(Reuters) - Jason Dufner clinched his first title in more than two years with a nerve-jangling playoff victory over David Lingmerth at the CareerBuilder Challenge in La Quinta, California on Sunday.
Swede Lingmerth's bid for a second career win on the circuit ended with a splash and double-bogey at the second extra hole, the par-four 18th, after he hit his approach into water, while Dufner safely two-putted from long range for a decisive par.
Both players had parred the first extra hole, also the 18th, with Dufner sinking a clutch 10-footer to keep his title hopes alive after he had conjured a miraculous escape on the penultimate hole of regulation, the par-three 17th.