WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. -- Danny Lee was overcome with nerves after qualifying for a four-man playoff at The Greenbrier Classic.
By the time he walked to the first playoff tee, he was ready.
Lee earned his first PGA Tour victory when he parred the second hole of Sunday's sudden-death playoff, eliminating David Hearn after Kevin Kisner and Robert Streb faltered on the first playoff hole.
"All I can say is wow," Lee said. "I finally did it."
Lee, Hearn, Kisner and Streb were tied at 13 under after four rounds on the Old White TPC course. And Lee wasn't in a good place mentally heading into the playoff.
"I was so nervous," he said. "My head was blank, and I was just trying to breathe."
For good measure, Lee said his caddie, Kurt Kowaluk, put the piece of paper indicating his playoff starting position into a mock wishing well on the par-3 18th tee.
"He put it in there so I can win it," Lee said.
By then, Lee had his focus back.
"I felt ready," he said. "I felt like I could really win this thing."
The South Korean-born New Zealander earned $1.2 million and became the ninth first-time winner on the tour this season.
Kisner shot a 6-under 64 to get to the clubhouse at 13 under.
Hearn (67) and Lee (67) birdied No. 17 to join the playoff. Both missed birdie putts for the lead on the final hole in regulation.
Streb shot a 5-under 65 in the final round by making five birdie putts on the back nine with a 56-degree wedge after breaking his putter on the ninth hole. The putter broke when Streb tossed it at his bag next to the green.
"It hit the bottom of the bag and the [putter] head went flying," Streb said. "It was not my intent, but that was what happened. And so I said, well, let's see what we can do with a wedge."
He three-putted No. 17 for bogey, but got in the playoff with a 6-foot birdie at No. 18.
Streb was allowed a replacement putter for the playoff, but he never got to use it after missing the green.
Lee, Hearn, James Hahn and Greg Owen earned spots at St. Andrews. There also were four spots handed out a week ago at the Travelers Championship and one more is available this week at the John Deere Classic.
Russell Henley shot 63 and finished fifth at 12 under. Bryce Molder (Conway), who was tied for the lead coming into Sunday, had 16 pars and finished at 11 under after his even-par 70. He won $195, 736 as did David Lingmerth (Arkansas Razorbacks) after his 2-under 68.
Web.com Tour
Ancer wins in playoff
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- Abraham Ancer won the Nova Scotia Open on Sunday for his first Web.com Tour title, beating Bronson Burgoon with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff.
Ancer, 24, became the tour's fifth Mexican winner, following Keoke Cotner, Esteban Toledo, Alex Aragon and Carlos Ortiz. Ancer was born in Texas and has dual citizenship.
Ancer and Burgoon each birdied the par-4 18th in regulation to finish at 13-under 271 on Ashburn's New Course.
Ancer earned $117,000 to jump from 39th to fourth on the money list with $192,945. The former University of Oklahoma player tied for second in the Brazil Champions in March.
Jason Allred, Travis Bertoni and D.H. Lee tied for third at 12 under. Allred shot a 64, Bertoni had a 68, and Lee a 69.
Zack Fischer (Little Rock) shot a 3-under 68 and finished three strokes behind Ancer to win $14,408. Tag Ridings (Arkansas Razorbacks) had an eagle and a double bogey on his way to a 4-under 67 to finish at 9 under and earn $8,537. Andrew Landry (Razorbacks), who was in a six-way tie for the lead coming into Sunday's final round, joined Ridings in a tie for 16th after a 1-over 72.
PGA EUROPEAN
Wiesberger rallies
PARIS -- Bernd Wiesberger of Austria came from three shots back to win the French Open on Sunday, making five birdies on the front nine to take command as overnight leader Jaco Van Zyl faltered.
Wiesberger finished with a 6-under 65 to win by three shots ahead of James Morrison of England, who shot a 67. Van Zyl only managed a 73 to finish five shots behind Wiesberger's total of 13-under 271.
Wiesberger found himself in the lead after four consecutive birdies from the fourth hole, and picked up another shot on the ninth. After eight consecutive pars, he finished with another birdie on the 18th.
Martin Kaymer, the 2009 champion, finished fourth after a 70.
It was Wiesberger's third European Tour title.
Sports on 07/06/2015