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Creamer claims tense Oklahoma win

FINAL LEADERBOARD (US unless stated)
-2 P Creamer, J Inkster +2 J Jang (Kor), A Stanford +3 D Delasin, L Ochoa (Mex), B Lang +4 J Kang (Kor)
Selected others: +7 C Matthew (Sco), J Head (Eng) =12 L Davies (Eng)


Paula Creamer
Creamer lost a playoff to Annika Sorenstam a week earlier

Paula Creamer sank an eight-foot birdie putt on the second play-off hole to beat Juli Inkster and win the LPGA SemGroup Championship in Oklahoma.

After firing a final-round 72 to finish two under par, the 21-year-old twice missed putts at the 18th before holing at the 10th for her sixth LPGA crown.

"I'm done, I'm mentally done right now," said the American.

Laura Davies was 12 over despite a round of 69, while Catriona Matthew and Johanna Head finished seven over.

Inkster, at 47 bidding to become the oldest winner in LPGA history, rolled in a dramatic 72nd-hole putt to force the play-off after her final round 70.

But her push for a 32nd LPGA title - eight of them before Creamer was even born - ended on the third play-off hole as her par was bettered by Creamer's birdie.

Fellow-American Angela Stanford and South Korean Jeong Jang shared third on 286, one stroke ahead of Dorothy Delasin, Brittany Lang and world number one Lorena Ochoa of Mexico.

Ochoa, who fired a final-round 69, was attempting to win an LPGA-record fifth event in a row but failed to overtake Creamer and Inkster.




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