MALLON SALTS AWAY WIN OVER PEPPER.(SPORTS)

Byline: JAMES HANNAH Associated Press

BEAVERCREEK, Ohio -- Meg Mallon was about to win the Star Bank LPGA Classic and didn't even know it.

As Wilton native Dottie Pepper was preparing to sink a 5-foot putt that would send the tournament at the Country Club of the North into its second sudden-death hole, Mallon was seeking advice from her caddie.

But Pepper missed the putt, giving Mallon the victory.

A jubilant Mallon tossed her ball into the gallery and gave Pepper a hug.

Two weeks ago, in the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic in Howland, Ohio, Pepper missed a 4-foot birdie putt that would have forced a playoff with tournament winner Se Ri …