Lang cashes in after penalty

American Brittany Lang won her first major title and pocketed $820,000 in dramatic fashion at the US Women's Open on Sunday after her playoff opponent, Sweden's Anna Nordqvist, was assessed a two-stroke penalty for grounding her club in a bunker.

Following a video review by United States Golf Association officials, Nordqvist was penalized for her actions in a fairway bunker on the second extra hole, the par-four 17th, where her 5-iron lightly grazed the sand on her backswing.

According to rule 13-4b, a penalty is invoked if a club touches the sand in a bunker before the downswing, no matter how light the contact.