Las Vegas, Oct 13: Australian Stuart Appleby birdied the first playoff hole on Sunday to defeat Scott McCarron and win the $4 million Las Vegas Invitational.
Appleby and McCarron each drove the fairway at the par-four 18th then hit their approach shots to within a couple of inches of each other as they tried to break the deadlock. Appleby sank a 15-foot putt while McCarron's effort rolled past the left side of the hole giving the Australian his first win since the 1999 Houston Open. Appleby shot a final-round three-under-par 69 and McCarron enjoyed a six-under 66, leaving them both with 31-under-par totals of 328 in the five-day, 90-hole event. Steve Lowery (67) came third on 28-under, followed by Scott Verplank (67) at 27-under-par and South African David Frost (65) with 26-under. Woody Austin (67) and Steve Flesch (74) tied for sixth on 25-under.


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