Suzann Pettersen collected the first USLPGA title of her career on Sunday with a par on the third playoff hole of the US$2.2 million Michelob Ultra Open.
Playing the par-four 18th for the fourth straight time, Jee Young Lee appeared to be in better shape than Pettersen, with a 12-footer to win while the Norwegian faced a difficult long putt from against the fringe.
But Lee missed the 12-footer wide, then hurried her next shot and missed again from inside two feet en route to a three-putt.
"I just wanted to putt it and not have to wait," she said.
Pettersen, who had putted up to one foot, went on to make her tap-in for par to become the first Norwegian to win on the LPGA Tour.
"I just told my caddie, 'She's going to make this,'" Pettersen said. "He goes, 'Well, hopefully not.' I just had a feeling she was going to make it. That's the game of golf. It can turn around so easy, either to your advantage or against you. So finally, I was patient enough to wait for it."
The big win provided redemption for Pettersen, who earlier this season twice failed to hold leads and had to settle for second.
At the Safeway International in March, Pettersen was leading down the stretch but could not hold off Lorena Ochoa, finishing two shots off the pace.
She also was three shots up with four holes left at the Kraft Nabisco Championship the following week before ending up in a tie for second.
"Probably the experience from the Kraft Nabisco Championship did come in," she said of her calm approach to the playoff. "I just was letting it come to me."
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