Lindberg triumphs in marathon playoff

Lindberg, Park and Song birdied the 18th in regulation. Song got to 15 under first with a five-foot putt, Park followed with a four-footer in the next group and Lindberg matched her in the final group.

Park and Song shot 5-under 67, and Lindberg had a 71.

Lindberg is the fourth player to lead wire-to-wire in the event and first since Pat Hurst in 1998, and the fifth to win the tournament for her first LPGA Tour victory.

She's the sixth Swedish female major champion, joining Liselotte Neumann, Helen Alfredsson, Annika Sorenstam, Anna Nordqvist and Jenny Lidback - and all of them also won their first LPGA Tour title in a major.

"I remember writing some goals down, probably right when I got to high school," Lindberg said.

"Writing about the dream scenario, and it was to obviously win a major championship and leave a mark in history. But at the same time it felt like it was too big of a dream to come true."

With the win, she jumped from 95th to 34th in the world rankings.

Park won in 2013 at Mission Hills and is a seven-time major champion.

The 29-year-old Hall of Famer won the Founders Cup two weeks ago in Phoenix for her 19th tour title, a day after revealing she was 50-50 about retiring before returning from a long break that started after the Women's British Open in August.

"I'm a little bit disappointed, but I'm really happy the way I played throughout the tournament," Park said.

Jessica Korda and Ariya Jutanugarn finished a stroke out of the playoff.

Associated Press