Monday 6 July 2015 16:41, UK
Danny Lee landed his maiden PGA Tour title after edging out David Hearn at the second extra hole of the Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia.
Lee and Hearn both made excellent birdie putts from 20 feet at the first play-off hole, the 18th, to eliminate Robert Streb and Kevin Kisner after all four finished tied at the top on 13 under par.
The play-off continued on the par-five 17th, where Lee and Hearn pulled their drives way left and the Canadian then compounded the error by leaving his second on the lip of a fairway bunker, from where he was unable to go for the green with his third.
Lee found the fairway and knocked a tentative third to 50 feet short of the pin, but he safely lagged to inside two feet and tapped in for the win after Hearn flew the green with his fourth and failed to hole a difficult putt from the run-off area.
"All I can say is 'wow' - it feels amazing," said the New Zealander. "I was so close a lot of times this year and I finally did it. Now I understand what winning feels like."
Lee and Hearn had both left birdie putts short on the 72nd hole to win in regulation as both closed with three-under 67s, while Kisner had earlier set the clubhouse target after making seven birdies in an excellent 64.
Wedge putting
Streb then carded a commendable 65 despite having to putt with a wedge on the back nine having broken his putter while tossing it casually towards his bag after a par on the ninth.
He defied the bad break to roll in birdie putts at three of the next four holes, and he also birdied 16 and 18 either side of a scrappy bogey six at the 17th.
Russell Henley missed out on a place in the play-off by just one shot after he vaulted 35 places up the leaderboard with a best-of-the-day 63, which included nine birdies but also two costly bogeys at the second and 10th holes.
English veteran Greg Owen was a further stroke adrift on 11 under after closing with a five-birdie 67, earning a share of sixth with James Hahn, Andres Romero, David Lingmerth, Brendon Todd, Chad Collins and Bryce Molder.
Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson staged a grandstand finish as he holed his approach to the 16th for eagle and birdied the next to salvage a 67 which lifted him to 10 under alongside overnight joint-leaders Jason Bohn and Sean O'Hair, who both struggled to one-over 71s.
Tiger Woods finished six shots off the lead, but he will have been encouraged by his first bogey-free round since August 2013 as he carded three birdies and 15 pars in a solid 67.
Watch the PGA Tour's John Deere Classic next weekend live on Sky Sports 4, via the Red Button. Coverage starts at 9pm on Thursday.
