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INCHEON, South Korea -- Carlota Ciganda overcame an early five-stroke deficit, blew a late five-stroke lead and needed a big break to get in a playoff in the rainy LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship.The 26-year-old Spaniard then left Alison Lee in tears, beating the American on the first extra hole for her first LPGA Tour title. Ciganda made a 6-foot birdie putt after Lees birdie chip from the rough off the back edge missed a half-inch to the right.I was just trying to stay in the present and hit as best I could, Ciganda said. In the end, it was so close. I think I was the lucky one today and Im very happy.Ciganda lost a five-stroke advantage on the final five holes -- getting into the playoff when Lee bogeyed the par-5 18th after hitting her third shot into the water.The last three, four holes I was pretty nervous, said Ciganda, who played in the group ahead of Lee. I was looking more and I was 1 up, and then I was on 18 I saw I was 1-down and I couldnt believe it. So its just golf. Only one can win.Lee is winless in two seasons on the tour.I feel like I had a battle with myself out there, the 21-year-old UCLA student told Golfweek. I came back at the end, but it just wasnt enough.Cigandas breakthrough victory made her the third European winner this year, joining Swedens Anna Nordqvist and Germanys Caroline Masson.Its very special because its been a tough few years for me, Ciganda said. My coach (Rogelio Echeverria) passed away two years ago and I had to look for a new coach. I changed caddies, too.Its been a long journey, but at the same time its really nice to get the win. I love competing and playing and being an athlete. I couldnt ask for a better life.Shes now working with Terry McNamara, Annika Sorenstams former caddie, and instructor Jorge Parada.Ciganda played the final five holes in 4 over -- making a double bogey on 14 and bogeys on 16 and 18 -- for a 2-over 70 at Sky 72 in the event that had an emotional start with Se Ri Pak ending her Hall of Fame career Thursday in front of her home fans.Three strokes ahead of U.S. Womens Open champion Brittany Lang entering the day and five ahead of Ciganda, Lee had a 75 to match Ciganda at 10-under 278 on the Ocean Course.Ciganda birdied five of the first eight holes, taking a one-stroke lead with a 6-foot birdie putt on the par-3 eighth. The two-time European Solheim Cup player added a 20-footer on the par-4 10th for a four-stroke margin and was five ahead soon after.I didnt look at the leaderboard until I think it was on No. 12, Ciganda said. I saw I was winning by five. I wasnt expecting that.She compounded trouble in and then just above a greenside bunker into a double bogey on the par-4 14th, dropped another stroke on the par-4 16th and three-putted 18.I was positive, Ciganda said. I just tried my best and I tried to play each shot the best I could. So its not that I was giving up or anything.Needing a par on 18 for her first victory, Lee hit an 8-iron from 130 yards that smacked into the front bank and bounced into the water. She was able to drop a few feet off the right edge of the green, chipped past and made a 5-footer to force the playoff.Lee had four bogeys in a five-hole stretch in the middle of the round to seemingly fall out of contention. But while Ciganda faltered in the group ahead, the American made a 5-foot birdie putt on the par-4 15th and a 12-footer on the par-3 17th.It was tough. It was windy at the end and a little bit of rain, so it wasnt easy, Ciganda said. But Im from the north in Spain, which is cold and rainy in the winter, so Ive been practicing a lot in those conditions.Chinas Shanshan Feng (70) and South Koreas Min-Sun Kim (71) tied for third at 8 under. Feng had her third straight top-four finish in Asia after tying for fourth in China and finishing second last week in Taiwan. The tour will return to China next week for the Blue Bay LPGA on Hainan Island, then make stops in Malaysia and Japan.Lang had three bogeys in a 75 to tie for third at 7 under.Lexi Thompson, the winner last year, had a 73 to tie for 13th at 4 under. Second-ranked Ariya Jutanugarn (69) and No. 3 Gee Chun (71) also were 4 under.Top-ranked Lydia Ko closed with a 74 to tie for 51st at 3 over. She has four victories this year, one behind Jutanugarn for the tour lead.Fourth-ranked Brooke Henderson also struggled, shooting 78-72 on the weekend to finish at 5 over. The Canadian teen plans to play all six weeks in Asia. 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It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. Thomas Bjorn was appointed as captain of Europes 2018 Ryder Cup team on Tuesday, a reward for his long and successful association with the event as a player and vice-captain as well as his commitment to the European Tour.The 45-year-old Dane became the first Scandinavian to lead the European team, which will look to regain the cup at Le Golf National in Paris in 2018 after its 17-11 loss to the United States at Hazeltine in October.I have lived and breathed the European Tour for so long, Bjorn said, and now I will do the same with the Ryder Cup for the next two years.Bjorn is held in high respect in European golf, having represented players interests in his role as chairman of the tours Tournament Committee since 2007. He has also won 17 titles worldwide since turning professional in 1993, including taking down Tiger Woods in the Dubai Desert Classic in 2001 when the American was at the height of his game.The Ryder Cup is close to Bjorns heart, having being on the winning side in all three of his appearances as a player -- in 1997, 2002 and 2014 -- and three out of four times as a vice-captain. The only loss was under Darren Clarke at Hazeltine.I saw first-hand what he was like as a vice-captain in 2010, and he was exceptional, said Colin Montgomerie, who led the European team to victory that year.dddddddddddd I used him possibly more than any other vice-captain at Celtic Manor.He wears his heart on his sleeve and I think thats important for the role.Montgomerie spoke of Bjorns combustible and fiery nature, qualities that might fire up Europes players in the heat of Ryder Cup week. But serving as an assistant under four captains -- Bernhard Langer in 2004, Jose Maria Olazabal in 2012, as well as Montgomerie and Clarke -- will have given him valuable experience of the type of calculated decisions needed from a team leader.Clarke and Olazabal were on the five-man panel that selected the 2018 captain.I studied a lot of captains as a player and as a vice-captain and always wondered what that feeling would be like to be the one leading out a team of 12 great players, Bjorn said. Now its my turn to do just that.The Ryder Cup returns to mainland Europe for the first time since the 1997 match at Valderrama. Bjorn knows Le Golf National well, having played the French Open there on 14 occasions, finishing third in 2007.Europe has won the Ryder Cup the last five times it has been staged on European soil. ' ' '