Power outlasts Poston for playoff victory at Barbasol
Seamus Power won the Barbasol Championship Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory, beating J.T. Poston with a tap-in par on the sixth hole of a playoff in Nicholasville, Ky.
Poston drove into the water that lines the right side of the par-4 18th at Keene Trace and made a bogey on the final extra hole. Power hit the fairway, played his second to 12 feet and two-putted for the victory.
Power birdied the par-3 16th and the 18th in regulation for a 5-under 67, with the 34year-old Irishman posting at 21-under 267 while Poston was squandering the lead behind him.
Poston had a double bogey on the par-5 15th after driving an inch out of bounds to the left, and followed with a threeputt bogey on the par-3 16th. He parred the final two holes for 70.
On the first extra hole, Power holed an 18-foot birdie chip from the collar of the 18th green and Poston matched him with a 10-foot putt. They matched pars on the next four holes, on No. 18 again, then twice on the par-3 17th, and again on 18.
Because the tournament was played opposite the British Open, Power did not earn a spot in Masters with the victory.
Poston, 28, missed a chance for his second PGA Tour title. He won the 2019 Wyndham Championship in his home state of North Carolina.
Anirban Lahiri and Sam Ryder finished a stroke out of the playoff, each shooting 65.
James Hahn followed a career-best 70 with a 70 to tie for fifth at 19 under with Patrick Rodgers (67), Henrik Norlander (67), Ryan Armour (68), Mito Pereira (67) and Luke List (71).
Another big Finnish
Matilda Castren won the Gant Ladies Open in her native Finland to earn Ladies European Tour membership and become eligible for the European Solheim Cup team. Castren closed with a 3-under 68 to finish at 5 under at Aura Golf in Turku. She became the first Finnish winner in LPGA Tour history a month ago when she won the LPGA Mediheal Championship in Daly City, Calif. Fellow Finn Ursula Wikstrom (69) and India’s Tvesa Malik (69) tied for second at 2 under.