Taiwan's Yani Tseng with the trophy after winning the Women's British Open at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England, Sunday.

SOUTHPORT, England — Yani Tseng of Taiwan made a 6-foot putt on the 18th hole Sunday to win the Women’s British Open by one stroke over Katherine Hull of Australia.

It was the 21-year-old Tseng’s third major title and second of the year to go along with the Kraft Nabisco. She has four LPGA victories overall, having won the 2008 LPGA Championship and the 2009 Corning Classic.

Hull came into the round trailing by four strokes but trailed by just one heading into the 18th. But she missed a 20-foot birdie attempt and had to settle for a 70, and Tseng made her par putt to shoot a 73 and total 11-under 277 at Royal Birkdale.

Tseng earned $408,000.

She drove into a bunker on the last hole and was just off the green in three. Hull chipped poorly before her birdie attempt went past the hole, and Tseng coolly stepped up to make the winning putt.

“I was nervous and tired with all the pressure and attention out there today,” Tseng said. “Katherine played really well and put me under a lot of pressure. It was the toughest win I’ve had to date. I usually come from behind to win. I’ve never won from the front before.”

Tseng said Annika Sorenstam sent her a message overnight.

“She said, ‘I’m very happy to see you on top, that’s where you belong,’ and wished me good luck for today,” she said.

On the first three holes, Hull had trimmed three strokes off Tseng’s lead — with birdies at the second and third — while Tseng dropped a stroke at the third. Hull hit a 5-wood to 12 feet at the second and made it, then an 8-iron to 40 feet at the fourth and holed that as well.

Hull’s putt for birdie at the 17th lipped out.

“I’ll probably be working on my short game after that finish,” Hull said with a smile. “I couldn’t believe when that putt on 17 stayed out, but, never mind, I did the best I could. I felt pretty good coming into the week, so there are lots of positives I can take from my performance.”

Koreans Na Yeon Choi and In kyung Kim shared third at 7-under 281. American Cristie Kerr was tied for fifth at 6 under with two other Koreans, Heekyung Seo and Amy Yangon.

Sweden’s Caroline Hedwall won the Smyth Salver, awarded to the leading amateur for her 3-over 291.

In other events on Sunday:

Appleby’s 59 leads to PGA Tour victory

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Stuart Appleby hit golf’s magic number, shooting a 59 to win the Greenbrier Classic.

Appleby’s 11-under round put him at 22 under to end a four-year winless drought. Third-round leader Jeff Overton finished second by one stroke after his birdie try slid by the hole on the par-3 18th.

Appleby is the fifth PGA Tour player to reach the milestone. The Australian’s round came less than a month after Paul Goydos had a 59 at the John Deere Classic.

The others to shoot 59 were Al Geiberger at the 1977 Memphis Classic, Chip Beck at the 1991 Las Vegas Invitational and David Duval at the 1999 Bob Hope Classic.

Appleby had nine birdies and an eagle in his round of on the Old White course. He is the first to shoot a 59 on a par-70 course.

Fisher beats Harrington for Irish Open title

KILLARNEY, Ireland — Ross Fisher won the Irish Open by two strokes over Padraig Harrington after shooting a 6-under 65 in the final round.

Fisher led by one shot going into the final round but stretched that advantage to three after sinking a 15-foot eagle putt at the par-5 seventh hole.

The Englishman totaled 18-under 266 at Killarney Golf and Fishing Club after he had been briefly joined at the top of the leaderboard by Harrington (64) on three occasions.

Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, of Spain, (67) and Chris Wood, of England, (68) were next at 270.

Piller shoots 64 to earn second Nationwide win

OMAHA, Neb. — Martin Piller shot a 7-under 64 to come from behind and win the Nationwide Tour’s Cox Classic by two strokes over Dicky Pride.

Piller made the 36-hole cut by one stroke, then charged into contention with a 62 on Saturday. He pulled away from the field Sunday to earn his second win of the season and lock up a spot on the PGA Tour in 2011.

Piller finished at 23-under 261 and collected a $130,500 check. Pride was two strokes back after shooting a 66. Alistair Presnell (64) and James Hahn (68) were three back.