Golf In Brief: Suzann Pettersen LPGA win

Suzann Pettersen hadn’t won on the LPGA Tour since 2007. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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Golf: Norway’s Suzann Pettersen won the Canadian Women’s Open on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour win in nearly two years, closing with a 1-under 70 for a five-stroke victory at Priddis Greens in Priddis, Alberta. The tall Norwegian finished at 15-under 269 after opening rounds of 65, 68 and 66. Since winning five times in 2007, she had six runner-up finishes, including a playoff loss last weekend in Oregon. Momoko Ueda (65), Morgan Pressel (66), Ai Miyazato (67), Karrie Webb (69) and Angela Stanford (70) tied for second. •Eagle boosts Stricker: Steve Stricker squeezed everything he could out of his final shot in the Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Mass, setting up an eagle that gave him a share of the lead with Retief Goosen and Sean O’Hair. Stricker, who can overtake Tiger Woods atop the FedEx Cup standings with a victory, hit his hybrid to 5 feet on the par-5 18th for a 6-under 65. He was among a dozen players separated by three shots going into the Labor Day finish at TPC Boston. O’Hair (70) overcame a sluggish start with birdies on two of the last three holes. Goosen (68) had a chance to take the outright lead until he failed to get up-and-down from a bunker on the 18th. While the leaders were at 13-under 200, Woods struggled from the opening shot. He hit driver into the woods for a one-shot penalty, didn’t make a birdie until the 15th hole and shot a 72. That left him nine shots behind in a tie for 30th. Padraig Harrington was among those one shot behind, along with Scott Verplank (68) and Kevin Na (66). •Sluman defends title: Jeff Sluman overcame a six-stroke deficit in Pebble Beach, Calif., to successfully defend his Walmart First Tee Open title, acing the fifth hole and finishing with a 4-under 68 for a two-stroke Champions Tour victory. Sluman, who started the day tied for fifth after a second-round 73, had four birdies and the hole-in-one on the 187-yard fifth to finish at 10-under 206. Gene Jones shot a 70 to finish second. Tom Lehman (73) and Mark O’Meara (75) followed at 7 under, and second-round leader Loren Roberts (78) tied for fifth at 6 under.

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