Meena Lee Wins Hawaii Playoff

South Korea’s Meena Lee won the Fields Open on Saturday for her second LPGA Tour victory in two years, holding off Michelle Wie in regulation and beating rookie Seon Hwa Lee on the third hole of a playoff at Kapolei, Hawaii.

The 24-year-old Meena Lee closed with a seven-under-par 65 to match the 20-year-old Seon Hwa Lee (71) at 14-under 202 -- a stroke ahead of the hometown favorite Wie (66) -- and won with a six-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole.

Meena Lee earned $165,000. She won the Canadian Women’s Open last year.

The win completed a South Korean sweep of Hawaii to start the season. Joo Mi Kim won the season-opening SBS Open last week at Turtle Bay.

Seon Hwa Lee, also from South Korea, missed a 10-foot birdie putt that curled to the left, leaving the door open for her opponent. She was trying to win her first LPGA Tour title in her third career start.

Wie had seven birdies and a costly bogey to close with her 66 and finish third at 13-under 203. She earned $72,875 for her first paycheck in four pro starts. The 16-year-old was disqualified from the LPGA Tour’s Samsung World Championship in October in her pro debut, and missed the cut in two men’s events.

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Duffy Waldorf shot a bogey-free 65 to reach 19 under, good for a two-shot lead over long-hitting rookie Bubba Watson after three rounds in the Chrysler Classic of Tucson.

Watson, using a pink-shafted driver this week, still hasn’t made a bogey in Tucson. He found every green in the third round, and his seven-under 65 moved him one stroke ahead of first-round leader Mark Wilson, who shot 67.

Heath Slocum, the 2004 champion in Tucson, shot his best round this week, a 65 that moved him to 15 under and into fourth.

The conditions were ideal for low scores.

“The course is immaculate,” Slocum said.

As usual, Watson spent another day awing fans with his drives. He walloped a 367-yard shot off the tee at No. 18, setting up a 126-yard approach that led to a closing par.

Watson also cut the 606-yard, par-five 15th hole in half with a 333-yard drive, then hit a three-iron 263 yards and two-putted. And he had a 356-yard drive on the par-four sixth to leave a 69-yard pitch to the green.

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Loren Roberts remained in contention for a record fourth straight Champions Tour victory, shooting his second straight two-under 69 to finish three strokes behind the leaders in the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am at Lutz, Fla.

Defending champion Hale Irwin had a 66 in windy conditions to move into a tie for the lead with 2004 winner Mark McNulty (70) and Mark James (65) at seven-under 135.