SCOTTSDALE, Arizona: Mark Wilson rolled in a seven-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the frost-delayed Phoenix Open over fellow-American Jason Dufner at TPC Scottsdale Monday. Wilson and Dufner both parred the first hole of their playoff after they finished the regulation 72 holes tied at 18-under-par 266. It was the second win of the new year and fourth PGA Tour title for Wilson, who won last month's Sony Open in Hawaii. With the final holes of the weather-hit tournament completed Monday, Dufner finished off a final round of five-under-par 66, while Wilson posted a 69 to force the playoff. American Tommy Gainey, who trailed the co-leaders by one stroke in the final holes, hit it into the water trying to drive the green at the short par-four 17th and took a triple bogey to fall into a five-way tie for eighth at 14-under-par. Vijay Singh of Fiji (66) and Briton Martin Laird (65) tied for third at 16-under-par 268, one stroke better than Americans Nick Watney (68), J.B. Holmes 67) and Gary Woodland (66). “I've been close a couple of times the last two or three years. This kind of adds to that,” Dufner said. “I'm kind of tired of being close, so hopefully I can get one done sometime this year.”
