Na survives mistakes to beat Cantlay in playoff
Kevin Na lost a three-shot lead on the back nine, saved his chances with a clutch par putt on the 17th hole and won the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in a playoff Sunday when Patrick Cantlay three-putted the second extra hole.
It was a wild finish at the TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas made possible mainly by Na's mistakes.
Leading by three shots going to the back nine, he made triple bogey on the 10th hole without finding a hazard. Then, he hit into the water on the par-5 16th and lost the lead for the first time all day with a bogey.
But he delivered a 25-foot par putt on the 17th hole to tie for the lead after Cantlay went into the water, and he matched Cantlay's birdie putt on the 18th on the first extra hole.
A day of mistakes ended with the worst one – a three-putt from Cantlay from 45 feet, the second one from just inside 6 feet.
Na, who closed with a 1-under 70, rolled in his 4-foot par putt and raised his arms in celebration.
LPGA Tour: Cheyenne Knight won her first title in what she figured would be her last event of a tough rookie season, closing with a 5-under 67 for a two-shot victory in the the Volunteers of America Classic in The Colony, Texas.
Knight had missed the cut in half of her 18 starts on the LPGA Tour and assumed she would be going back to the qualifying series. Instead, she pulled ahead of Jaye Marie Green and made a key birdie on the 17th hole to stay in front at Old American Golf Club.
Brittany Altomare (67) and Green (69) finished two shots back.