Horschel beats Day in playoff

Billy Horschel won the AT&T Byron Nelson at Irving with a par on the first playoff hole after Jason Day pulled his 4-foot par putt left and past the hole.

That miss by Day almost wasn’t even needed for Horschel, whose 18-foot birdie chance was rolling straight toward the center of the cup before stopping just short. He won for the fourth time on the PGA Tour and for the first time since taking the 2014 Tour Championship for the FedEx Cup title.

With a 1-under-par 69, including a 60-foot birdie putt at the 14th hole, Horschel matched Day (68) at 12-under 268.

Third-round leader James Hahn finished a stroke back after a 71. He just missed an eagle at the 18th hole that would have gotten him in the playoff with his playing partners.

In other news:

• Lexi Thompson shot a 6-under 65 to finish off a wire-to-wire victory in the Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Va., with a 20-under 264 total. Thompson broke the tournament record of 19 under at Kingsmill’s River Course set by Annika Sorenstam in 2008. The victory came in Thompson’s third event since she lost the ANA Inspiration in a playoff after being penalized four strokes for a rules violation reported by a television viewer during the final round. In Gee Chun, playing with Thompson, shot a bogey-free 67 but finished five shots back.

• Bernhard Langer cruised to his second consecutive Regions Tradition victory, shooting an 8-under 64 to match Jack Nicklaus’ record of eight PGA Tour Champions major titles. Langer wiped out a six-stroke deficit over the weekend and entered the final round down two shots to Fred Funk .He finished at 20-under 268 for a five-stroke victory over Scott McCarron (69) and Scott Parel (70). Funk shot a 72 to tie for fourth with Marco Dawson (66).