Monday 3 July 2017 12:43, UK
Kyle Stanley ended a five-year winless run on the PGA Tour with a play-off victory over Charles Howell III at the Quicken Loans National.
The pair began the day four shots back but carded matching 66s at TPC Potomac to get to seven under and take the contest to extra holes, where Stanley prevailed with a par at the first extra hole.
A birdie-filled 65 lifted Rickie Fowler into a share of third spot with Scotland's Martin Laird, with overnight leader David Lingmerth one of eight players a further stroke back on four under.
Lingmerth lost ground with two bogeys over his first five holes, as Daniel Summerhays briefly edged ahead but then double-bogeyed the fourth.
Curtis Luck also temporarily topped the leaderboard after three birdies in a four-hole stretch, with Martin Laird posting a front-nine 32 and Sung Kang picking up shots at the seventh and ninth to make it a four-way tie.
Fowler surged into contention with a run of four straight gains around the turn and cancelled out a three-putt bogey at the 11th with back-to-back birdies, only to double-bogey the 14th after finding water off the tee.
Four birdies in a six-hole stretch from the fifth lifted Stanley into a share of the lead, as Howell made tap-in gain at the 10th and drained a 30-foot eagle at the 14th to get to seven under.
Stanley made a two-putt birdie on the same driveable par-four to move alongside Howell, who was an inch away from holing a 20-footer for victory at the final hole.
Victory gave Stanley one of four qualification spots for The Open, available to those inside the top 12 and not already exempt, with Howell III, Laird and Kang also securing a spot for Royal Birkdale.
