(Reuters) - American Brittany Lang won her first major title in dramatic fashion at the U.S. Women's Open on Sunday after her playoff opponent, Anna Nordqvist, was assessed a two-stroke penalty for grounding a club in a bunker.
Following a video review by United States Golf Association officials, Swede Nordqvist was penalized for her actions in a fairway bunker on the second extra hole, the par-four 17th, where her five-iron lightly grazed the sand on her takeaway.
Lang, whose only previous LPGA win came at the 2012 Manulife Financial Classic, ended up winning the three-hole aggregate playoff after making three consecutive pars.