KAPOLEI, Hawaii: Suzann Pettersen won the LPGA Lotte Championship on Saturday, beating Lizette Salas with a par on the first hole of a playoff after Salas hit her approach shot into the water.

Pettersen, the leader after the second and third rounds at Ko Olina, bogeyed the final hole of regulation to trigger the playoff on the par-4 18th. The 32-year-old Norwegian closed with a 5-under 67, and Salas had a tournament-record 62 to finish at 19-under 269.

“I thought 20 was going to do it,” Pettersen said. “That would take a fantastic round from anyone behind me, and it would take some good golf from me, but that was kind of the number I was shooting for.”

Salas had a double bogey on the playoff hole, blowing an opportunity she had created by playing a nine-hole stretch in 9 under.

“If you have water it’s really bad,” Salas said. “But I still had a chance, and that putt didn’t go in. Not everything is going to fall, but I played my butt off today.”

The 23-year-old American was coming off a devastating collapse two weeks ago in the Kraft Nabisco Championship when she closed with a 79 to tie for 25th.

“I feel so proud of myself to put that 79 in the back of my mind and just to go out and play some golf,” Salas said. “I took a big risk in using the short putter, but I felt extremely comfortable. I felt like me again.”

Pettersen won her 11th LPGA Tour title. She had consecutive LPGA Tour victories late last season in South Korea and Taiwan and won a Ladies European Tour event last month in China.

“My game has been feeling great,” Pettersen said. “It’s nice that I have kept kind of the progress that I had from Kraft.”

Pettersen birdied the par-3 12th get to 18 under, three strokes ahead of Salas, then bogeyed the par-5 13th after she lost her ball on her drive when she was distracted by a car honk. She birdied Nos. 14, 15 and 17 to reach 20 under, but couldn’t get up and down for par on 18.

“I play well when I stay aggressive,” Pettersen said. “I hate to play defensive and I hate to play away from the pins.

“If I make an error being too aggressive, I can live with it. But if I make an error playing defensive trying to protect something... I wouldn’t shoot myself, but it’s hard for me to accept it.”

Ariya Jutanugarn, the 17-year-old from Thailand, shot a 66 to finish third at 15 under.

The top-ranked Inbee Park had a 67 to tie for fourth with I.K. Kim at 13 under. Kim shot 65.

“We played one week and I’m still No. 1, so I know I kind of deserve No. 1 spot now,” Park said. “The first two rounds my putts didn’t really fall, but round three and four it was much better. Very happy with my game at the moment and very confident.”

Lydia Ko, the 15-year-old New Zealand amateur who won the Canadian Open in August to become the youngest LPGA Tour winner, tied for ninth at 10 under after a 6. The South Korea-born Ko has two other pro victories and won the US Women’s Amateur last season.

Second-ranked Stacy Lewis also finished at 10 under after a 71.

Michelle Wie shot a 68, her best round of the tournament, to finish at 5 under. She broke 70 for second straight day and for only the third time in 22 rounds this season.