Australian star Karrie Webb has been denied a chance to become the first professional golfer - man or woman - to win a tournament five straight times.
Webb bogeyed the fourth playoff hole Sunday, while Sweden's Annika Sorenstam tapped in a par putt to win the Australian Ladies Masters in Gold Coast. Webb had won the last four annual tournaments on the Royal Pines course.
She made two straight nine-meter putts Sunday during regulation to force a playoff before her luck ran out.
The two golf stars completed four rounds at 10-under-par 278 after Sorenstam shot a 69, while Webb finished with an erratic par 72.
Americans Scott McCarron and Kevin Sutherland will square off Sunday in a surprising finish to the World Match Play Championship at the La Costa golf course in Carlsbad, California.
After the early fall of such notables as Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and David Duval, 45th seed McCarron and 62nd seed Sutherland survived five duels in four days to advance to the 36-hole final.
The two have competed against each other since they were teenagers 20 years ago facing off for the North California High School Championship while attending different schools near Sacramento, California.
On Saturday, McCarron won his semi-final match one-up over number 25 Paul Azinger after sinking a 12-meter putt on the 18th hole.
Sutherland beat 47th seed Brad Faxon one-up despite a bogey on the 18th, when Faxon three-putted from five meters.
American Heath Slocum fired an eight-under-par 64 Saturday at the Tucson Open to take a one-stroke lead into the final round Sunday.
Slocum, who missed the cut in four of five previous tournaments, holds the slim lead over Andrew Magee and Brandel Chamblee by building a three-round total of 16-under (200).
Arjun Atwal has become the first Indian golfer to win a European Tour event, as he finished far ahead of the field Sunday in the Singapore Masters, which is co-sanctioned with the Asian PGA Tour.
Atwal fired a four-under-par 68 on the final round at the Laguna course to finish five shots ahead of Australian left-hander Richard Green in second place. Atwal's four-round total of 14-under (274) was six shots better than British veteran Nick Faldo, who finished alone in third place. He has not won anywhere in five years, despite owning six major titles.
Australian Nick O'Hern, who led most of the tournament, fell apart with a 76 Sunday, finishing nine strokes behind Atwal, an Asian Tour regular who is in his first year on the European Tour. The 28-year-old Indian is the fourth Asian to win the Singapore Masters.