Kuchar clinches it after six holes

Story Created: Oct 5, 2009 at 9:45 AM EDT

Story Updated: Oct 5, 2009 at 3:09 PM EDT

VERNON, N.Y. (AP) - Matt Kuchar has won the Turning Stone Resort Championship, besting Vaughn Taylor on the sixth hole of a
sudden-death playoff.

Kuchar improved to 2-0 in playoffs and won the top prize of $1.08 million Monday, boosting his earnings for the year to more than $2 million.

Tied for the lead after 72 holes, neither player managed to win after two playoff holes on Sunday. They each birdied the first extra hole and parred the second before play was suspended because of darkness.

It was the second career PGA Tour victory for Kuchar, who won the 2002 Honda Classic. His best previous finish this year was a fifth-place tie at the Memorial in June.

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