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LPGA: Annika Sorenstam Wins Takefuji Classic in Sudden-Death VOA Sports 3 Mar 2002 14:15 UTC 
Sweden's Annika Sorenstam has won her second straight sudden-death playoff in as many golf tournaments, with a birdie on the first extra hole of the season-opening Takefuji Classic in Waikoloa, Hawaii.
The LPGA reigning player of the year edged Canada's Lorie Kane Saturday. Both players finished the regulation three rounds tied at 196, 14-under.
Sorenstam, who earned her 32nd career win, came to Hawaii from a victory one week ago in Austraolia, where she beat Karrie Webb on the fourth extra hole of the Australian Masters.
Webb took the women's Australian Open in Melbourne Sunday in a playoff with Norway's Suzann Pettersen.
Webb sank a birdie putt on the first extra hole for the victory. The two leaders finished four rounds of regulation tied at 10-under, with 278.
And in men's golf, Tom Watson has a two-shot lead over three other golfers heading into the third and final round of a senior event at Santa Clarita, California.
Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP.
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