Scott Hoch beat Jim Furyk at the third playoff hole on Monday to take victory in the Ford Championship at Doral.

The two players had to come back to decide first place after the playoff was halted by darkness on Sunday night.

Hoch refused to putt at the second extra hole and Furyk also declined, much to the chagrin of the gallery at the Doral Resort's Blue Monster course.

Both players had good birdie chances after they had tied the lead at 17-under-par 271, but Hoch said it was simply too dark to read the line.

Hoch proved his decision to wait was justified when he holed his putt for birdie when play resumed on Monday, but Furyk followed him in to stay alive.

But at the third extra hole, the par four 18th, Hoch birdied again to take the title.

At 47, Hoch became the oldest player to win a tour event since Tom Watson (48) won the 1998 Colonial.

The victory moved him up to fifth place on the US Money List with $1,110,733 while Furyk climbed to sixth.

Final-round scores (Par 72, USA unless stated)

271 Scott Hoch 66 70 66 69, Jim Furyk 68 66 69 68

(Scott Hoch wins at third playoff hole)

273 Bob Tway 65 68 69 71

274 Tim Petrovic 70 72 65 67

275 Heath Slocum 68 71 69 67, Jonathan Byrd 75 68 66 66, Kenny Perry 69 71 71 64

276 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 64 71 70 71, Cliff Kresge 71 66 68 71, Skip Kendall 68 74 65 69, Shaun Micheel 67 72 70 67

277 Mark Wilson 71 71 68 67, Davis Love III 69 73 67 68

278 Aaron Barber 72 71 67 68, Dean Wilson 75 66 67 70, J.J. Henry 69 70 72 67, Carlos Franco (Par) 67 68 68 75, Mike Weir (Can) 70 67 67 74, John Huston 74 68 68 68, Tom Pernice Jr 70 68 72 68, Patrick Sheehan 72 69 69 68

279 Brian Watts 69 71 71 68, Jeff Sluman 70 69 68 72, Glen Day 69 72 68 70, Woody Austin 71 68 70 70, Neal Lancaster 69 69 70 71

280 Ben Crane 69 69 72 70, Matt Peterson 68 70 70 72, John Senden 69 68 69 74, Garrett Willis 76 67 70 67, Jose Coceres (Arg) 68 71 70 71, Stephen Ames (Tri) 68 69 73 70, Pat Bates 71 70 67 72, Steve Elkington 69 69 71 71, Robert Gamez 70 68 68 74, Brent Geiberger 67 70 71 72, Paul Goydos 69 71 68 72, Mike Heinen 70 71 68 71, Billy Mayfair 68 72 65 75

281 K.J. Choi (Kor) 73 68 69 71, Dana Quigley 71 69 68 73, Loren Roberts 74 67 69 71, Esteban Toledo (Mex) 68 74 68 71, Mark Calcavecchia 73 68 68 72, Marco Dawson 67 71 74 69, J.P. Hayes 71 68 69 73, Spike McRoy 72 69 69 71

282 Greg Chalmers (Aus) 73 70 68 71, Scott Verplank 72 71 71 68, Jay Haas 73 69 67 73, Tim Herron 71 70 70 71, Lee Janzen 72 67 72 71, Nick Price (Zim) 70 73 69 70

283 Glen Hnatiuk (Can) 75 67 72 69, David Gossett 69 71 73 70, Thomas Levet (Fra) 66 74 71 72, Gene Sauers 71 72 70 70, Billy Andrade70 73 69 71, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 69 71 70 73, Fred Funk 69 74 72 68, Peter Jacobsen 74 66 71 72, Per Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 69 70 70 74, John Maginnes 69 69 75 70

284 Brenden Pappas (Nzl) 73 69 73 69, Luke Donald (Gbr) 71 72 70 71, Joel Kribel 71 72 69 72, Mike Sposa 74 67 67 76, Olin Browne 69 69 70 76, Nick Faldo (Gbr) 71 70 69 74, Donnie Hammond 70 73 67 74, Len Mattiace 71 67 74 72, Carl Paulson 68 71 71 74, Scott Laycock 72 71 74 67

285 Chris M Anderson 69 73 74 69, Hank Kuehne 70 71 72 72, Hal Sutton 75 67 71 72

286 Craig Barlow 71 72 75 68, Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 71 67 73 75, Mark Brooks 69 74 71 72

287 John Morgan 72 69 72 74

289 Chris DiMarco 76 67 71 75

290 Craig Perks (Nzl) 70 71 74 75

291 Steven Alker 72 70 73 76

293 Brian Gay 72 71 76 74, Steve Stricker 70 73 75 75