Kenny Perry survived a scare and outlasted Charley Hoffman at the third hole of the play-off to win the FBR Open.
A three-time PGA Tour winner last season, Perry finished two-under for the day and 14-under for the tournament.
Hoffman shot four-under to also finish 14-under and Kevin Na was unable to sink an eight-foot putt on 18 and settled for a three-under to finish one stroke behind.
The 48-year-old Perry had to settle for a playoff after bogeying the 18th hole. After Perry and Hoffman recorded a bogey and par on the first two playoff holes, Perry was able to emerge victorious and claim his 13th PGA Tour victory.
"To me, this is a place I always felt like I could win," Perry said. "I always felt very comfortable on this golf course, and for whatever reason, I didn't putt well these last two days. But I hit it good enough to do well, and I thought it was going to be a special day."
On the par-four 17th hole, Perry's tee shot went to the right of the green before chipping in a 22-foot birdie.
"The playoff was ugly," Perry said. "We were hitting it everywhere, having to scramble from all over the place. But that was neat for me to make a putt - that's probably the first putt I've ever made to win.
"Those are the putts you think about when you're a kid; you're on the putting green saying, 'This is to win the Masters' or whatever, and I finally made one. It took me a long time to do it."
For his part, Hoffman was unable to answer as his tee shot flew into the bunker. He later chipped to the fringe, but his 34-foot attempt for birdie was off the mark.
"Unfortunately, obviously, (I) didn't get it done," said Hoffman, whose only victory on the PGA Tour came in the 2007 Bob Hope Classic.
"Kenny gave me a few opportunities, I gave him a few opportunities and he happened to close the door. Obviously in the playoff, Kenny and I got in some trouble off the tee on 1. Then I had my chance on 18, then I had my chance on 10 and didn't do it."
For his part, Na didn't lament his final putt which went awry, resulting in his third-place finish.
"I hit a good putt, just misread the green a little bit," he said. "I putted awesome today. I made all the clutch putts I needed to. I'm disappointed, but I'm proud of myself."
Collated final-round scores (USA unless stated, par 71):
270 Kenny Perry 72 63 66 69 (Kenny Perry won at the third play-off hole), Charley Hoffman 66 68 69 67
271 Kevin Na 67 70 66 68
272 David Toms 69 68 67 68, James Nitties (Aus) 65 69 70 68
273 Brian Gay 68 68 67 70, Scott Piercy 69 67 66 71, Matt Kuchar 67 67 70 69, Ryan Moore 69 67 68 69
274 Jeff Maggert 70 68 66 70, Cliff Kresge 68 69 68 69
275 Nick Watney 70 63 72 70, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 72 69 69 65, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 72 65 69 69, Zach Johnson 71 66 68 70, Michael Letzig 70 67 69 69
276 John Senden (Aus) 68 70 72 66, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 70 69 65 72, Parker McLachlin 68 71 69 68, D.J. Trahan 68 74 69 65
277 Brandt Jobe 72 69 69 67, J J Henry 69 71 68 69, Woody Austin 69 72 69 67, Kevin Sutherland 68 71 69 69
278 Brendon De Jonge 71 67 69 71, Jonathan Kaye 68 71 69 70, Sean O'Hair 69 69 69 71, Bubba Watson 68 70 69 71, Luke Donald (Eng) 76 65 68 69, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 71 68 69 70, Jonathan Byrd 72 69 67 70
279 Chad Campbell 70 70 72 67, Chris DiMarco 73 69 70 67, David Berganio Jnr. 66 71 72 70
280 Hunter Mahan 73 67 69 71, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 69 73 66 72, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 71 69 69 71, Ted Purdy 71 68 65 76, Rocco Mediate 68 70 67 75, Troy Matteson 70 68 69 73, Kevin Streelman 73 69 69 69
281 Kirk Triplett 70 70 70 71, Brett Quigley 69 71 75 66, Lucas Glover 65 72 75 69, Cameron Beckman 68 67 75 71, Briny Baird 67 74 72 68, Bob Tway 71 71 69 70
282 Jeff Klauk 74 66 72 70, Pat Perez 69 73 70 70, Nathan Green (Aus) 73 69 67 73, Steve Flesch 69 72 68 73, Mark Wilson 70 72 71 69
283 Dudley Hart 71 71 70 71, Scott McCarron 70 72 66 75, Vaughn Taylor 69 69 73 72, Steve Elkington (Aus) 70 69 71 73
284 Charlie Wi (Kor) 73 68 71 72
285 Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 72 65 74 74, Rickie Fowler 73 66 72 74
286 John Merrick 72 70 70 74, Jeff Overton 70 72 68 76, Joe Ogilvie 71 70 73 72, Ryan Palmer 73 67 68 78, Gary Woodland 70 71 67 78
287 Webb Simpson 68 67 77 75
288 Dean Wilson 69 73 76 70, Ben Curtis 71 71 74 72
289 Nicholas Thompson 72 68 77 72, Jason Bohn 71 71 74 73
290 Brad Adamonis 68 70 75 77, John Rollins 71 71 74 74
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