(Reuters) - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama parred the fourth extra hole to clinch an unlikely playoff victory over American Rickie Fowler at the Phoenix Open on Sunday.
Matsuyama went birdie-birdie over the final two holes of regulation at the TPC Scottsdale to force the playoff as he and Fowler had matching 67s for a 14-under-par 270, two strokes clear of American Harris English.
They opened the sudden death playoff by playing the par-four 18th twice, matching each other first with par and then birdie, before continuing at the par-four 10th, which they both parred.