Kuchar, Taylor to complete playoff on Monday

New York: Americans Matt Kuchar and Vaughn Taylor were tied after two extra holes of a sudden-death playoff on Sunday before failing light suspended play at the Turning Stone Championship in upstate New York.

Kuchar and Taylor, who both birdied the first extra hole and parred the second, will return to the Atunyote course in Verona at 0830 (1230 GMT) to continue the playoff in the opening event of the US tour`s five-tournament Fall Series.Kuchar shot 69 and Taylor fired a six-under-par 66 to finish the regulation 72 holes on 17-under-par 271. Tim Petrovic (67) and rookie Leif Olson (69) tied at 272, one stroke out of the playoff. Taylor said he agreed with the decision to halt play. "You don`t want to have a putt on the next hole and it being too dark," the 33-year-old American said. Kuchar sank an eight-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole, the par-five 18th, to stay alive after Taylor had hit his approach inside two feet. Both players scrambled after pulling poor second shots to the left at the next hole of sudden-death, the par-five 12th. Kuchar missed his 24-foot birdie putt by a few inches to the left of the hole, and Taylor did likewise from 21 feet to squander an opportunity to end the duel. "Had a good look at it, probably had a chance to make that one," Taylor said. "Kind of just snuck a little left on me."Taylor had eagled the 571-yard 12th during the final round, holing out from 70 yards. Looking for his third career title, Taylor waited more than 30 minutes for Kuchar to finish and force the playoff. "It`s probably better to keep playing," Taylor said. "But I felt good. I was obviously nervous, but under control." Overnight co-leader Kuchar set up the playoff by getting up and down at the 72nd hole after hitting his 65-yard approach shot fat and landing it in the front bunker. "Chunking up wedge shots, that`s a thing nobody likes to do and it`s something you can beat yourself up about," Kuchar, 31, said about his bad approach. "I was able to stay composed and go ahead and get that ball up-and-down and force a playoff." Kuchar, aiming to add to his maiden tour win at the 2002 Honda Classic, would crack the top 30 on the money list with a victory that ensures a berth at next year`s Masters. Finishing two strokes behind Taylor and Kuchar were Australian John Senden and American Jimmy Walker. Another stroke adrift on 14-under-par 274 were India`s Jeev Milkha Singh, Australian Rod Pampling and Americans Bo Van Pelt, Webb Simpson and Harrison Frazar. Bureau Report