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From outside the ropes, it was nearly déjà vu watching Suzann Pettersen play holes 15 through 17 in the final round of a major championship in contention for the lead. But the swing created over those three holes at the McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola resulted in a dramatically different outcome. Rather than carding a 4-over-par as she did at the Kraft Nabisco Championship in April to lose by one stroke, Pettersen went birdie-par-birdie to claim her first major victory at Bulle Rock Golf Course on Sunday. Pettersen finished at 14-under-par 274 (69-67-71-67) and outlasted 2006 runner-up Karrie Webb (68-69-71-67) by just one stroke.

“Every shot came out as I thought and as I could see them, so that was pretty neat,” said Pettersen, who became the season's second multiple winner with Lorena Ochoa. “I've just been really feeling good with the putter this week. I could kind of see all the lines and it was just a matter of if you got the right pace or not.”

She was feeling good about a putter that had been in her bag for all of five days. During her Tuesday pro-am, frustrated with her putting after a tie for 45th—her worst finish of the season—at last week's Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA, Pettersen borrowed a putter from one of the amateurs and never gave it back.

“For me, it couldn't get much worse. I looked at it and I was like, ‘Wow, this is doing exactly what I want it to do, and it's so simple, so I'll just take it,” Pettersen said, just minutes after winning a $300,000 paycheck, which sent her past the $1 million mark in season earnings for the first time in her five-years on the LPGA Tour. “I hardly change my equipment during the season. If you feel good with something, you should go with the guts, so that's what I did.”