San Francisco (AFP) – Brittany Lang won the US Women’s Open in a three-hole playoff over Anna Nordqvist, whose challenge was doomed by a two-stroke penalty at the second playoff hole.
Nordqvist was penalized for grounding her club in a fairway bunker, with video showed her club lightly touching the sand before she hit out.
That paved the way for Lang — who parred all three playoff holes — to capture her first major title at CordeValle in San Martin, California, on Sunday.
The two had ended regulation tied on six-under par 282 — two shots in front of a group that included world number one Lydia Ko.
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