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With sunlight fading at TPC Summerlin, the
37-year-old drilled in a tricky 12-footer to beat Austin Cook
and Matthew Wolff.
"It's been a while," said Laird, who had knee surgery five
months ago.
"Seven years since my last one. I'm feeling now that my game is
as good as it has been. I've been playing well the last few
weeks, I just haven't had results.
"I love it here. I'm going to really enjoy this one."
Laird, who also won the tournament in 2009, had a chance to win
in regulation but bogeyed the par-four 18th when his putt
stopped just shy of the hole, leaving him in a three-way tie
with Americans Wolff and Cook at 23-under 261.
All three players parred the 18th, the first extra hole, before
Cook and Wolff's birdie putts missed on the par-three 17th,
opening the door for Laird.
Earlier in his round Laird also had the shot of the day after
his second to the par-five ninth found the greenside bunker and
buried itself deep in the sand.
Laird kept his composure and as a cloud of sand flew into the
air, his ball rolled into the hole for eagle, moving him to
23-under for the tournament before he went even par on the back
nine.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles, editing by Ed
Osmond/Peter Rutherford)
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