GolfNews,Source,TheGolfChannel.com.- RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Karrie Webb's slow, steady climb back to her Hall of Fame standards hit warp speed with one magical shot Sunday that sent her to a stunning playoff victory in the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Webb holed a pitching wedge from 116 yards for eagle on the par-5 18th hole to close with a 7-under 65, then made a 7-foot birdie putt on the same hole in the playoff to beat Lorena Ochoa and capture her seventh career major.

As exhilarating as it was for Webb, it was devastating for those she beat.

Ochoa collapsed on the back nine, only to recover with a 5-wood into 8 feet on an island green for eagle on the closing hole. Her 15-foot birdie putt in the playoff never had a chance.

Michelle Wie, the 16-year-old phenom from Hawaii, was 25 feet away from winning until her chip ran 10 feet by, and her birdie putt to join the playoff caught the left lip. Natalie Gulbis birdied three of five holes down the stretch, only to see her 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole turn away. She closed with a 68.

Ochoa fought back tears when it was over, adding another chapter to a growing legacy of being unable to close. A gutsy eagle on the last hole gave her an even-par 72, but ultimately, it was only a consolation. She lost this tournament along the back nine when she couldn't hit a fairway and twice had to make testy 5-footers for bogey. "The back nine, I was trying so hard," she said. "My driver killed me."

The tournament effectively started on the par-5 ninth, when Wie made a 15-foot birdie and Ochoa came up short on the par 5, chopped out of the rough and made bogey.

That two-shot swing meant a tie atop the leaderboard for the first time since Ochoa opened with her record-tying 62 on Thursday. And it was a bumpy ride the rest of the way.

Defending champion Annika Sorenstam can rule out the Grand Slam. She closed with a 70 and tied for sixth.