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Anthony Kim - Source: Reuters -
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Anthony Kim beat fellow-American golfer Sean O'Hair in a messy playoff to win the lucrative Kiwi Challenge two-day tournament at Cape Kidnappers on Thursday.
Kim slashed his way to a bogey six on the first playoff hole, the 595m par-five 15th, but it beat O'Hair's seven and was enough to win the four-man tournament and claim the $1 million first prize.
Kim, who was runner-up in the same event last year, closed with a sizzling final round of five-under-par 66 for a 36-hole total of 137.
O'Hair, who shot 69 on Thursday, hit a wedge to 1m on the 18th hole and made his birdie to tie Kim, who had led from the 12th hole until the last.
A third American, Hunter Mahan, finished with a 67 for a two-under total of 140, one shot ahead of Colombian Camilo Villegas, who close with a 72.
Villegas was one stroke behind O'Hair's leading 69 when the weather-disrupted first round was completed this morning.
"It feels wonderful," Kim said.
"I did what I had to do to win, and fortunately I made a couple putts."
