IT WAS A TOURNAMENT WEEK of playoffs, two of which finished on Monday.
At the revamped Zurich Classic of New Orleans, the first two-man team event on the PGA Tour since Ronald Reagan was president, Cameron Smith and Jonas Blixt beat Kevin Kisner and Scott Brown on the fourth playoff hole.
Meanwhile, on the LPGA Tour, veteran Cristie Kerr and Haru Nomura slogged through six extra holes at the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout. That is, the pair played the 18th hole six times before Nomura finally prevailed. According to many observers, it was an onerous playoff mainly because of Kerr's slow play.