Tim Petrovic completed the long journey from pizza deliveryman to PGA Tour winner Sunday, holing a four-foot par putt to beat rookie James Driscoll on the first hole of a playoff in the Zurich Classic in Avondale, La.
The 38-year-old Petrovic set up the breakthrough victory with a 19-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation, then finished off Driscoll with a routine par on the par-5 closing hole on the year-old TPC of Louisiana.
Petrovic, the former pizza and newspaper deliverer whose 2002 entry on the PGA Tour came 14 years after he turned pro, shot a 4-under 68 to match Driscoll at 13-under 275. Driscoll, playing in the final group with Masters runner-up Chris DiMarco, had a 70, missing a 4-foot birdie try for the victory on No. 18.
DiMarco, the third-round leader, bogeyed No. 18 to finish a stroke back along with Lucas Glover. DiMarco, playing his first event since losing to Tiger Woods in a playoff at Augusta National, shot a 72. Glover had a 69.
DiMarco has six runner-up finishes since winning the 2002 Phoenix Open for his third PGA Tour victory. He lost playoffs in the last two majors to the top player in the world — the 2004 PGA Championship to Vijay Singh and the Masters to Woods.
FRANKLIN AMERICAN MORTGAME CHAMPIONSHIP: At Franklin, Tenn., Stacy Prammanasudh won the Franklin American Mortgage Championship for her first LPGA Tour title, birdieing Nos. 16 and 17 to pull away from defending champion Lorena Ochoa en route to a three-stroke victory.
Prammanasudh, the first first-time winner on the tour this season, closed with a 3-under 69 for a 14-under 274 total. The former Tulsa star earned $150,000.
Ochoa finished with a 70. Cristie Kerr (68), Christina Kim (69) and Catriona Matthew (71) tied for third at 9 under.
The 25-year-old Prammanasudh, who had her father as her caddie, made a 10-foot birdie putt at No. 16 to move to 13 under. At the par-4 17th, she spun a wedge more than 20 feet back within 6 feet and made the putt to extend her lead to four strokes.
FEDEX KINKO'S CLASSIC: At Lakeway, Texas, Jim Thorpe won his 10th career Champions Tour title, birdieing four of the final five holes for a four-stroke victory over Dana Quigley in the FedEx Kinko's Classic.
The 56-year-old Thorpe, a three-time winner on the PGA Tour, closed with a 4-under 68 for a 10-under 206 total. He earned $247,500. Quigley, part of a late four-way tie for the lead, finished with a 70.
Mark Johnson (70) and Wayne Levi (73) tied for third at 5 under.
Two-time U.S. Open champion Curtis Strange had his best showing in his first season on the Champions Tour, closing with a 71 to tie for fifth with Brad Bryant (72) and Bruce Fleisher (73) at 4 under.
BMW ASIAN OPEN: At Shanghai, China, South African star Ernie Els had an eight-stroke lead in the BMW Asian Open when the final round was suspended because of rain and darkness.
Els, seeking his third PGA European Tour title of the season, birdied three of the six holes he completed in the round to reach 22 under. He will resume play Monday with a birdie putt on the seventh green.
England's Simon Wakefield was at 14 under with 12 holes left, and Denmark's Thomas Bjorn was another two strokes behind.
The tournament is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.
BMW CHARITY PRO-AM AT THE CLIFFS: At Travelers Rest, S.C., Shane Bertsch overcame a 12-stroke deficit to win the BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs, shooting a 7-under 65 to beat Bubba Watson and Charley Hoffman by a stroke in the rain-shortened tournament.
The 35-year-old Bertsch played the Cliffs Valley course after opening with rounds of 69 at Walnut Cove and 68 at Keowee Vineyards in the Pebble Beach-style event. He holed an 18-foot birdie putt on his final hole to finish at 12-under 202.
Bertsch earned $112,500 to jump from 16th to second on the money list with $158,819. He won the 2000 event, called the Upstate Classic and played at Verdae Greens, for his only other Nationwide Tour title.
Watson shot a 71 at Cliffs Valley, and Hoffman had a 68 at Walnut Cove. Mathew Goggin, the second-round leader, had a 76 at Walnut Cove to tie for ninth at 7 under.