Jonathan Kaye has claimed his first PGA Tour win, eagling the first play-off hole to defeat John Rollins and win the Buick Classic.

Winless in his first 194 PGA Tour starts, Kaye survived a marathon, roller-coaster day at rain-plagued Westchester Country Club, playing 30 holes on the final day after rain forced a suspension a day earlier.

Kaye birdied the par-five 18th in regulation to force a play-off and eagled it with a 15-foot putt from the fringe in sudden death.

He had an eagle, three birdies and a par at the hole this week.

A five-time runner-up in parts of nine PGA Tour seasons, Kaye played 30 holes in nine-under and finished regulation tied with Rollins at 13-under 271. Joey Sindelar was third at 273.

With the £540,000 top prize, Kaye jumped from 63rd into the top 15 on the money list with a career-best £887,000. He had never pocketed more than £660,000 in a season.

Rollins grabbed the clubhouse lead with a four-under 67 and watched from off the 18th green as Kaye caught him. Rollins then drove under a tree to the left of the 18th fairway, putting himself in trouble.

It was the second career play-off for Rollins, who defeated Neal Lancaster last year at the Canadian Open.

Collated final scores (US unless stated)

271 Jonathan Kaye 70 66 68 67, John Rollins 70 67 67 67 (Jonathan Kaye wins playoff at first extra hole)

273 Joey Sindelar 66 69 70 68

274 Fred Funk 71 70 64 69, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 70 69 66 69, Jay Haas 74 68 67 65, Skip Kendall 68 66 70 70

275 Brad Faxon 69 67 74 65, Tom Lehman 71 70 68 66, J.L. Lewis 68 68 70 69

276 Ernie Els (Rsa) 68 71 68 69, Scott Verplank 70 68 68 70

277 Woody Austin 74 64 70 69, Fred Couples 69 68 69 71, Shaun Micheel 69 68 73 67, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 74 67 68 68, Tiger Woods 67 69 71 70

278 Tom Gillis 71 65 70 72, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 67 66 73 72, Vijay Singh (Fij) 70 68 71 69, David Toms 75 65 71 67

279 Alexander Cejka (Ger) 70 69 66 74, Jim Furyk 66 73 71 69, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 71 70 72 66, Peter Lonard (Aus) 72 66 71 70, John Morgan 72 68 70 69, David Peoples 72 68 69 70, Loren Roberts 71 71 71 66

280 Dudley Hart 70 69 73 68

281 Briny Baird 63 69 72 77, Kent Jones 71 67 73 70, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 67 69 74 71, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 71 67 71 72

282 Steve Flesch 69 68 71 74, Cliff Kresge 69 71 72 70

283 Jeff Brehaut 73 65 75 70, Jonathan Byrd 72 70 69 72, Luke Donald (Gbr) 71 71 71 70, J.P. Hayes 73 66 71 73, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 70 70 70 73, Billy Mayfair 71 69 70 73, Rodney Pampling 70 70 71 72

284 Paul Gow 73 69 72 70, Donnie Hammond 70 72 73 69, Matt Kuchar 69 71 70 74, Andrew Magee 71 71 71 71, Rory Sabbatini 71 71 73 69, John Senden (Aus) 73 68 73 70

285 Cameron Beckman 75 67 70 73, Matt Gogel 71 70 73 71, Kenichi Kuboya (Jpn) 72 67 73 73, Deane Pappas (Rsa) 68 74 73 70, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 69 72 71 73

286 Billy Andrade 70 72 69 75, Robert Damron 72 68 72 74, Richard Johnson 74 67 72 73, John Riegger 71 68 75 72

287 Chris Anderson 72 68 70 77, Steve Elkington 69 69 77 72, Mathew Goggin 71 71 71 74, Heath Slocum 73 68 76 70

288 Brandel Chamblee 70 72 73 73, Lee Janzen 74 66 72 76, Darron Stiles 72 69 71 76, Richard Zokol 73 69 75 71

289 Tommy Armour III 71 71 73 74, Ben Curtis 70 72 74 73, Mike Grob 73 67 74 75

290 J.J. Henry 69 72 76 73, Brett Quigley 74 67 74 75

292 Joe Durant 74 67 76 75, Craig Perks (Nzl) 74 68 75 75