AVONDALE, La. (AP) -- Cameron Smith stood on the edge of the 18th green, wiping away tears at a ceremony complete with alligator skin championship belts and a silver chalice.
The 23-year-old Australian, the youngest and least accomplished player left on the course, had been painstakingly close to his first PGA Tour victory - from the final hole of regulation at the Zurich Classic on Sunday night through the fourth playoff hole Monday.
He kept his emotions in check long enough to stick a 58-yard lob wedge within 3 1/2 feet of the pin on the fourth playoff hole - the par-5 18th - and sink his birdie putt.
The sequence lifted him and teammate Jonas Blixt of Sweden to the first championship under the Zurich Classic's new team format. And it finally vanquished the feisty team of South Carolina residents Kevin Kisner and Scott Brown.
Brett Martel.
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