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Published: Monday September 7, 2009 MYT 10:12:00 AM
Updated: Monday September 7, 2009 MYT 11:28:51 AM

Pettersen dominates Canadian Women's Open(update)

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PRIDDIS, Alberta (AP): Suzann Pettersen closed with a 1-under 70 for a five-shot victory at the Canadian Women's Open, her first LPGA Tour win in nearly two years.

The Norwegian star vowed not to play conservatively with a five-shot lead heading into the final round Sunday. She made good, keeping that margin over Momoko Ueda (65), Morgan Pressel (66), Ai Miyazato (67), Karrie Webb (69) and Angela Stanford (70).

"To finally close the deal again feels really good," Pettersen said. "I remember what it feels like again."

Pettersen's past couple years on tour had been known for near-misses, with six runner-up finishes - including a playoff loss in Portland last weekend.

She earned $412,500 for dominating a field that featured the top 75 money-winners on tour.

The 28-year-old was the most consistent golfer at Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club all week, scoring well in the wind on Thursday and Saturday before finishing strong on Sunday.

"You've got to believe you can do it," she said. "Don't fear anything, the door is wide open. You've just got to keep doing what you're doing. In that way, I usually use a lot of other sports and performances in kind of an inspirational way."

Despite the large margin of victory, Pettersen had some tense moments midway through the final round. Her lead over Webb had been whittled down to three shots by the 10th, where Pettersen missed the green with her approach shot.

She responded by calmly draining her chip before picking up birdies at the next two holes to restore her big lead. No one else mounted much of a challenge.

"This is obviously not a major win on paper, but for me this means as much," Pettersen said.

Pressel saw her unlikely chance at a comeback end with an approach into the creek at No. 13. Webb also lost a costly shot there, leaving a greenside chip in the rough.

The final few holes ended up being a coronation for Pettersen as she finished her biggest win since the 2007 LPGA Championship - one of four majors on the women's tour.

It was her sixth career victory on tour - the previous five all came during a breakout 2007 - and pushed her season's earnings over $1.1 million.

Webb made the biggest run at Pettersen on the final day by making three birdies over her opening five holes to narrow the gap to three shots. Pressel also tried to make an unlikely run, but simply couldn't make up all the strokes.

"I was only a couple shots out of second and third place so that's what I was looking at," Pressel said. "I wanted to make as many birdies as possible. If I could have found a 62 then I might have challenged Suzann."

Results Sunday from the LPGA Tour's $2.75 million Canadian Open at the 6,427-yard, par-71 Priddis Greens Golf Club: Final Round

Suzann Pettersen 65-68-66-70_269

Momoko Ueda 67-72-70-65_274

Morgan Pressel 71-71-66-66_274

Ai Miyazato 69-69-69-67_274

Karrie Webb 69-68-68-69_274

Angela Stanford 70-65-69-70_274

In-Kyung Kim 69-68-69-69_275

Vicky Hurst 71-71-67-67_276

Anna Nordqvist 68-71-70-67_276

Jiyai Shin 72-65-77-63_277

Song-Hee Kim 71-62-77-67_277

Juli Inkster 69-72-68-68_277

Kristy McPherson 71-67-69-70_277

Sophie Gustafson 69-68-70-70_277

Lorena Ochoa 66-68-72-71_277

Amy Yang 70-70-71-67_278

M.J. Hur 68-67-74-69_278

Cristie Kerr 72-69-68-70_279

Anna Rawson 64-73-72-70_279

Stacy Prammanasudh 68-71-74-67_280

Carin Koch 68-74-68-70_280

Sun Young Yoo 69-66-73-72_280

Michele Redman 70-71-70-70_281

Na Yeon Choi 74-67-75-66_282

Maria Hjorth 73-69-70-70_282

Inbee Park 68-74-69-71_282

Catriona Matthew 68-66-75-73_282

Paula Creamer 69-71-74-69_283

Janice Moodie 71-65-75-72_283

Rachel Hetherington 70-72-67-74_283

Soo-Yun Kang 74-68-75-67_284

Sarah Jane Smith 68-73-71-72_284

Seon Hwa Lee 69-72-74-70_285

Paige Mackenzie 68-73-74-70_285

Meaghan Francella 73-69-72-71_285

Lindsey Wright 71-71-72-71_285

Christina Kim 75-66-72-72_285

Sandra Gal 71-69-73-72_285

Yani Tseng 69-67-71-78_285

Pat Hurst 73-68-77-68_286

Allison Fouch 72-69-76-69_286

Amanda Blumenherst 66-75-76-69_286

Jennifer Rosales 73-69-73-71_286

Karen Stupples 68-73-74-71_286

Hee Young Park 68-72-75-71_286

Il Mi Chung 67-73-75-71_286

Moira Dunn 72-71-71-72_286

Se Ri Pak 70-73-71-72_286

Stacy Lewis 68-72-74-72_286

Heather Bowie Young 69-72-72-73_286

Chella Choi 68-71-74-73_286

Jill McGill 73-68-77-69_287

Helen Alfredsson 72-71-74-70_287

Maria Hernandez 70-71-75-71_287

Shi Hyun Ahn 75-67-77-69_288

Natalie Gulbis 72-70-75-71_288

Erica Blasberg 70-72-75-71_288

Karine Icher 74-67-75-72_288

Louise Stahle 67-76-72-73_288

Meena Lee 70-73-71-74_288

Kris Tschetter 71-70-73-74_288

Katie Futcher 68-71-73-76_288

Brittany Lincicome 71-72-70-77_290

Jin Young Pak 75-68-77-71_291

Ashli Bunch 72-70-76-73_291

Joo Mi Kim 67-73-74-77_291

Eunjung Yi 71-70-79-72_292

Hye Jung Choi 72-68-78-74_292

Marcy Hart 72-70-75-75_292

Kyeong Bae 70-73-73-76_292

Jane Park 70-72-75-77_294

Leta Lindley 69-73-73-79_294

Hannah Jun 71-72-76-76_295

Danielle Downey 74-67-74-81_296 - AP

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