For nearly five hours on Wednesday, life returned to normal for the LPGA’s newest major tournament winner.

Pernilla Lindberg teed off in her first event since her dramatic win on the eighth playoff hole of the ANA Inspiration earlier this month in California, rolling in four birdies en route to a 2-under 70 to start the LPGA Lotte Championship at Ko Olina Golf Club.

Saying she had her “least productive practice days entering a tournament,” the 31-year-old Swede showed the same form she had when she held off Inbee Park to win the season’s first major in a Monday finish that was the longest playoff in tournament history.

She managed to birdie two of the first three holes and went out in 3 under before closing with two bogeys and a birdie on the back to sit in a tie for 11th place, well within striking distance of first-round leader Shanshan Feng of China.

“I was on the putting green for about two hours yesterday and actually got about 30 minutes of work in,” said Lindberg, who headed straight to the driving range after her round to work on her iron play. “It’s been different preparation absolutely. Everyone wants to come up and say hi, congratulate me and chat and I said how often does this happen? Of course I want to do it and I want to enjoy it.”

Ranked 95th in the world and going head-to-head against Park, a seven-time major champion and winner of 19 LPGA tournaments overall, Lindberg improbably became the sixth Swede to win a major championship.

Like the previous five before her, it was also her first tournament win on the LPGA Tour.

Lindberg stayed out West in Arizona until Sunday, when she flew to Hawaii to prepare for the Lotte Championship, a tournament in which she missed the cut last year after shooting 80 in the second round.

Her game has certainly improved since then.

“Once I get out to the course, it feels like what I’ve been doing most weeks,” Lindberg said. “I know I’ve been playing well so I just kind of tried to keep doing what I’ve been doing.”

She paid more attention to the starter announcement than normal, thinking maybe she’d be introduced as a major champion along with her playing partners, Lydia Ko and Ariya Jutanugarn, who have also won majors.

Instead, it was a name and a country read aloud before it was time to grab a driver out of the bag.

“They didn’t announce it this morning. I was kind of waiting for it,” Lindberg said with a smile. “I was a little nervous because of it. I tend to like when they just say, ‘from Sweden, Pernilla Lindberg,’ because they get to the point, but today I was like, ‘is it coming or is it not coming?’ ”

Lindberg was 3 under at the turn before putting her drive on 10 into the water.

She settled for bogey there and dropped another shot on the par-3 16th before getting up and down with a 10-footer for par on 17.

She closed with a par on 18 and was the only player in her group to put her second shot on the green before two putting.

“It wasn’t easy at all out there today,” she said. “The course really kind of firmed up, too. I don’t know if it was the afternoon or all day but it was playing firmer than I have ever seen it any year I have been here and it made it really tricky.”

Before she could head over to the driving range when she was done, a fan asked for a picture.

That part of her life changed forever nine days ago, but she said it was nice to get back to her normal routine.

“It’s been hectic,” she said. “But once you’re out there, the golf ball doesn’t know if you’re a major champion or not.”