Sweden's Helen Alfredsson, who won the inaugural title in 1994, became the first three-time winner of the Evian Masters on Sunday when she came out top in a three-way sudden-death play-off.
The 43-year-old veteran, who won for a second time in 1998, had birdied the final two holes for a final round 67 and forced herself into a play-off on 15 under par 273 against Brazil's Angela Park and South Korean rookie, Na-Yeon Choi. The play-off was over the par five 18th and experience proved to be decisive as Alfredsson clinched the 475,000 dollar first prize - the joint richest in the women's game - with a birdie four at the third extra hole.
Park, who had led going into the final round and closed with a 71, went out when she could only make par at the first extra hole, and 21-year-old Choi missed a six foot birdie putt that would have extended the contest. Alfredssson two-putted for the winning birdie. It was her first win in Europe since the 2001 WPGA Championship of Europe in Wales.