SAN DIEGO (AP) - Two feet away from chipping into the water, Jason Day turned a good break into a big win Sunday in the Farmers Insurance Open when he won a four-man playoff with a par on the second extra hole at tough Torrey Pines.
Day's gamble in regulation looked as if it might backfire when he went long of the green on the par-5 18th, and his chip out of deep rough raced down the hill, over the front of the green and was headed for the water when it stopped at the hazard line. He got up-and-down for par and a 2-under 70.
Day and J.B. Holmes each birdied the 18th in the playoff, while Scott Stallings and Harris English were eliminated with pars. On the second extra hole at the par-3 16th, Holmes went over the green, chipped to 15 feet and missed the par putt. Day hit 5-iron to 15 feet and made par for his third PGA Tour victory.
Day moved to No. 4 in the world, just ahead of Adam Scott, and became the highest-ranked Australian for the first time.
Day's decision on the 18th in regulation wasn't the only choice that was second-guessed. Holmes, needing a birdie to win, laid up from 235 yards in the fairway and narrowly missed a 20-foot birdie attempt. He closed with a 72.
Stallings missed an 18-foot birdie putt on the 18th and closed with a 69. English got up-and-down from a bunker for birdie and a 72 to get into the playoff.
Day was among seven players who had at least a share of the lead on a Sunday that was more about survival than a shootout. It was the first time that a single-digit score under par - 9-under 279 - won on the PGA Tour since Justin Rose (4-under 276) at Congressional last summer.
BAHAMAS LPGA CLASSIC
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) - South Korean rookie Sei Young Kim won the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic for her first LPGA Tour title, holing an 8-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff with countrywoman Sun Young Yoo and Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn.
The 22-year-old Kim shot a 1-under 72 in the completion of the delayed third round and closed with a 68 to match Yoo and Jutanugarn at 14-under 278 on Atlantis Resort's Ocean Club course.
Kim birdied the par-5 18th in regulation and won the playoff with her birdie on the hole.
Yoo finished with rounds of 69 and 70, and Jutanugarn shot 70-69.
Brittany Lincicome was third at 13 under after rounds of 68 and 70. Lydia Ko tied for seventh at 11 under in her first event as the No. 1 player in the world. She shot 70-68.
ALLIANZ CHAMPIONSHIP
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Paul Goydos closed with a birdie for a 3-under 69 and a one-stroke victory over Gene Sauers in the Champions Tour's Allianz Championship.
Goydos chipped to a foot from behind the par-5 18th green and tapped in for his second victory in 12 career starts of the 50-and-over tour. He won twice in 507 starts on the PGA Tour.
On a wild day at Broken Sound where nine players had a share of the lead at some point, Goydos finished at 12-under 204 to claim the $255,000 first prize.
Sauers birdied his final two holes for a 67. It was his fourth runner-up finish on the Champions Tour, including a playoff loss to Colin Montgomerie last year in the U.S Senior Open.
COLOMBIA CHAMPIONSHIP
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Former Stanford star Patrick Rodgers won the Web.com Tour's Colombia Championship for his first professional title, beating Steve Marino with an 8-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a playoff.
The 22-year-old Rodgers birdied the final hole of regulation after hitting into a hazard on the par 5. He chipped out sideways and hit a wedge to 3 feet.
Rodgers finished with a 6-under 65 and 17-under 267 total at Bogota Country Club. Marino also closed with a birdie for a 69.
They opened the playoff with pars on the par-3 12th hole, and Rodgers set up his winning birdie on the par-4 ninth with a 7-iron from 198 yards.
In the completion of the rain-delayed third round, Rodgers had a 66, and Marino shot 64.
MALAYSIAN OPEN
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - India's Anirban Lahiri won the Malaysian Open to move into position for a spot in the Masters, shooting a 4-under 68 for a one-stroke victory over Austria's Bernd Wiesberger.
Anirban finished at 16-under 272 at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club.
Ranked 73rd heading into the week, Lahiri will move into the top 40. Players in the top 50 in the the world ranking published March 30 will get into the field at Augusta National.
Wiesberger finished with a 74.