MIDLAND, Texas -- Brad Adamonis outlasted Tjaart van der
Walt in a playoff that matched the second-longest overtime session
in Nationwide Tour history, parring all eight extra holes Sunday to
win the WNB Golf Classic for his first tour title.
Adamonis won with a 4-foot putt after van der Walt missed a
5-footer.
"I don't care. Any way I can get a win is great," Adamonis
said. "I just kept on grinding. That's kind of the way I've always
played my game. I just hung in there and finally I got a break in
my career. ... It's tremendous for me to get a win because I won't
be as nervous, and I can play some better golf."
Adamonis bogeyed the final hole of regulation for a 2-under 70
that left him tied with van der Walt (68), Vance Veazey (68) and
Ron Whittaker (71) at 10-under 278 on the Midland Country Club
course. Whittaker bogeyed the first extra hole to drop out, and
Veazey was eliminated with a bogey on the second playoff hole.
Adamonis earned $85,000 to jump from 69th to 30th on the money
list with $161,735. The top 25 after the final three events of the
season will earn 2008 PGA Tour cards.
The eight-hole playoff was the fourth in Nationwide Tour history
and first since Ben Bates beat Paul Gow in the 2004 Reese's Cup
Open. In the longest playoff, Eric Booker beat Notah Begay III on
the ninth extra hole in the 1998 Lehigh Valley Open.