Now, that was some drama. Se Ri Pak and Karrie Webb went to a sudden-death playoff after Pak, playing brilliantly all day, three-putted the final hole of regulation and let Webb catch her. But Pak made up for it on the first playoff hole - she got her second shot to roll to within about three inches of the hole. Webb left hers about 20 feet away, and her last-ditch try broke to the left early. All Pak had to do was get to her ball without a mountain lion rushing onto the green and dragging her away. Putt goes down, she wins.

Just after Pak had nearly blown her chance at 18, Michelle Wie putted her way right out of her first professional win. Down by one, at 8 under, with three holes to play, she shot into the rough on 16, then watched her fairly short par putt spin around and out. On 17, she missed a birdie putt that would have tied her for the lead. Then she got into trouble on 18 off the tee - two troublesome tee shots in three holes - got to about 18 feet, went for the tie and, with the masses around the green screaming like lunatics, watched it head straight, then slip by at the last second. She was winding up for a Tiger-style fist pump as it headed on its way, then had to pull it back. It was tough. She then muffed the comebacker as well to finish in a tie for fourth at two back.

To sum up, the old schoolers pretty much decided that the youngsters weren't going to take over yet. Pak and Webb have 12 majors between them, and have now split the first two this year. And Annika Sorenstam decided her tournament hadn't gone down the tubes, either, shooting a 68 to finish three back.

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