American Billy Horschel parred the first playoff hole to beat world number four Jason Day on Sunday to win the PGA Byron Nelson tournament, registering his first victory since 2014.
Horschel came into the tournament having missed four consecutive cuts but turned his fortunes around with some incredible putting at the TPC Four Seasons resort near Dallas.
Australia’s Day missed a short putt on the 18th hole that would have extended the playoff to hand Horschel the victory.
“That’s not the way I wanted to win it,” said Horschel. “Four missed cuts to come in here and I played this well — someone is looking out for me.”
Both Horschel and Day finished 72 holes on 12-under par 269. Day fired a two-under 68 Sunday while Horschel shot 69, each finishing one stroke ahead of American James Hahn, who was third after shooing 71.
Horschel had the top putting percentage in the players in the field while Day had made 95 percent of his putts inside five feet this season before missing what appeared to be a routine four-footer to drop the playoff.
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