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Alfredsson clinches Evian Masters crown
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 28 - 07 - 2008

Helen Alfredsson won the Evian Masters Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title in five years, after defeating rookie Na Yeon Choi at the third sudden-death playoff hole.
The 43-year-old Swede made a three-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th hole while the 20-year-old Choi, of South Korea, only managed par.
Alfredsson shot a 67, Choi carded 66 and overnight leader Angela Park had a 71 as all finished with 15-under totals of 273 to force a three-way playoff.
The 19-year-old Park was eliminated at the first extra hole when her birdie putt rolled around the lip of the cup and stayed out.
Alfredsson also won Evian in 1994 and ‘98, but had not won a tournament since the 2003 Longs Drugs Challenge as she has battled a series of injuries.
Jin Joo Hong of South Korea shot a 67 to be fourth on 13-under, two behind the leaders.
Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa, who led after a first-round 65, shot 68 to place fifth a further shot behind.
Annika Sorenstam, the 2000 and ‘02 champion, shot 68 in her final round at Evian before retiring at the end of the season.
Vaughan emerges winner
Bruce Vaughan of the United States won the senior British Open Championship on Sunday, defeating compatriot John Cook at the first play-off hole.
Cook, who led after a third round 67, was three shots clear heading into the back nine and, although he then dropped strokes on the way home, a par on the last would have given him the title.
But instead he bogeyed the 18th to set up a play-off with Vaughan, 51, who had carded a one-under-par 70 for a four-round, six-under-par total of 278. The players then went down the 18th again in the play-off.
Both men sent in fine shots to the green with Vaughan some 20 feet away and Cook even better placed at approximately 12 feet from the hole. But Vaughan, for whom this was a first major title, piled the pressure on by holing his birdie putt. Cook then saw his attempt just brush past the right of the hole.
Argentina's Eduardo Romero was one shot behind the American duo in third place at Troon with Germany great Bernhard Langer a further shot behind in fifth after a final round of 68.
Australia's Greg Norman, who led going into the final round of the recent British Open at Birkdale, before losing out to Padraig Harrington, shared fifth place with five-times British Open champion Tom Watson and Gene Jones.
Lundberg wins
Sweden's Mikael Lundberg birdied two of his last three holes to clinch the Russian Open on Sunday for his second European Tour title.
The 34-year-old, who won his maiden tour title at the Moscow Country Club three years ago in a sudden-death playoff on the fourth extra hole, shot a four-under-par 68 in the final round to finish on 21-under 267, beating Spain's Jose Manuel Lara by two strokes.
Lundberg made a 27-feet birdie putt on the par-three 16th to charge ahead, then birdied the par-five 17th to move two up on the Spaniard.
Britain's Benn Barham finished third, another stroke back after carding a 68 on Sunday.
Reavie clings to lead
American Chez Reavie was grimly clinging to a two-shot lead with nine holes to play in the final round of the Canadian Open on Sunday.
The PGA Tour rookie responded with birdies at the fourth and ninth to get back to level par on the day and two clear of compatriots Scott McCarron and Anthony Kim.
Billy Mayfair and Steve Marino were two shots further back and four off the pace. Local hope Mike Weirsat six back with seven to play.


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