HARRISON, N.Y. — Jonathan Kaye won the waterlogged Buick Classic for his first PGA Tour title Sunday, holing a 12-foot eagle putt from just off the back of the 18th green on the first hole of a playoff with John Rollins.
Kaye, who lost a playoff to Chris Riley last year in the Reno-Tahoe Open, made a 4-foot birdie putt in regulation on the par-5 closing hole to match Rollins at 13-under 271 on the saturated Westchester Country Club course.
"I don't think it's sunk in yet," said Kaye, a five-time runner-up in seven full seasons on the tour. "That's why we're all out here — to win. It's nice to finally come out on top."
Kaye played 30 holes Sunday, completing the rain-delayed third round with a 3-under 68 and matching Rollins — who missed a 12-foot birdie putt in the playoff before Kaye's winning eagle — with a 67 in the final round.
Kaye earned $900,000 for his breakthrough victory. Rollins shot 67s in the final three rounds to reach his second career playoff. Last year in the Canadian Open, he beat Justin Leonard and Neal Lancaster with a birdie on the first extra hole after Lancaster double-bogeyed the final hole of regulation.
"It's always tough when you just stand around and wait for everybody to finish and then have to start over," Rollins said. "That's the way it happened, and I just didn't get the job done when I needed to. And Jonathan made a great eagle putt in the playoff, so my hat's off to him."
Joey Sindelar had rounds of 70 and 68 to finish third at 11 under, and Sergio Garcia (66-69) was another stroke back along with Fred Funk (64-69), Jay Haas (67-65) and Skip Kendall (70-70). Briny Baird, tied for the third-round lead after topping the field the first two days, closed with a 77 to tie for 30th at 3 under.
Tiger Woods, winless since the Bay Hill Invitational in March, had rounds of 71 and 70 to tie for 13th at 7 under. He's winless in four appearances in the Buick Classic, one of only five tour events he has played more than once without winning.
ROCHESTER LPGA: Rachel Teske knows what a playoff victory over Annika Sorenstam can do for a golfer's confidence. A week later, she won the Rochester LPGA in Rochester, N.Y.
"I couldn't have asked for a better day," Teske said. "To play well last week and then to finish it off strong today, it's really satisfying."
The Australian eagled the 17th hole and held off rookie Lorena Ochoa with a 4-under 68 Sunday. She won a second consecutive title for the second time in her career.
Teske ended at 11-under 277, retaining the four-stroke lead she carried into the final round at the tree-lined Locust Hill course. It was her eighth win in seven years on the U.S. tour.
Ochoa, a 21-year-old Mexican, closed with a tournament-low 66 to take second place at 7 under.
CHAMPIONS TOUR: In Grand Rapids, Mich., Doug Tewell birdied the third hole of a playoff with Eamonn Darcy of Ireland on Sunday to win the Farmers Charity Classic on the Champions Tours.
Tewell won with a 14-foot putt after the two finished the 54-hole event at 15 under. Tewell, 53, has won seven times on the Champions Tour but is the tour's 17th champion in 17 events this year.
HY-VEE CLASSIC: In Johnston, Iowa, Marilyn Lovander won the Hy-Vee Classic by one stroke on Sunday when Amy Alcott faltered on the last two holes and Martha Nause missed an 8-foot birdie putt on No. 18 that would have forced a playoff in the Women's Senior Golf Tour event.