SYLVANIA, Ohio — Natalie Gulbis tried to mask the hurt inside.

"I'm always smiling. But it's very upsetting," Gulbis said after Mi Hyun Kim rolled in an 18-foot birdie putt on the third playoff hole to beat her and win the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic yesterday.

Gulbis, who often models for magazines and calendars, is followed everywhere by huge galleries and is one of the best-known players on the LPGA Tour. Still, she had never finished better than a tie for third in her 4 1/2 years on tour.

Kim earned $180,000 for her second victory of the year and seventh in seven seasons on the tour. The South Korean also won the Ginn Clubs & Resort Open in April.

"She had soooo many fans!" Kim said. "I still cannot hear."

It appeared Gulbis, who had five consecutive birdies on the front nine in the final round, had ended her drought when she stared down a 12-footer for birdie and the win on the second playoff hole. But she missed it.

"I had chances," she said. "It's not like I didn't have chances."

After Kim hit her clutch putt on the final playoff hole, Gulbis was wide on a 9-foot putt to continue the playoff.

The three top finishers each closed with 6-under 65s, with Kim and Gulbis completing regulation at 18-under 266. Paula Creamer, who birdied Nos. 14, 15, 16 and 17 but missed a 12-footer at 18 that would have gotten her into the playoff.

PGA TOUR

John Deere Classic: John Senden birdied the 17th hole and saved par on 18 to hold off J.P. Hayes and win the John Deere Classic yesterday at Silvis, Ill., earning his first PGA Tour victory and qualifying for the British Open.

Making his 139th start, Senden shot 3-under 68 to finish at 19-under 265 to beat Hayes (65) by one stroke.

A two-putt birdie at the par-5 17th put Hayes momentarily in a tie for the lead with Senden, who also birdied the 17th, tapping in from under 2 feet to regain a one-shot advantage.

Hayes found trouble on the 18th when his second shot landed in a bunker to the right of the green, but blasted out to four feet and knocked in the putt to save par and remain within a stroke.

Senden's second shot on 18 landed in the same bunker, but he came out to 5 inches from the hole for an easy tap-in for par and the victory.

Barclays Scottish Open: Sweden's Johan Edfors shot an 8-under 63 to beat England's Luke Donald and two others by two strokes in the Barclays Scottish Open at Luss, Scotland.

Edfors, also the TCL Classic and British Masters winner this season, finished with a 13-under 271 total on the Loch Lomond course. Donald shot a 66 to tie for second with South Africa's Charl Schwartzel (67) and Argentina's Andres Romero (69).