recover with a 5-wood into 6 feet for eagle on the par-5 18th with the island green. Her 15-foot birdie putt in the playoff never had a chance.
Michelle Wie, the 16-year-old from Hawaii, was 25 feet away from winning until her chip ran 10 feet by, and her birdie putt to join the playoff caught the left lip. Natalie Gulbis birdied three of five holes down the stretch, only to see her 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole turn away.
That left Webb an unlikely winner in a dramatic conclusion to women's golf's first major of the year.
It was her first victory since 2004, and her first major since she won the 2002 Women's British Open at Turnberry. She has been retooling her swing, needing to put a few good holes together, then perhaps a few good rounds.
What sent her to the top was one of the greatest shots struck in a major championship.
She was tied for the lead at 7 under, not knowing that Wie had just hit a wedge inside a 30cm on the 16th hole. Webb had 116 yards to the hole, and her shot looked good from the moment in left her club.
"Yeessss!" she screamed, running and leaping into the arms of her caddie, Mike Paterson. Then, Webb punched the air with a roundhouse fist pump, patting her chest to steady her emotions.
But her work wasn't through.
In the playoff, she boldly went after the island green with a fairway metal, the ball going through the green. She hit a flop that rolled 7 feet past the cup, and thrust her arms in the air when she made the putt.
Phil Mickelson completed his dominant BellSouth Classic victory with a score worthy of being remembered as more than just a Masters momentum-builder.
Mickelson's final-round 65 gave him a 28-under 260 total, one stroke from the best 72-hole total for a par-72 course in US PGA Tour history.
Mickelson capped his 65 with an eagle putt on 18, his second eagle of the day.
Jose Maria Olazabal and Zach Johnson finished 13 strokes behind in second at 15-under 273. Olazabal, who had a 69 Sunday, also tied for second in the BellSouth last year, losing in a five-man playoff won by Mickelson.
Johnson had a 70 Sunday.
Mickelson made the most of his last chance to use the BellSouth Classic as a warmup for next week's Masters. He matched the course record with an opening 63 Thursday and was 5 under or better every day while winning his second straight BellSouth title.
The left-hander's first win of the year made him the tournament's first three-time champion. He also won the BellSouth 2000.
Mickelson said playing the TPC at Sugarloaf helped prepare him for his 2004 Masters win -- his first victory in a major. Boosted by his best 72-hole score, he will rank as one of the favorites in Augusta this week.
J.J. Henry and Retief Goosen tied for fourth at 14-under 274. Goosen moved up with a 66 Sunday. Jonathan Byrd bogeyed three straight holes on the back 9 for a 73 to finish sixth at 12 under.
Mickelson had an eagle and two birdies on his first five holes of the back nine, when play was halted because of the threat of lightning.
At the time of the delay, he was 27 under, leaving him with five holes to match the PGA Tour's 72-hole record for a par 72 of 29-under 259 by Joe Durant in the 90-hole Bob Hope Classic in 2001 and by Tim Herron in the same tournament in 2003.
The Bob Hope Classic is played on four courses.
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