MIAMI -- Scott Hoch didn't want to let a chance to win disappear in the dark, so he decided to stop playing Sunday night during his playoff with Jim Furyk in the Ford Championship at Doral.
They will return at 8 a.m. Monday morning to finish, a decision that left fans booing and chanting when Hoch marked his 9-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole.
Furyk, who had a 6-foot birdie putt, had the option to putt but declined.
Furyk saved par from next to the bleachers on the final hole to shoot 68. One group later, Hoch also sailed the green and had to get up-and-down for par from next to the grandstand for his 69. They finished at 17-under 271.
Bob Tway, a co-leader going into the final round, was slowed by nine straight pars and wound up with a 71 to finish in third, two strokes out of the playoff.
MasterCard Classic
MEXICO CITY -- David Eger birdied three of the last four holes to win the MasterCard Classic by a stroke for his first Champions Tour title.
Eger shot a 7-under 65 to finish at 12 under and take home the $300,000 first prize.
Dubai Desert Classic
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Robert-Jan Derksen, not even ranked among the top 3,000 players in golf, pulled off a stunning victory in the Dubai Desert Classic with a birdie on the 18th hole to defeat Ernie Els.
Derksen, a 29-year-old Dutchman who had never finished in the top 10 on the European tour, closed with a 7-under 65 and denied Els his fifth victory of the year. Derksen finished at 17-under 271.
-- From wire reports
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