Lindberg Wins ANA Playoff on 8th Extra Hole; Olson Makes $55,345

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Pernilla Lindberg, the underdog who wouldn't go away, finally prevailed in the ANA Inspiration on Monday morning. She made a 25-foot birdie putt at the 388-yard, par-4 10th hole, the eighth hole of her playoff against Inbee Park, a playoff that had begun 13 hours earlier. Park, a former No. 1 player in the Women's World Golf Rankings, had a 15-footer to extend the playoff, but she missed. 

This was Lindberg's first victory in a little more than nine years -- and 250 tournaments -- as a professional. But the 31-year-old former Alpine ski racer from Sweden was a two-time All-American in golf at Oklahoma State, and she's made more than $1.9 million since joining the LPGA Tour in 2010. She tied for fifth in the 2015 U.S. Women's Open, and this was the fourth year in a row that she finished in the top 25 at the ANA, the first major on the LPGA schedule.  

Nevertheless, there weren't a lot of people who thought she could stay on top of the leaderboard after she shot a 7-under-par 65 last Thursday in the first round at the Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore Tournament Course. Or after she shot 67 in the second round. On the weekend, she wasn't quite as sharp from tee to green, but she just kind of hung in there, making all sorts of 4-, 5- and 6-foot putts for par and tossing in an occasional birdie.

Lindberg still led after a 70 on Saturday, but she had to make a birdie at the  531-yard, par-5 18th on Sunday to get into a playoff with Park -- a winner of seven LPGA majors, including the 2013 ANA -- and Jennifer Song. Both of them also birdied the 18th to finish 72 holes with a total of 273. 

They all parred the 18th, the first hole of the playoff, and parred it again. When they played No. 18 for the third time, Lindberg and Park, 29, made birdies. Song made a par and was eliminated. 

Lindberg and Park each made yet another par at the 18th on Sunday, basically in the dark, before the playoff was suspended.

It was resumed Monday morning at 8 o'clock Pacific Time, and the two contestants each made three more pars, at No. 10, No. 17 and No. 18, before Lindberg settled the issue on her second crack at No. 10.

For her efforts, she received $420,000. She also moved up from No. 95 in the World Rankings to No. 34. Park and Song tied for second (everyone in a playoff who doesn't win gets a share of second), and they got $221,487 each. 

Amy Olson, the former two-time Minnesota PGA Girls Junior champion from Oxbow, N.D., was second after 54 holes, but slipped back on the final day. In fact, she was out of the top 10 before she rallied with three birdies over the last five holes to salvage a 72. That put the 25-year-old former North Dakota State All-American in a tie for ninth at 277, which was worth $55,345. As a result, she moved up from No. 52 to No. 37 on the 2018 LPGA money list with $99,647 in five events.      

LPGA TOUR

ANA Inspiration

At Mission Hills Country Club

Dinah Shore Tournament Course

Par 72, 6,763 yards

Rancho Mirage, Calif. 

Final results 
                                                                                   (Playoff par       5   5  5  5  4  3  5  4)

1. Pernilla Lindberg           $420,000        65-67-70-71--273 (Playoff   5   5  4  5  4  3  5  3)

T2. Inbee Park                  $221,487        70-69-67-67--273  (Playoff   5  5  4  5   4  3  5  4)

T2. Jennifer Song             $221,487         69-69-68-67--273  (Playoff   5   5  5 eliminated)

T4. Ariya Jutanugarn         $130,017        72-69-68-65--274

T4. Jessica Korda              $130,017        67-68-73-66--274

T6. Moriya Jutanugarn         $87,147        70-70-66-69--275

T6. Charley Hull                    $87,147        69-68-69-69--275

8. Ayako Uehara                   $69,578        66-71-70-69--276

T9. Amy Olson                     $55,345        69-68-68-72--277

T9. Jodi Ewart Shadoff          $55,345        70-67-69-71--277

T9. Caroline Masson             $55,345        72-68-69-68--277

T9. Sung Huyn Park              $55,345         68-64-74-71--277