PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - In a playoff for the first time on the PGA Tour, K.J. Choi conquered an island green and more pressure than he can remember Sunday to win The Players Championship.
He won't forget the way it ended - and neither will David Toms.
Toms went from narrowly missing an 18-foot birdie putt for the win on the 17th hole at the TPC Sawgrass to missing a 3 1/2-foot comeback putt for par, handing Choi the biggest win of his career.
Moments earlier, Toms hit his best shot of the week from a divot in the 18th fairway and made an 18-foot birdie putt - only the fourth birdie on that hole in the final round - that got him into a playoff.
Then came the sudden-death playoff at one of the most infamous par 3s in the world. Toms looked to have the advantage when his shot settled 18 feet away and Choi was on the other side of the green.
But the South Korean hit a beautiful lag to just inside 3 feet that he ultimately tapped in for his eighth career PGA Tour win, and his first in three years.
Choi matched Toms with a closing 2-under 70 for a 13-under 275 total, making a par putt from just inside 5 feet that set up the playoff. Choi earned $1.71 million.
Paul Goydos shot a 69 to finish third at 11 under. Luke Donald (71) tied for fourth with Nick Watney (71) at 10 under and moved to No. 2 in the world behind fellow English star Lee Westwood.
U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell, a stroke ahead when the rain-delayed third round concluded Sunday morning, lost his way after an errant tee shot into the trees on the sixth hole. He hit four shots into the water the rest of the way and had a 79 to tie for 33rd at 5 under.
Iberdrola Open
SON SERVERA, Spain (AP) - Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke rallied from four shots down to win the Iberdrola Open by three strokes after overnight leader Chris Wood stumbled on the back nine.
Clarke shot a 1-under 69 to finish at 6-under 274 on the Pula course. The 42-year-old Clarke earned $235,000 for his 13th European Tour title and first since 2008.
Wood closed with a 76 to tie for second with England's David Lynn (70).