Anna Nordqvist wins Evian Championship  12:00, 18/09/2017

Anna Nordqvist

They each entered the final round tied for 11th, five shots back, but their five-under-par 66s wound up wresting a share of the lead from faltering second-round leader Moriya Jutanugarn and Lydia Ko, both of whom bogeyed the 18th hole to fall to a tie for third.

It began to pour as Nordqvist and Altomare stepped on the 18th tee to begin the playoff. The green quickly puddled with rain as maintenance workers squeegeed it while Nordqvist and Altomare hit their approach shots against huge gusts of wind. Nordqvist made a five-foot bogey putt to win.

Anna Nordqvist vs Brittany Altomare

Nordqvist clawed her way into the playoff at Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France, with a round that included two eagles and four birdies. The 30-year-old hasn’t played much golf this year after getting hit with a brutal bout of mononucleosis at the beginning of the season. She fought through extreme exhaustion to finish T-7 at the Ricoh Women's British Open and went 3-0-1 at the Solheim Cup, but missed the cut last week at the Indy Women in Tech Championship.

This is Nordqvist’s second major championship—she won the McDonald's LPGA Championship in 2009—and the eighth win in her LPGA career. She also had the near miss at last year's U.S. Women's Open, losing in a controversial playoff with Brittany Lang.

Jutanugarn, attempting to win her first LPGA tournament, started the final round leading by one. The 23-year-old climbed to 10 under before hitting her tee shot out of bounds on the 13th hole and making bogey, then suffering a lip-out birdie putt on 15. Jutanugarn took herself out of the playoff with a bogey on 18 after flying the green.

Moriya Jutanugarn

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