Katherine Hull fired a three-under-par 69 to win the LPGA Canadian Women’s Open by one stroke on Sunday.
South Korea’s Pak Se-ri was second just one shot behind Hull who finished at 11-under 277 total.
Taiwan’s Yani Tseng entered the day with a four-stroke advantage but she collapsed in the final round with five bogeys and a double bogey to shoot a 77 to finish in third place.
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Hull had three birdies on the front nine and added one more coming in. She had just one bogey.
Pak birdied the final two holes for an even-par 72, but was just not able to overcome her mistakes.
She bogeyed Nos. 4 and 5 and then carded a double-bogey at the par-5 sixth. She had three birdies in four holes starting at the seventh to get back in the hunt but a bogey at 16 left her short.
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Tseng started her round with a big lead but wasted little time giving it all back.
She had five bogeys, including three-straight on the front nine, a double-bogey and just two birdies.
Tseng was looking for her second win of the season. She won the LPGA Championship and was coming off a second-place finish at the Women’s British Open.
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SWEDE RALLIES TO WIN
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Sweden’s Carl Pettersson rallied to fire a 68 and win by two shots in the final round of the PGA Wyndham Championship on Sunday.
Pettersson birdied three of the final four holes to reach 21-under 259. He made bogey on 18.
He not only earned his third PGA Tour win but posted a tournament record low score.
American Scott McCarron shot 68 to claim second place at 19-under, with Rich Beem (63) another two strokes behind in third.
Pettersson started the final round with a two-shot lead, but he was in danger of defeat after missing short putts to bogey the 10th and 11th holes. But he outplayed McCarron down the stretch.
■HANSON EARNS VICTORY
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Peter Hanson triumphed at the SAS Masters by one shot on Sunday for his second career victory on the European PGA Tour.
Hanson, the first Swede to win the event since Jesper Parnevik 10 years ago, closed with a 71 for a 9-under 271 total.
Pelle Edberg, another Swede, tied for second with Nick Dougherty of England.
They both shot 70.
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