Mao Saigo of Japan wins the Chevron Championship with a birdie in a 5-way playoff

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Mao Saigo was shaking with nervousness before her birdie putt on the first hole of a five-way playoff Sunday in the Chevron Championship.The 23-year-old Japanese player managed to compose herself in time to sink the 3-footer and win her first major title. “I did my best to calm down and I shot and it went in,” she said in Japanese through a translator. Saigo birdied the par-5 18th in regulation for a 2-under 74, leaving her tied with Hyo Joo Kim, Ruoning Yin, Ariya Jutanugarn and Lindy Duncan. They finished at 7-under 281 at The

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