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PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- Calm under the intense pressure of
a playoff at a major, Inbee Park added another title
to her impressive LPGA Tour resume. Park successfully
defended her title in the LPGA Championship, beating
Brittany Lincicome with a par on the first hole of a
playoff Sunday to end the United States major streak
at three. "I didnt feel that nervous at all today,"
said Park, also a playoff winner last year. "But once
I got to the tee on the playoff hole, I just felt the
nerves right away. It was like a replay of last year
and experience definitely helped me out. I think I was
able to stay calm." The victory came on a bittersweet
day when the LPGA Tour bade farewell to the Rochester
area after 38 years. Next year, the tour will team
with the PGA of America to run the Womens PGA
Championship. The 2015 event will be played at
Westchester Country Club near New York City. Park,
Nancy Lopez and Patty Sheehan are only players to win
twice in a row in Rochester. "Just very happy to be
part of history," Park said. Lincicome was poised to
win her second major and keep that American streak
alive, but her nerves got the best of her after she
led all day. "Not being in this position for a while,
I think it all caught up with me," Lincicome said.
"Being second at a major is always a good thing. I
feel like I played really, really well this week. If I
keep playing the way I did, my times coming soon. It
was nice to be in contention again." On the playoff
hole on Monroe Golf Clubs par-4 18th, Park hit her
second shot into the rough behind the hole. Lincicome
hit her approach to the left fringe, nearly identical
to her position on the final hole of regulation when
she made a bogey to fall into the playoff. Lincicome
chipped 6 feet past the hole and failed to convert for
bogey. Park, the winner last year at Locust Hill on
the third extra hole with Catriona Matthew, chipped to
3 feet and calmly sank her par putt for her fifth
major title and fourth in the last two seasons. "Inbee
is so darn good. It was so close," Lincicome said. "I
need to learn how to control the nerves a little bit
more." Park finished with a 2-under 70 to match
Lincicome at 11-under 276. Lincicome had a 71.
Americans had won the first three majors of the LPGA
Tour season for the first time since 1999. Lexi
Thompson began the run at Kraft Nabisco, Michelle Wie
won the U.S. Womens Open and Mo Martin the Womens
British Open. The 26-year-old Park, from South Korea,
was coming off a playoff loss to Mirim Lee last week
in Michigan. Park also won this season in Canada and
has 11 LPGA Tour victories. Park is projected to jump
from third to second in the world, passing 17-year-old
Lydia Ko of New Zealand. Ko, trying to become the
youngest major winner in LPGA history, shot a 70 to
finish third at 8 under. Spains Azahara Munoz (70) and
Swedens Anna Nordqvist (71) tied for fourth at 6
under. Lincicome squandered the lead on the final hole
of regulation. She hit her second shot to the left
fringe and was in a good spot, but a long delay for a
ruling on a shot by Suzann Pettersen only heightened
the tension, and it showed. With top-ranked Stacy
Lewis among the gallery clapping, Lincicome left her
first putt 8 feet short and failed to make par,
forcing the playoff. "I was really nervous coming down
the stretch. I was shaking like a leaf," Lincicome
said. "Its hard to do anything when youre shaking."
Pettersen, a two-time major winner, started the day a
shot behind as she chased her first win this year. But
her day went badly at the start and she shot 4-over
76. She tied for sixth at 5 under with Lewis, Julieta
Granada, Shanshan Feng and Lee. Parks clutch birdie
putt at No. 17 put her in position to challenge and
her par save at 18 was crucial. Her approach on the
closing hole landed in the rough to the right of the
green and she botched her shot out. Her 12-foot putt
left no margin for error and the crowd roared when it
rolled in. Lincicome had held the 54-hole lead at a
major only once before, at the 2006 U.S. Womens Open,
but she faltered with a closing 78 and finished
seventh. This time, she shook off the nerves until the
end as the chance to win her second major ended in
disappointment. Lincicome won the 2009 Kraft Nabisco.
The tour made the switch this year to Monroe after 37
years at nearby Locust Hill. The Donald Ross-designed
course is about 300 yards longer at 6,717 yards and
does not have a single water hazard, but it does
feature 106 bunkers, more than double the number at
Locust Hill, and the wider fairways favoured long
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Minnesotas games last week to help the Wild (8-4-3, 19
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Friday, where he posted a season-high three points
(two goals, one assist), including the game-winning
goal.GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Phoenix got so many power-play
chances, one was bound to be successful. And one was
all it took. Shane Doan scored his 350th career goal
on one of Phoenixs six third-period power plays and
the Coyotes went on to beat the Calgary Flames 3-2
Saturday night. Chris Summers got his first NHL goal
and Rob Klinkhammer also scored to put Phoenix up 2-0
after one period. Calgary got power-play goals from
Curtis Glencross and Mikael Backlund to tie it at 2
after two. On the third power play of the final
period, Rahim Vrbata rocketed a shot toward the net
and Doan deflected it past Joni Ortio for the deciding
goal with 11:11 to play. "I dont ever remember it
happening for us, always against us," Doan said of the
avalanche of penalties against Calgary. "On a power
play, you have to stay patient." Doan had hit the post
with a shot on a power play earlier in the game. "I
was so frustrated," he said. "I thought I had it. And
I had some other opportunities. In the first period, I
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to do that. So to get a way to contribute was nice."
The win gave the Coyotes 75 points and pulled them
into a tie with Dallas, the Western Conferences No. 8
team. The Stars have played two fewer games and hold
the tiebreaker. "I cant remember the last time I saw
six penalties like that," Calgarys Mike Cammalleri
said. "We need to learn a little lesson there and they
had more discipline. Its a tough one to take." The
Coyotes Mike Smith, strong all night, had 29 saves,
while Ortio stopped 23 shots. Phoenix had five power
plays through 10 minutes of the first 13:13 of the
third period. Sutton scored on a slick deflection of
Lauri Korpikoskis pass just 4:35 into the game. His
first NHL goal came in his 34th career game. Sutton
also was on the ice at crunch time in the waning
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Phoenix made it 2-0 with 9:43 left in the opening
period thanks to a miscue by Ortio. Ortio, recalled
from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Feb.
3, and playing in his seventh NHL game, ventured
behind the net to try to clear the puck but lost
control of it. It went right to Klinkhammer, who
tapped it into the empty net for his 10th goal.
Calgary cut the lead to 2-1 on a power-play goal by
Glencross 7:46 into in the second period. With Derek
Morris in the penalty box for holding, Glencross
positioned himself directly in front of the net, and
glanced Cammalleris sizzling shot past Smith. Another
power-play goal tied it for Calgary moments later.
Backlund scored from a crowd in front of the net and
it was 2-2 with 4:23 left in the second period. The
Flames nearly got another goal in the final seconds of
the second when Cammalleri got the puck point-blank in
front of the net, but Smith was able to knock the shot
away with his right pad. It was one of several shots
from up close that Smith blocked. Phoenix was playing
its first game back after a four-games-in six-days
trip to the East. "We got up 2-0," Coyotes coach Dave
Tippett said. "They pushed hard in the second and got
themselves back in the game, but the third period, we
played hard and drew some penalties. Fortunately, our
power play which has been our strength all year, gave
us the winning goal." On Friday night, Calgary trailed
at Dallas 3-1 with eight minutes to play in regulation
before rallying to force overtime, then win in the
shootout 4-3. Notes: Ortio opened the season with the
Alaska Aces of the Eastern Hockey League. ... Calgary
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... The Coyotes were without C Martin Hanzal with a
lower-body injury. ... Backlund got a crosschecking
penalty on a third-period faceoff. ' ' '
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