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Camilo Villegas, Henrik Norlander and Blayne Barber all
missed their own par putts in frigid conditions on the Seaside
Course at Sea Island Resort in St. Simons Island, Ga.
The playoff resumed at 8 a.m. Monday morning with the third hole
of sudden death at the par-3 17th after play was suspended due
to darkness Sunday evening. Billy Horschel also was in the
playoff after 72 holes but was eliminated on the first playoff
hole in the first five-man playoff on the PGA Tour since the
2015 Puerto Rico Open.
All four players who returned to resume the playoff missed the
green. Hughes slammed his fist in celebration after making his
putt, knowing it at least kept him in the playoff, before
watching the others all miss par putts from 10 feet or closer.
"I made the putt of my life right there," Hughes said."As each
guy went down, it was that much more real.
"If I didn't make, I thought I was probably out. Before I hit
it, the thought was, 'Just make them think about it.' Put this
putt in first, and if you can be the first guy in, put the
pressure back on them. And that's what happened."
Hughes' first career PGA Tour victory came in his ninth start
two days before his 26th birthday. Hughes, who led outright each
of the first three rounds, posted a 1-under 69 in the final
round Sunday to get to 17-under 265 and join a playoff.
The RSM Classic is the final official PGA Tour event of 2016.
Hughes earned $1.08 million and a two-year exemption on the PGA
Tour. He becomes the first player from Canada to win on the Tour
since Nick Taylor at the 2014 Sanderson Farms Championship.
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