Justin Thomas holed a two-foot birdie putt at the second sudden-death play-off hole Sunday to beat Marc Leishman and win a US PGA Tour title in Asia for the third time.
The pair had finished 72 holes at the CJ Cup in South Korea locked at nine-under par, after both missed eagle putts on the 18th hole of a windswept final round of wildly fluctuating fortunes.
Both parred the 18th on their first play-off visit, though Leishman was fortunate to get away with an errant drive and benefit from two free drops: first from behind a wall and then from a service road.
But the burly Australian's luck ran out second time round as his three wood approach carved off on the swirling winds into the water surrounding the island green.
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American Thomas then ripped his three wood unerringly to the front fringe of the putting surface and ran a putt to two feet from the flag.
It proved enough as Leishman took a bogey six and Thomas tapped in for the birdie to seal the US$1.665 million (Dh5.8m) winner's cheque.
The supremely consistent 23-year-old American will advance to world No 3 with the win.
It was his sixth victory of a breakout year since winning the CIMB Classic in Malaysia for the second time exactly 12 months ago.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) October 22, 2017
