Kenny Perry, the American star who has turned down a place in The Open this coming week, grabbed his third win in seven weeks on Sunday night.
Having bogeyed the 476-yard last to fall into a play-off with compatriot Brad Adamonis and Jay Williamson the 47-year-old Perry lifted the John Deere Classic title in Illinois after his two opponents both hit their second shots into water on the same hole when they went into sudden death.
Perry has decided not to travel to Royal Birkdale because he had already given a commitment to play the US Tour in Milwaukee instead.
Williamson, 287th in the world, had been seeking his first victory on the circuit in 311 starts, but his near-miss made him the 156th and final player to qualify for The Open by virtue of a better last round than Adamonis.
England's Brian Davis was 34th.
Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour John Deere Classic, the TPC at Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois, United States of America
(USA unless stated, par 71):
268 Kenny Perry 65 66 67 70 (Kenny Perry won at the first play-off hole), Brad Adamonis 66 66 66 70, Jay Williamson 69 68 62 69
269 Will MacKenzie 65 64 70 70, Charlie Wi (Kor) 64 67 69 69, Eric Axley 65 66 67 71
270 Chad Campbell 67 67 67 69
271 Kevin Sutherland 68 68 67 68
272 Jeff Gove 66 68 70 68, J.P. Hayes 67 68 65 72, Woody Austin 66 71 66 69
273 Bob Tway 73 64 67 69, Vaughn Taylor 68 67 69 69, Scott Sterling 67 67 67 72, Brian Gay 72 66 69 66, Cameron Beckman 66 73 69 65, Craig Kanada 74 65 65 69
274 Jerry Kelly 67 72 64 71, Jin Park (Kor) 70 69 66 69, Tim Petrovic 69 66 70 69, Ken Duke 64 72 73 65, John Riegger 68 67 68 71, Tim Clark (Rsa) 70 67 64 73
275 David Lutterus (Rsa) 68 70 68 69, Jeff Overton 67 68 68 72, Harrison Frazar 69 65 69 72, Garrett Willis 65 70 70 70, Nicholas Thompson 67 68 70 70
276 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 71 64 68 73, Billy Mayfair 70 67 69 70, Martin Laird 72 65 70 69, Todd Hamilton 69 68 66 73, Shane Bertsch 69 70 69 68
277 Philip Francis 67 71 64 75, Brian Davis (Eng) 67 66 73 71, Paul Claxton 68 69 71 69, Kent Jones 67 72 70 68, Dean Wilson 68 67 76 66, Rich Beem 68 68 69 72, Bob Sowards 69 66 73 69
278 Ted Purdy 70 67 73 68, Bubba Watson 70 68 65 75, Gavin Coles (Aus) 68 70 71 69, Heath Slocum 69 69 73 67, Chez Reavie 67 68 68 75, Jason null Day (Aus) 71 67 67 73, Steve Marino 69 70 70 69, Jonathan Byrd 67 68 71 72, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 69 69 67 73
279 Kirk Triplett 68 67 69 75, Andrew Buckle (Aus) 72 66 69 72, Chad Collins 69 70 71 69, Joe Ogilvie 69 68 70 72, Jim McGovern 70 69 70 70, Ryan Armour 66 72 74 67, Nick Flanagan (Aus) 69 68 71 71
280 Lee Janzen 72 67 66 75, Marco Dawson 68 70 72 70, Jon Mills (Can) 68 70 71 71, Glen Day 70 69 72 69, Ronald Whittaker 70 69 71 70
281 Patrick Sheehan 66 68 73 74, Chris Stroud 69 70 69 73, Tag Ridings 70 68 74 69, Parker McLachlin 72 67 73 69
282 Nathan Green (Aus) 71 66 69 76, Pat Perez 67 68 72 75, Bart Bryant 69 70 67 76
283 Michael Letzig 70 68 70 75, Zach Johnson 69 68 75 71, Mark Wilson 71 68 73 71
285 Scott McCarron 71 68 73 73, Dan Forsman 69 69 74 73
286 Chris Riley 66 71 71 78, Jamie Lovemark 70 66 73 77, Ryan Moore 68 71 74 73
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