NAPLES, Fla. — Scott Hoch made it back-to-back wins on the Champions Tour on Sunday.
Hoch, who shot a 4-under- par 68, made an 8-foot birdie putt on the last hole of regulation to get into a four- way playoff, then made another 8-footer on the first playoff hole to win The ACE Group Classic.
Tom Jenkins (70), Tom Kite (65) and Brad Bryant (65) already had made their pars before Hoch sank his winning putt.
“I just said, ‘Look, let’s end it here. I don’t want to play anymore, anything can happen,’ ” Hoch said. “Nick Price had the same putt, but longer (in regulation). He hit a good putt, but it dove on him.”
Hoch’s winning putt dived right into the hole.
Bryant, whom Hoch passed up to win the Allianz Championship last week, thought he had made his 10-foot putt.
“I hit a great putt, it just missed,” he said. “Sometimes that happens.”
Footnotes.
American Darron Stiles won the New Zealand PGA in Christchurch, closing with a 4-under 68 for a one-stroke victory in the tournament reduced to 36 holes because of rain.
• Chile’s Felipe Aguilar won his first European Tour title by capturing the Indonesia Open in Jakarta.
