ROGERS, Ark. (AP) — Jasmine Suwannapura made a 12-foot eagle putt on the second hole of a playoff with Lucy Li to win the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship on Sunday.
Suwannapura also eagled the par-5 18th in regulation to force the playoff at Pinnacle Country Club. They each birdied the 18th on the first extra hole.
Suwannapura shot a bogey-free 10-under 61, playing the back nine in 7-under 28, to match Li at 17-under 196. Li shot 60, making her third eagle of the round on 18.
Suwannapura won her third LPGA Tour title. The 31-year-old Thai player also won the 2018 Marathon Classic and teamed with Cydney Clanton to take the 2019 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational.
Li missed a chance for her first LPGA Tour victory. The 21-year-old American played in the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open at age 11.
Sei Young Kim was a stroke back after a 63.
Mao Saigo (65) and Arpichaya Yubol (66) tied for fourth at 14 under, and second-round leader Ashleigh Buhai (69) was sixth at 13 under.
University of Arkansas sophomore Maria Marin topped the Razorbacks contingent in the field, closing with a 69 to tie for 17th at 10 under in her first tour start.
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