LAS VEGAS — Patrick Cantlay won the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on Sunday in a playoff for the first victory in a PGA Tour career mostly derailed by a severe back injury.
The 25-year-old former UCLA star hit from behind a tree and got up-and-down for par from off the back of the 18th green to beat Alex Cejka and Whee Kim on the second extra hole.
Cantlay bogeyed the final two holes of regulation for a 5-under 67 to get in at 9-under 275 at windy TPC Summerlin.
Cejka birdied the 18th with an 18-footer for 63 more than two hours before Cantlay and Whee finished the round.
The three played the 456-yard, par-4 closing hole twice in the playoff, matching bogeys the first time.
EUROPEAN TOUR: Justin Rose birdied the final hole to win the Turkish Airlines Open by a shot in Talya, Turkey for his second straight title, moving him close to fellow Englishman Tommy Fleetwood in the Race to Dubai standings.
LPGA TOUR: Defending champion Shanshan Feng of China fired a 4-under 68 to win the Japan Classic by two strokes, in Ibaraki, Japan. Feng recovered from two bogeys on the first three holes with six birdies to finish at 19-under 197, two shots ahead of Ai Suzuki.
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