Scheffler out-duels Cantlay to win PGA Phoenix Open in playoff

Scottie Scheffler drained a 26-foot birdie putt at the third playoff hole to win his first PGA Tour title at the Phoenix Open on Sunday ahead of world No 4 Patrick Cantlay.

Scheffler had looked to be in trouble when he found a fairway bunker off the tee at the final playoff hole, while Cantlay was in the fairway. But he blasted out to the green and rolled in his putt, watching as Cantlay was unable to get his own birdie effort to drop.

"I've had a few putts on this green now. I started to have it figured out pretty good," Scheffler said. "It's kind of a tricky hole location. This one we got a good read on it and it chased down nicely."

Scheffler had birdied four of the last six holes at TPC Scottsdale to roar into contention with a four-under par 67.

He finished tied on 16-under 268 with Cantlay, who had four birdies in his four-under 67, but just one of them on the back nine.

Scheffler started the day two shots off the lead and got going with a 22-foot birdie putt at the second hole. He blasted out of a greenside bunker to nine feet on the way to a birdie at the third, and followed a bogey at the fifth with a birdie at the sixth before back-to-back bogeys at seven and eight stalled his charge.

After a birdie at 10 was followed by a bogey at the 12th, Scheffler birdied three straight, sandwiching birdies at the par-five 13th and 15th around a nine-foot birdie at the 14th.

He gained a share of the lead with a birdie at the driveable par-four 17th, where his chip from off the green left him a four-footer.

He had a chance to seize the win at the 72nd hole, but his five-foot birdie attempt didn't fall.

"I didn't hit a bad putt," he said. "It didn't feel great coming off the face, but I think I just hit it through the break. I think