Maggert takes Schwab playoff

Jeff Maggert holed out from 123 yards for eagle on the third playoff hole to win the Charles Schwab Cup Championship and hand Scott McCarron the season points title on the PGA Tour Champions.

Two holes earlier, Retief Goosen missed a 4-foot birdie putt that would have given him the tournament and the Charles Schwab Cup.

Instead, the South African could only watch from the fairway as Maggert’s shot on the par-4 17th landed in front of the pin, bounced once and dropped for a stunning conclusion to the season.

“I’ve seen it happen. I never, ever thought it would happen to me,” Maggert said of his gamewinner.

No one was happier than McCarron, who has led the Charles Schwab Cup since April but did not contend in any of the three postseason events. McCarron tied for 27th in the final event at Phoenix Country Club, opening the door for others to claim the $1 million bonus.

Bernhard Langer got in the mix for another title with a hole-in-one on the eighth hole, only for his putter to go cold.

In other news:

• Ai Suzuki shot a bogey-free 5-under 67 to win the LPGA Japan Classic at Shiga, Japan, by three strokes for her first career LPGA victory.

Suzuki is the second straight Japanese winner of the Japan Classic following Nasa Hataoka. Suzuki, a regular on the JLPGA, becomes eligible for LPGA Tour membership.

• England’s Tyrrell Hatton won the Turkish Airlines Open at Antalya, Turkey, after a recordequaling six-man playoff which finished under floodlights.

Hatton defeated Matthias Schwab with a par on the fourth extra hole to win his fourth title at Antalya.