John Rollins claimed his first PGA Tour victory, winning a three-man playoff at the Bell Canadian Open following Neal Lancaster's collapse on the final hole of regulation.

After carding a bogey-free seven-under-par 65, Rollins sank a 25-foot birdie putt at the 18th hole to defeat Lancaster and Justin Leonard at Canada's national open championship.

Rollins owes part of the win to Lancaster, who took a two-stroke lead to the 72nd hole but double-bogeyed.

He was seeking his first PGA title since 1994.

Back on the tour after a one-year Buy.com stint, Rollins played the weekend in 13-under to tie Lancaster and Leonard at 16-under 272.

His best finish in 54 career starts had been a tie for fifth at the BellSouth Classic in April.

With the win comes a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour and the 720,000 US dollars top prize, which moved the 27-year-old Rollins into the top 40 on the money list with nearly 1.15million US dollars.

Five days shy of his 40th birthday, Lancaster began the final round with a two-shot lead and maintained it with two birdies and 15 pars over the first 17 holes.

But he collapsed at the 18th, double-bogeying it in regulation and again in sudden death.

Leonard, whose season includes a final-round collapse at the US PGA Championship, shot a three-under 69 to earn a spot in the play-off.

But he bogeyed the final hole of regulation and missed a long birdie try in sudden death.

Collated final-round scores (USA unless stated, par 72):

272 John Rollins 70 71 66 65, Justin Leonard 69 68 66 69, Neal Lancaster 66 67 67 72 (Rollins won at first play-off hole)

273 Steve Flesch 71 67 65 70, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 66 71 65 71

274 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 68 74 64 68, Grant Waite (Nzl) 64 70 69 71, Vijay Singh (Fij) 67 70 66 71

275 Lee Janzen 72 68 69 66, Bob Estes 68 71 68 68, Jeff Sluman 71 68 66 70

276 Pat Perez 70 69 74 63, Jay Williamson 72 70 67 67, Dudley Hart 71 70 68 67, Billy Andrade 66 67 70 73

277 Carlos Franco (Par) 67 68 76 66, Paul Gow (Aus) 71 68 70 68, Gene Sauers 70 69 67 71, Ian Leggatt (Can) 69 65 72 71

278 John Senden (Aus) 70 71 69 68, Per Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 66 71 72 69

279 Mike Weir (Can) 69 70 73 67, John Daly 71 70 69 69, Paul Stankowski 69 70 70 70, Jonathan Byrd 71 68 70 70, Rod Pampling (Aus) 68 70 69 72, Frank Nobilo (Nzl) 67 70 67 75

280 Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 71 70 75 64, Glen Hnatiuk 70 71 73 66, Jonathan Kaye 69 72 71 68, Len Mattiace 71 71 69 69, Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 71 68 71 70, Jerry Smith 71 67 72 70, Pete Jordan 74 68 66 72

281 Corey Pavin 69 66 76 70, Charles Howell III 69 68 74 70, Woody Austin 70 68 71 72

282 Richard Zokol (Can) 72 67 75 68, Kent Jones 69 71 72 70, Mario Tiziani 74 68 70 70, Brad Lardon 71 70 71 70, Briny Baird 76 67 69 70, Derek Gillespie 72 70 68 72, Brent Geiberger 71 72 67 72, Bo Van Pelt 70 72 68 72