Cristie Kerr Wins 11th LPGA Title at Safeway Classic
Written by Edward Dy on August 26, 2008 – 4:25 am -
Cristie Kerr won the Safeway Classic on Sunday, which was Kerr’s 11th LPGA title. The victory came on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with Helen Alfredsson and Sophie Gustafson — Cristie’s first win since the U.S. Women’s Open in 2007.
Coming from behind, Cristie fired a 65 making up four shots in the final round. After holing a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation, she then, on the first playoff hole, dropped a 20-footer to claim the victory.
“I’ve been in contention a couple times this year but faltered on Sunday a little bit. And I just knew that if I hit it good enough, and with the way I putt, if I hit it good enough today that I would have a chance come the end of the tournament,” Cristie said.
Meanwhile, Alfredsson’s runner-up finish, for the first time in her 17-year career, pushed her season earnings to more than a million dollars.
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