Lucas Glover (L) gets a hug from his mother Hershey Glover after winning the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte Sunday. (AP)CHARLOTTE, N. Carolina: Lucas Glover won his first title since the 2009 US Open by beating his former college teammate Jonathan Byrd on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff at the Quail Hollow Championship Sunday. Byrd, who played three years with Glover at nearby Clemson University and has competed against him since they were 10 year olds, forced the playoff with a birdie at the 18th to finish the regulation 72 holes locked at 15-under-par 273. Returning to the 18th, Byrd hit his tee shot into a fairway bunker on the right and then pulled his approach left into rough just behind a creek running alongside the green. His pitch ran well past the hole and he two-putted for bogey, while Glover safely two-putted for par to end his title drought 41 tournaments after his major triumph at Bethpage Black. Glover, who relied on his putting to make up for erratic play off the tee, shot a final-round of three-under 69, while Byrd posted a par 72. One stroke behind the two Americans was South African Rory Sabbatini, who surged into contention with seven birdies in a flawless 65 to reach 14-under. Glover, 31, curled in a left-to-right, six-footer to save par at the 72nd hole after an adventure that saw his tee shot sail left onto a steep slope and his ball roll down the hillside as he stood over his approach shot. He banged his second shot through the green and chipped past the hole, but made the putt coming back. Byrd, 33, had won both previous playoffs he had competed in – most memorably in extra time last year at Las Vegas with a hole-in-one – but his wayward drive put paid to his hopes of a sixth US PGA title. In fourth place on 13-under, was Bill Haas, followed by fellow American Kevin Na another shot back. Former Masters champion Zach Johnson made two eagles on par-fours to post a four-under 68 and tie for sixth on 277 for his first top-10 of the year. Another shot away in a group on 278 were Phil Mickelson (69) and Ireland's Padraig Harrington (68). Aiken wins Thomas Aiken won the Spanish Open golf Sunday and dedicated his maiden European Tour victory to Seve Ballesteros. The 27-year-old South African closed with a two-under-par 70 for a 10-under-par 278 four-round total at El Prat that left him two strokes better than experienced Dane Anders Hansen (70). Local favorite Pablo Larrazabal (71) was another player expected to run Aiken close but the Spaniard's double bogey on the fourth left him playing catch-up and he had to settle for a tie for third place.
