Francella needs four extra holes to beat Sorenstam
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03/12/2007 - Mexico City, Mexico (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Meaghan Francella needed four playoff holes Monday to defeat Annika Sorenstam and win the MasterCard Classic for her first tour title.
Francella posted a three-under 69 Monday to join Sorenstam at 11-under-par 205. Sorenstam, playing one group ahead of Francella, fired a six-under 66 to force the extra session.
Four weather delays over the first three days of the event forced the Monday finish at The Bosque Real Country Club.
In the extra session, Francella and Sorenstam played the 18th hole four times before the winner was decided. Each two-putted for birdie the first time around, then each made par the second and third time they played 18.
The fourth time around Francella dropped in a birdie putt for the win as Sorenstam, who won this event the first two years it was played, was only able to make par.
Francella began the day three ahead of Sorenstam. Both ladies birdied four and five. The first big swing came at the sixth, where Sorenstam birdied the par- five, while Francella stumbled to a bogey.
The 24-year-old Francella led by one at that point. Sorenstam briefly erased that lead with a birdie at the ninth. However, Francella also birdied No. 9 to remain one clear of the Swede.
Around the turn, Sorenstam took control. A birdie on the 10th gave her a share of the lead. The 36-year-old Sorenstam converted back-to-back birdies from the 13th to move two clear.
The next big turning point was the 16th. Sorenstam faltered to a bogey on the par-five. Francella followed that with a birdie to forge a tie for the lead at 11-under. Each woman parred the final two holes to force the extra session.
Stacy Prammanasudh, who won two weeks ago in Hawaii, closed with a one-under 71. She was joined in a share of third place at eight-under-par 208 by Kyeong Bae (67) and Angela Stanford (67).
Local favorite and women's World No. 3 Lorena Ochoa carded a two-under 70 in the final round to end in a tie for sixth. She ended alongside Shi Hyun Ahn and Hye Jung Choi at minus-six. Karin Sjodin, Sherri Steinhauer and Seon-Hwa Lee were one stroke further back at five-under-par 211.
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