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South Korean Ahn breaks LPGA duck with playoff win

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South Korea's Ahn Sun-Ju, pictured on July 13, 2014, captured her first LPGA titly by winning the $1.5 million TOTO Japan Classic in a three-way playoff (AFP Photo/Paul Ellis)

South Korea's Ahn Sun-Ju displayed nerves of steel to capture her first LPGA title on Sunday by winning the $1.5 million TOTO Japan Classic in a three-way playoff.

The 28-year-old calmly sank a five-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole after finishing the 54-hole tournament tied with a 16-under-par total of 200 alongside fellow Korean Lee Ji-Hee and American Angela Stanford.

A superb six-iron approach from 165 yards set up Ahn's coup de grace on the first extra hole after firing a final-round 67 in drizzly conditions at the Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club in Mie prefecture, western Japan.