Wins LPGA Title With 75-Foot Putt

Paula Creamer sank a 75-foot eagle putt on the second playoff hole against Azahara Munoz to win the HSBC Women’s Champions on Sunday for her first LPGA title since the 2010 U.S.

Creamer’s putt curled across the 18th green and then rolled slowly down the slope and directly into the hole.

Ross Kinnaird/Getty ImagesPaula Creamer won the HSBC Women’s Champions, her first LPGA title since 2010, after sinking a 75-foot eagle putt to beat Azahara Munoz in a playoff.

Creamer and Munoz finished 72 holes tied at 10-under 278, one stroke ahead of Karrie Webb, who led after every round but bogeyed three of her last six holes to give up a three-shot lead and finish third.

After that title, though, Creamer found it tough to win again.

For much of the day, it appeared as if Webb, not Creamer, would take the trophy home.

First, Webb’s three-foot par putt on the 13th caught the edge of the hole and curled away.

Creamer and Munoz, meanwhile, were steady in the closing holes.

Creamer, who trailed Webb by four strokes at the start of the day, made a difficult 12-footer for birdie on the 15th to pull even with Webb at 10 under.

She had been closing in on Webb’s LPGA record of 16 straight top-10 finishes, set in 1998-99.