Natalie Gulbis and Anna Kournikova play different sports but Gulbis has been compared repeatedly to Kournikova since her debut on the LPGA women’s golf tour.  The comparison is inevitable because both women are super-sexy and talented in their respective sports.

Also, neither has ever won a major tournament until yesterday when Gulbis won the Evian Masters LPGA golf tournament in Evian-Les-Baines, France.

Famous mostly for her looks through five-plus seasons on tour, Gulbis broke through Sunday, winning her first LPGA Tour title at the Evian Masters with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff with Jang Jeong of South Korea on Sunday.

“Obviously it was meant to be for me,” Gulbis said. “Before the playoff, I was very upset at myself because I felt like I had given away this tournament. I thought I needed to get to 7 under to win and I end up at, what, four? Going in today, I never thought that four under would have won this tournament.”

The tall, blond Gulbis has been one of the best-known players on the LPGA tour. She sells a calendar on her Web site featuring shots of her in athletic apparel and swimwear, has a reality show on The Golf Channel and her digitized likeness appears in Tiger Woods’ eponymous video game.

Congrats to Natalie on her first LPGA tour win. Many more are sure to follow.