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Tuesday 19 sepTember 2017

UN-LEISH’D

Anna Nordqvist of Sweden,
celebrates with her trophy af-
ter winning the Evian Champi-
onship women’s golf tourna-
ment in Evian, eastern France,
Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017.
Associated Press
Nordqvist

beats

Altomare in

playoff to win

Evian major

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
AP Sports Writer
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France With another big
(AP) — Defying driving rain
and hail in a playoff, Anna win, Leishman
Nordqvist beat unherald-
ed American Brittany Alto- takes game to a
mare at the first extra hole new level
to win the Evian Champi-
onship on Sunday.
Nordqvist took the fifth and
final major of the season
by sinking a 4-foot putt for
a bogey 5 on the soaked
18th hole while the 102nd-
ranked Altomare had a six.
Course workers removed
pools of standing water
from the 18th green as the
players approached the
putting surface after their
third shots. The par-4 hole
played long all afternoon
and was near-treacherous
for the playoff.
“I am from Sweden and I’m
freezing,” said Nordqvist,
who was confined to bed
for two weeks in July by a
bout of mononucleosis. “I
feel like I’m pretty used to
bad conditions and that
was probably some of the
worst I’ve seen.”
The 30-year-old Nordqvist
earned $547,500 for the Marc Leishman tosses his ball to his caddie on the first hole during the final round of the BMW Championship golf tournament at
win, her first major since the Conway Farms Golf Club, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, in Lake Forest, Ill.
2009 LPGA Championship. Associated Press
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