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MIAMI - American Boo Weekley missed a three-foot par putt at the last hole on Sunday to send the Honda Classic into four-way playoff and a Monday finish.
Weekley, Colombia's Camilo Villegas, Argentine Jose Coceres and American Mark Wilson parred the first playoff hole before officials suspended play because of darkness.
It was the second PGA Tour event in a row to be decided by a playoff, Fred Funk beating Coceres in extra holes to win the Mayakoba Classic in Mexico last week.
The US$5.5 million event looked set to end in the regulation 72 holes after Weekley birdied the 17th and stepped on to the 18th tee with a one stroke lead and needing only a par to record his maiden PGA Tour win.
His nerve faltered, however, as he three-putted the par five for a bogey six to leave all four players on five-under 275 at the end of regulation.
"The nerves just got me on 18," Weekley told reporters. "It's been a long time since I've been in contention, I mean to, win, and this is all a dream for all of us out here to play.
"Just the nerves got me.
"I was shaking. I ain't going to lie about it. I was shaking like a leaf."
Wilson began the day with a one-shot lead over Weekley but had to survive a shaky back nine including two bogeys to sneak into the playoff with a one-over 71.
The 32-year-old journeyman, who has made 10 consecutive trips to qualifying school since joining the Tour in 1997, almost blew his chances of a first win on the opening playoff hole when his tee shot slammed into the mud surrounding a water hazard.
But Wilson steadied himself in the fading light, snaking in a spectacular 32-foot put to save par.
South Americans Coceres and Villegas kept the heat on the two Americans, mounting final day charges to card the joint best rounds of the day with four-under 66s.
Coceres got his round off to sizzling start with five straight birdies before a bogey at the sixth, but another birdie on the ninth gave him a share of the lead.
The veteran Argentine was unable to carry his momentum into the turn but stayed in contention with just one bogey on an otherwise flawless back nine.
"This is my first time to be in a playoff twice in a row," said Coceres. "Tomorrow is a different town.
"Same day but different town and different Monday, different players.
"Monday morning, my first time in the playoff, there was only one player, and now there's three more."
Villegas, twice a runner-up on the PGA Tour but also searching for his first win, produced a sparkling finish to secure a place in the playoff with birdies on 16 and 17.
- REUTERS
